About hiking in Polk County

Polk County, Wisconsin has 45 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 136 miles, an average of 3.0 miles each. The longest is Ice Age Trail, at 34.0 miles. 6 run 5 miles or longer.

What the hiking trails in Polk County are like

By length, 24 are under a mile, 15 run 1 to 5 miles, and 6 are 5 miles or longer. 3 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Skyline Trail, at 4.0 miles.

Of the 40 with a difficulty rating, 26 easy, 9 moderate, and 5 hard. Of the 30 with measured elevation, IAT - McKenzie Creek Segment climbs the most, about 1,448 ft.

All 45 hiking trails, longest first

Ice Age TrailHike34.0 mi IAT - Gandy Dancer SegmentHike15.1 mi Cattail State TrailHike11.9 mi IAT - Saint Croix Falls SegmentHike8.7 mi IAT - McKenzie Creek SegmentHike8.7 mi IAT - Indian Creek SegmentHike5.1 mi Silverbrook TrailHikeMTB4.6 mi IAT - Gandy Dancer-Saint Croix Falls connectionHike4.5 mi Sunrise Ferry Hiking TrailHike4.2 mi Skyline TrailHike4.0 mi IAT - Trade River SegmentHike3.7 mi IAT - Pine Lake SegmentHike3.5 mi IAT - Straight Lake SegmentHike3.5 mi IAT - Straight River SegmentHike3.3 mi Buffalo Skull Loop TrailHike2.5 mi Trail of Myths foot pathHike1.9 mi Trail of Myths long loopHike1.6 mi Eagle Peak TrailHike1.2 mi Silverbrook Trail LoopHike1.2 mi Lake of the Dalles TrailHike1.1 mi WBC - Interconnect TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi Interlink Trail to Interstate ParkHikeMTB1.0 mi IAT - Straight River-Straight Lake connectionHike0.8 mi Waterfront TrailHike0.8 mi IAT - McKinzie Creek-Pine Lake connectionHike0.7 mi Skyline Nature TrailHike0.6 mi Logging RoadHike0.6 mi Eagle Bluff TrailHike0.6 mi Simenstad TrailHike0.5 mi Horizon Rock TrailHike0.5 mi Ravine TrailHike0.5 mi IAT - Trade River connectionHike0.5 mi Pothole TrailHike0.4 mi IAT - Trade River-Gandy Dancer connectionHike0.4 mi Summit Rock TrailHike0.4 mi River Bluff TrailHike0.4 mi Gaylord Nelson RiverwalkHikeMTB0.3 mi Schillberg TrailHike0.3 mi Meadow Valley TrailHike0.3 mi IAT - Sand Creek-Indian Creek connectionHike0.3 mi Echo Canyon TrailHike0.3 mi Deer TrailHike0.3 mi Cascade Falls TrailHike0.2 mi Cattail TrailHikeMTB0.2 mi Echo Canyon TrailheadHike0.1 mi

← All Polk 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 25, 2026.