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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Two Rivers

Two Rivers has 6.4 miles of mapped trails, 1.1 for every square mile of land

The biggest trail networks: Van der Brohe Arboretum (2.7 mi), Woodland Dunes Nature Center (1.1 mi). 214 acres are parks and preserves, 19 per 1,000 residents. 75% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns · #150 of 362 in Wisconsin. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
145 acres · of 6.1 sq mi of land
Trails
6.4 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
214 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
75%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.6 mi
3.6 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
2 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is Two Rivers?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Two Rivers have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Two Rivers is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns, #150 of 362 in Wisconsin. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, conserved land lowest.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Two Rivers’ overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 73%
LessMore
Wisconsin towns of 2,500+ (362)Ahead of 59%

Water is 7% of Two Rivers’ area (0 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.

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 Van der Brohe Arboretum, with 2.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Van der Brohe Arboretum

Park
66 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dogs on leash
Directionsto the parking lot

Woodland Dunes Nature Center

Nature preserve
330 acres1.1 mi of trail
Willow TrailCattail Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Zander Park

Park
25 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Picnic Hill Park

Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 6 parks & preserves
Van der Brohe Arboretum66 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
Directions
Woodland Dunes Nature Center330 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Directions
Central Park West1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Zander Park25 acres
Directions
Picnic Hill Park22 acres
Directions
Point Beach State Forest1 acres
Who protects it

145 conserved acres

4% of Two Rivers’ land. Water is left out: Two Rivers has 6.1 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Two Rivers’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city140 ac
State natural resources4 ac
Local Park · 140 acConservation Easement · 3 acState Resource Management Area · 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 byAcresPublic access
Neshotah Park
Local Park
Town or city46Open
Zander Park
Local Park
Town or city24Open
Picnic Hill
Local Park
Town or city20Open
Vietnam Veterans Park
Local Park
Town or city14Open
Walsh Field
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Washington Park
Local Park
Town or city9Open
Riverside Park
Local Park
Town or city8Open
Vet'S Park & Marina
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Lakeshore Park
Local Park
Town or city3Open
Point Beach State Forest
State Resource Management Area
State natural resources1Open
Things to do

11 places to go in Two Rivers

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

Playgrounds in Two Rivers
Little Wings PlaygroundIn Woodland Dunes Nature Center
Directions
Neshotah Park
Directions

Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

3 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.8 miUnpaved · 0.9 mi
Rawley Point Recreational Trail0.8 mi
Willow Trail0.2 mi
Cattail Trail0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

3.6 miles of bike routes

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

3.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Rawley Point Recreational TrailBike route
0.8 mi
Courts & fields
13Tennis
7Baseball
1Soccer
1Football

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

History along the way

5 places 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.

History →
Frenchside Fishing VillageDistrict · listed 1987
About it
Two Rivers Post OfficeBuilding · listed 2000
About it
Central Park Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2000
About it
Saint Luke's Church ComplexBuilding · listed 2001
About it
Bernard and Fern Schwartz HouseBuilding · listed 2019
About it
When to get out

September is the best month for walking in Two Rivers

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)273039506272787769574332
Rain (in)1.71.31.83.33.54.23.43.42.73.02.21.8

February is the driest month (1.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Two Rivers →

Next door

Two Rivers and its neighbors

Two Rivers has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Two Rivers4%1.11975%B+
Manitowocunder 1%under 0.1741%D
Manitowoc6%0.52596%A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Two Rivers

Where can I hike in Two Rivers?

The longest trail networks: Van der Brohe Arboretum, 2.7 miles; Woodland Dunes Nature Center, 1.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Two Rivers is conserved land?

4% 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 Two Rivers’ trails?

OpenStreetMap records dogs as welcome at Van der Brohe Arboretum (on leash). For the rest, check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Two Rivers?

3.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.6 of off-road paths. Named routes: Rawley Point Recreational Trail.

Is there public land near Two Rivers?

4,331 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Two Rivers or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 217 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Two Rivers have?

Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #150 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 Two Rivers neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →