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Badger State Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyPoint to Point
Wisconsin

Badger State Trail

Madison, Wisconsin

39.9 mi

Distance

1,778 ft

Elev. Gain

13h 46m

Est. Time

Point to Point

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Badger State Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:250 ft
Max:341 ft
Gain:542 ft
Loss:597 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 250 ft and 341 ft across 39.9 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.250 ft280 ft311 ft341 ft0.0 mi10.0 mi20.0 mi29.9 mi39.9 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi305 ft
High point30.5 mi341 ft
End39.9 mi250 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Fitchburg, WI · in or next to town
County:
Dane County, WI

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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