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The Elroy-Sparta State Trail is a 32.5-mile (52.3 km) Wisconsin State rail trail between Elroy and Sparta, Wisconsin. Considered to be the first rail trail when it opened in 1967, it was designed for foot, bicycle, equestrian and light motorized traffic.
The Elroy-Sparta State Trail is the nation's oldest rail trail, beginning its second life roughly 50 years ago when Wisconsin purchased the abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line to ...
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Sparta: Yellow brick Masons' hall and private club with red tile roof, designed by Parkinson & Dockendorff in Classical Revival style with Prairie School elements and built in 1923 by the Naset brothers of Sparta. [16] Now hosts the Monroe County Museum. [17] 9: Tomah Boy Scout Cabin: Tomah Boy Scout Cabin: November 27, 2017 : 415 E Council St.
The line was abandoned in 1964 and the former railbed was converted into the nation's first rail trail, opening in 1967. Today, the depot serves as a trailhead for the Elroy-Sparta State Trail and houses a railroad history museum. [3] The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]
Inspired by the creation of the Illinois Prairie Path and Wisconsin’s Elroy-Sparta State trail in the mid-1960s, the Rails to Trails Conservancy took off in 1986 with a mission of converting ...
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Rail Trail 25 Elroy-Sparta State Trail: 1965 Elroy-Sparta Juneau, Monroe: DNR Yes Rail Trail 32 Fox River State Trail: 1991 Hilbert-Green Bay Brown, Calumet: County Yes Rail Trail 25 Fox River Trail - Pewaukee-Brookfield Waukesha County No Local Trail 3 Not to be confused with the state trail of the same name. Friendship State Trail: 2000