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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Sigel

Few parks or trails are on the map in Sigel

306 acres are parks and preserves, 289 per 1,000 residents. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Sigel. 19% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
484 acres · of 35.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
306 ac
289 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
19%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.5 mi

What kind of outdoors town is Sigel?

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

Room to roam289 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Sigel have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sigel is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Sigel’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land289 acres of park per 1,000 residents (306 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13AParks close to home19% 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 37%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Sigel. 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

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
Who protects it

484 conserved acres

2% of Sigel’s land. Who manages Sigel’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources566 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)50 ac
State Recreation Area · 435 acState Conservation Area · 132 acConservation Easement · 50 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 50 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Central Wisconsin Grassland Conservation Area
State Recreation Area
State natural resources409Open
Paul Olson Wildlife Area
State Recreation Area
State natural resources157Open
Biking & sports

0.5 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.5 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
When to get out

The walking year in Sigel

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)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°F)242941556877817971574229
Rain (in)1.11.01.83.24.04.73.84.13.62.81.81.4

February is the driest month (1.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Sigel →

Next door

Sigel and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Wisconsin Rapids12 miHansen1.8 miSherry1.5 miSigel0.8 miRudolph0.8 miVesper0.5 miSeneca0.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Sigel2%under 0.128919%C+
Sherry— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Rudolph1%under 0.117214%C
Vesper— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Seneca18%under 0.14,21516%B
Hansen— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wisconsin Rapids2%0.91080%B

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

Questions about parks and trails in Sigel

How much of Sigel is conserved land?

2% 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 Sigel?

0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Sigel?

23,515 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sigel or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 306 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Sigel have?

Ahead of 37% 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 Sigel 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 →