BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – Outdoor enthusiasts are getting some good news.
The Brown County Parks Department says four of its trails will open for the season on Friday: the horse trails at the Reforestation Camp, Fox River Trail, and Neshota Park as well as the Reforestation Camp’s mountain bike trail.
The county’s Assistant Parks Director Matt Kriese says crews have spent recent weeks preparing the paths by cleaning up any brush/trees that fell during the winter and searching for ponding water/soft ground conditions.
While Kriese says county officials hope to keep the trails open through at least mid-November, he notes temporary closures are possible.
The county employee says that could be caused by things like large amounts of flooding at Neshota Park or a summer logging operation at the Reforestation Camp that is expected to temporarily close sections of the trail.
Kriese notes the trails are always appropriately signed with their current status. Updates are also available on the department’s Facebook page.
According to Kriese, the Reforestation Camp’s mountain bike trail is 19 miles while its horse path is eight miles.
He says the horse trails at the Fox River Trail and Neshota Park are six and three miles, respectively.
Kriese notes the trails were popular destinations last year with over 80,000 people using the Fox River Trail, 27,000 users on the Reforestation Camp trails, and 10,000 on Nashota Park pathways.
While all other county trails are meant for hiking, open year-round, and free to use, Kriese says there is a fee for all persons 16 and older to use the trails that open Friday.
He notes daily passes are $4 for the horse trails and $5 for the mountain bike trail with season passes costing $20 and $30, respectively.
Those passes are available at https://www.park.reservation.co.brown.wi.us/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/wbsplash.html?wbp=1 or by calling the Parks Department at 920-448-6242.
