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Outdoors in Rome

Rome has 5,600 acres of parks, 1,759 for every 1,000 residents

17% of Rome’s land is conserved, about 5,836 acres. 66 miles of mapped trail cross Rome, 1.2 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Dyracuse Recreational Area (4.8 mi).

Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns · #70 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it

Conserved land
17%
5,836 acres · of 54.1 sq mi of land
Trails
66 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
5,600 ac
1,759 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
27%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,220 ft
Dorra Cooshe Mountain
Lakes & rivers
17
2 beaches · 4 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Rome?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam1,759 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild17% of the land is conserved; a typical Wisconsin town, 4%.A trail town1.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 85% of U.S. towns.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Rome have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rome is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns, #70 of 362 in Wisconsin. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rome’s overall grade.
Conserved land17% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%ATrails1.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (66 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land1,759 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5,600 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to home27% 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 86%
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Wisconsin towns of 2,500+ (362)Ahead of 81%

Water is 13% of Rome’s area (8 of 62 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 15%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ 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.

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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 Dyracuse Recreational Area, with 4.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Dyracuse Recreational Area

Park
174 acres4.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

5,836 conserved acres

17% of Rome’s land. Water is left out: Rome has 54.1 square miles of land and 8.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Rome’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Private owners2,826 ac
Town or city2,495 ac
State natural resources475 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits39 ac
County1 ac
State Recreation Area · 5,511 acUnknown · 279 acPrivate Conservation · 39 acRecreation or Education Easement · 7 acLocal Park · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 7 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Dryacuse Motorcycle Recreation Area
State Recreation Area
Private owners2,826Open
Monroe Prairie Recreation Area
State Recreation Area
Town or city2,495Open
Miscellaneous Lands
Unknown
State natural resources279Open
Lake Camelot Public Access
State Recreation Area
State natural resources190Open
Central Sands Forest & Barrens
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits39Open
County Park
Local Park
County1Open
Things to do

9 places to go in Rome

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Rome
Dorra Cooshe Mountain1,220 ft elevation · In Dyracuse Recreational Area
Directions
Trails & water

4 named trails and 17 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.0 miUnpaved · 4.6 mi
Ridge Trail2.5 mi
Karner Connection0.8 mi
Songbird Trail0.8 mi
ROME ATV Access Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Camelot LakereservoirFoxglove LakelakeGlacial LakepondHideaway LakepondLake ArrowheadreservoirLake Dorro CouchelakeLake Petenwell BackwaterlakeLake SherwoodreservoirLeopold LakepondLuna LakelakeMammoth LakepondMirror LakepondRidgeline LakepondTwin LakeslakeDevil's ElbowFourteenmile CreekWisconsin River
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
7Tennis
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The walking year in Rome

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.715.515.214.012.410.99.58.9
High (°F)253042566978827972584330
Rain (in)1.21.11.93.44.14.83.94.13.52.71.91.5

February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Rome →

Next door

Rome and its neighbors

Rome has the second most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Leola71 miRome66 miBig Flats25 miArmenia10 miSaratoga5.0 miPort Edwards3.0 miColburn2.0 miMonroe1.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Rome17%1.21,75927%A
Armenia— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Leola— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Saratoga2%0.110310%C+
Big Flats— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Monroe— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Colburn— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Port Edwards23%0.14,18712%B

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Rome

Where can I hike in Rome?

The longest trail networks: Dyracuse Recreational Area, 4.8 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Rome is conserved land?

17% 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 Rome’s trails?

Dyracuse Recreational Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Rome?

42,465 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rome or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5,883 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Rome have?

Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #70 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 Rome 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 →