About hiking in Lincoln County

Lincoln County, Wisconsin has 36 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 154 miles, an average of 4.3 miles each. The longest is Ice Age Trail, at 41.3 miles. 9 run 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Lincoln County are like

By length, 10 are under a mile, 17 run 1 to 5 miles, and 9 are 5 miles or longer. 4 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Prairie Dells Loop, at 5.1 miles.

Of the 14 with a difficulty rating, 4 easy and 10 moderate. Of the 36 with measured elevation, Ice Age Trail climbs the most, about 3,635 ft, and 5 gain 1,000 ft or more.

All 36 hiking trails, longest first

Ice Age TrailHike41.3 mi IAT - Harrison Hills SegmentHike13.5 mi IAT - Underdown-Grandfather Falls connectionHike10.4 mi Main CourseHikeMTB8.3 mi Snowmobile TrailHike7.0 mi IAT - New Wood SegmentHike6.6 mi IAT - Underdown SegmentHike6.0 mi Prairie Dells LoopHikeMTB5.1 mi Connector/DisconnectorHikeMTB5.1 mi IAT - Turtle Rock SegmentHike4.9 mi River Bend TrailHikeMTB4.8 mi IAT - Averill-Kelly Creek Wilderness SegmentHike4.4 mi IAT - Grandfather Falls SegmentHike3.9 mi IAT - Timberland Wilderness SegmentHike3.7 mi OktoberfestHikeMTB3.0 mi IAT - Camp 27 SegmentHike2.8 mi HeinemaniaHikeMTB2.8 mi Old SchoolHikeMTB2.7 mi IAT - Grandfather Falls-Turtle Rock connectionHike2.1 mi IAT - Camp 27-Tiberland Wilderness connectionHike1.9 mi The HollowHikeMTB1.7 mi Averill Lake RoadHike1.6 mi Homestead LoopHikeMTB1.4 mi Bluejay LoopHike1.3 mi IAT - Alta Junction SegmentHike1.2 mi IAT - Alta Junction-Underdown connectionHike1.2 mi Beaver Meadow LoopHike0.8 mi Xtra CreditHikeMTB0.8 mi Whitney TrailHike0.7 mi Dragonfly TrailHike0.6 mi IAT - Averill-Kelly Creek Wilderness-New Wood connectionHike0.6 mi Riverwalk TrailHike0.6 mi Treehaven LoopHike0.4 mi Gateway to the UnderdownHikeMTB0.4 mi Tamarack Hollow TrailHike0.3 mi Old State Highway 17 alignmentHike0.1 mi

← All Lincoln County trails

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 4, 2026.