Wisconsin trails · Bearskin State Trail
Bearskin State Trail
A 26.2-mile point-to-point in Wisconsin, with 180 ft of climbing. Reaches Dollar Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by Wisconsin DNR.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 102 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Dollar Lake (lake)
- Baker Lake (lake)
Getting there
Bearskin State Trail access — parking nearby, water. 45.87150, -89.71254 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:47 a.m., the sun rises at 6:18 a.m. and sets at 7:39 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:10 p.m. (CDT) — 13 h 21 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 26.2-mile route takes roughly 9 h 47 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 4:05 p.m. — 3 h 34 min before sunset.