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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 ...
Sparta is at one end of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail. Opened in 1967, this is considered to be the first rail trail conversion. It is a 32-mile (51 km) bike trail that was redeveloped from an abandoned railway and passes through rural scenery and three tunnels.
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
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]
Upon entering the Town of Wells, WIS 71 begins running roughly along the course of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail, a 32.5-mile (52.3 km) Wisconsin State rail trail between Elroy and Sparta. [a] About 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south-southeast into the Town of Wells, WIS 71 reaches its junction with the southern end of County Trunk Highway AA (CTH-AA) at ...
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 ...
The North Western abandoned that part of the line altogether in 1964 and it was converted into the Elroy-Sparta State Trail. [8] In 1986, the North Western abandoned the line between Elroy and Reedsburg. It is now the 400 State Trail. [9] The Union Pacific Railroad acquired the Chicago and North Western in 1995.