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Wisconsin Concrete ParkWisconsin Concrete Park · Photo: Sculpture created by Fred Smith. Copyright held by Friends of Fred Smith, Inc. · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Worcester

Worcester has 7,115 acres of parks, 5,137 for every 1,000 residents

39% of Worcester’s land is conserved, about 28,887 acres. The biggest trail networks: Price County Forest (16.6 mi), Phillips School Forest (3.4 mi), Solberg Lake County Park (0.6 mi). 23% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
39%
28,887 acres · of 116.5 sq mi of land
Trails
56 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
7,115 ac
5,137 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
23%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
11
1 beach

What kind of outdoors town is Worcester?

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

Room to roam5,137 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild39% of the land is conserved; a typical Wisconsin town, 4%.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Worcester have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Worcester is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. 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 Worcester’s overall grade.
Conserved land39% of the land · typical WI town 4% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (56 mi) · WI 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land5,137 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7,115 acres) · WI 31 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to home23% 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 82%
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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 Price County Forest, with 16.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Price County Forest

Managed by Price County
6,952 acres16.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Phillips School Forest

Managed by Phillips School Forest
197 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Solberg Lake County Park

Park
37 acres0.6 mi of trail
Solberg Lake County Park Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Wisconsin Concrete Park

Park
14 acres0.3 mi of trail
Wisconsin Concrete Park Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
Price County Forest6,952 acres · 16.6 mi of trail · Price County
Directions
Phillips School Forest197 acres · 3.4 mi of trail · Phillips School Forest
Directions
Solberg Lake County Park37 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Wisconsin Concrete Park14 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Price County Fairgrounds27 acres
Who protects it

28,887 conserved acres

39% of Worcester’s land. Who manages Worcester’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service21,832 ac
County7,059 ac
National Forest · 21,832 acLocal Conservation Area · 7,059 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Chequamegon National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service21,832Open
Price County Forest
Local Conservation Area
County7,059Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Worcester

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

Campgrounds in Worcester
Comfort Cove Campground and ResortFee
Directions
Solberg Lake County Park CampgroundFee · In Solberg Lake County Park
Directions
Trails & water

14 named trails and 11 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 3.2 miHorses · 3.2 miUnpaved · 1.2 mi
Wilson Flowage Hunter Hiking Trail5.8 mi
Forest Road 5372.5 mi
Forest Road 1202.2 mi
Forest Road 5102.0 mi
Forest Road 5341.7 mi
Forest Road 4981.4 mi
Schmuland Hunter Hiking Trail1.0 mi
Forest Road 5181.0 mi
Forest Road 508L0.8 mi
Flambeau ATV Trail 1020.7 mi
4 more trails
Solberg Lake County Park Nature Trail
0.6 mi
Wisconsin Concrete Park Nature Trail
0.5 mi
Forest Road 508D
0.3 mi
Forest Road 508K
0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Aabajijiwang FlowagereservoirBig Dardis LakeLost LakelakeLower Aabajijiwang FlowagereservoirMinnow LakelakeMusser LakelakeSolberg LakereservoirWilson FlowageElk RiverLittle Elk RiverNorth Fork Jump 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
1Beach volleyball

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Wisconsin Concrete ParkSite · listed 2005
About it
When to get out

August is the best month for walking in Worcester

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)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212638516574787668543825
Rain (in)1.21.11.72.93.74.54.13.63.73.42.01.5

February is the driest month (1.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Worcester →

Next door

Worcester and its neighbors

Worcester has the second most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Fifield126 miWorcester56 miFlambeau34 miEmery26 miPhillips2.2 miElk1.8 miHackett0.8 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Worcester39%0.55,13723%A−
Phillipsunder 1%0.86699%+B+
Emery— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hackett— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Elk— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Fifield— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Flambeau— 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 Worcester

Where can I hike in Worcester?

The longest trail networks: Price County Forest, 16.6 miles; Phillips School Forest, 3.4 miles; Solberg Lake County Park, 0.6 miles; Wisconsin Concrete Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Worcester is conserved land?

39% 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 Worcester’s trails?

Price County Forest and Phillips School Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Worcester?

200,724 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Worcester or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 23,664 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Worcester have?

Ahead of 82% 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 Worcester 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 →