Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Menominee has 107 miles of mapped trails, 0.3 for every square mile of land
7 acres are parks and preserves, 1.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns · #357 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
How much outdoors does Menominee have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Menominee is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns, #357 of 362 in Wisconsin. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Menominee’s land. Who manages Menominee’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oconto County Forest Local Conservation Area | County | 2 | Open |
12 places to go in Menominee
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
7 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3 boat launches without a name on the map.
2 picnic areas without a name on the map.
2 named trails and 52 lakes & rivers
1.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The walking year in Menominee
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°F) | 24 | 29 | 40 | 54 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 41 | 29 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Menominee →
Menominee and its neighbors
Menominee has the most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menominee | under 1% | 0.3 | 2 | under 1% | D |
| Red Springs | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Legend Lake | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Bartelme | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Wescott | 2% | 0.3 | 63 | 33% | B− |
| Underhill | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Norwood | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Polar | 4% | 0.4 | 804 | 26% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Menominee
How much of Menominee is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Wisconsin town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Where can I bike in Menominee?
1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of painted or protected lanes and 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Menominee?
136,423 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Menominee or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Menominee have?
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #357 of 362 in Wisconsin. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Menominee neighbors.
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →