Riverside Park & Campground
Park
24 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Henry and Barbara Bierbauer House · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in New Lisbon
96% of residents live within a half mile of a park in New Lisbon
169 acres are parks and preserves, 66 per 1,000 residents. The biggest trail networks: Riverside Park & Campground (0.5 mi). 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross New Lisbon, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns · #257 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
169 ac
66 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is New Lisbon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does New Lisbon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Lisbon is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns, #257 of 362 in Wisconsin. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of New Lisbon’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land66 acres of park per 1,000 residents (169 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home96% of residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 54%
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Wisconsin towns of 2,500+ (362)Ahead of 29%
Water is 6% of New Lisbon’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Riverside Park & Campground, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Heritage Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
5 places to go in New Lisbon
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in New Lisbon
New Lisbon Municipal Swimming Pool
DirectionsPlaygrounds in New Lisbon
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in New Lisbon
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
3Baseball
3Volleyball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Henry and Barbara Bierbauer HouseBuilding · listed 2016
About itWhen to get out
The walking year in New Lisbon
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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 26 | 31 | 43 | 57 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 59 | 44 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
February is the driest month (1.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in New Lisbon →
Next door
New Lisbon and its neighbors
New Lisbon has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Lisbon | under 1% | 0.2 | 66 | 96% | B− |
| Lisbon | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in New Lisbon
Where can I hike in New Lisbon?
The longest trail networks: Riverside Park & Campground, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of New Lisbon 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.
Are dogs allowed on New Lisbon’s trails?
Riverside Park & Campground and Heritage Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near New Lisbon?
17,403 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Lisbon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 169 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does New Lisbon have?
Ahead of 54% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #257 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 New Lisbon neighbors.
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Sources
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 →