Deppe State Wildlife Area
Managed by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
418 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Poygan
Poygan has 408 acres of parks, 273 for every 1,000 residents
10% of Poygan’s land is conserved, about 1,453 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Poygan. 11% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
1,453 acres · of 23.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
408 ac
273 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
11%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Poygan?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Poygan have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Poygan is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Poygan’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land273 acres of park per 1,000 residents (408 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home11% of residents within a half mile of a park · WI 90% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
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Water is 30% of Poygan’s area (10 of 33 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 7%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Poygan. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
1,453 conserved acres
10% of Poygan’s land. Water is left out: Poygan has 23.1 square miles of land and 9.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Poygan’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources2,347 ac
County82 ac
Private owners77 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)1 ac
State Recreation Area · 1,373 acState Conservation Area · 1,042 acState Other or Unknown · 89 acConservation Easement · 2 acOther Easement · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacial Habitat Restoration - Lm State Recreation Area | State natural resources | 1,093 | Open |
| Glacial Habitat Restoration State Conservation Area | Private owners | 1,050 | Restricted |
| Deppe Wildlife Area State Recreation Area | State natural resources | 198 | Open |
| Scattered Wildlife - Lm State Recreation Area | State natural resources | 82 | Open |
| Scattered Wildlife State Conservation Area | County | 82 | Restricted |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
September is the best month for walking in Poygan
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 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°F) | 26 | 30 | 42 | 56 | 68 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 72 | 59 | 44 | 31 |
| Rain (in) | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Poygan →
Next door
Poygan and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poygan | 10% | under 0.1 | 273 | 11% | B− |
| Poy Sippi | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Winneconne | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Wolf River | 11% | under 0.1 | 1,839 | 36% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Poygan
How much of Poygan is conserved land?
10% 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 Poygan’s trails?
Deppe State Wildlife Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Poygan?
12,810 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Poygan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 408 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Poygan have?
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Poygan 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 →