Biking

Discover Scenic Country Roads and Exciting Bike Trails in Phelps, Wisconsin

Are you searching for that perfect combination of country roads and challenging bike routes for your Wisconsin summer vacation? Can’t wait to load up the mountain bike for another grand adventure? Looking for the next leg for your tour biking trip or a new biking trail? Then add Phelps to your must-visit destination list!

Not only are there over 100 miles of paved and gravel country roads to explore in Phelps, surrounding Vilas County offers an abundance of bike trails of all lengths and sorts. You can hit the trails just moments after checking into your resort and begin exploring the scenic, rolling routes.

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Vista Lake Biking Trails

The Vista Lake Trails in Phelps provide an abundance of outdoor activities for any season. Not only is this mostly gravel trail perfect for exploring by bike, it also offers opportunities for bird watching, animal observation, and snowshoeing.

There are 3 loops to the Vista Lake Trails, with trails ranging from gently rolling to hilly and varying from paved to gravel to hard-packed sandy loam. Trail 1 is 2.9 miles long, looping around Vista Lake. Trail 2 is a 6.8 mile bike route, running on Hunters Road and Deerskin Road. This is a beautiful, quiet ride with huge trees towering over the route. Trail 3 is 13.1 miles for those interested in a longer scenic ride, coming near Imagene Lake, Dewey Lake, and crossing the Deerskin River.

Check out the Vista Lake biking trails in the winter with your fat bike for a whole new perspective!

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10.2 miles connecting Conover and Phelps
Conover-Phelps Trail

This trail connects its two namesake communities along the former Chicago Northwestern railroad bed with 10.2 miles of aggregate (railroad bed portion) and asphalt (last mile heading into the Phelps trailhead). The trail, which goes through the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and Vilas County Forest lands, is ideal for biking and hiking with views of woodlands and wetlands and three water crossings along the way. The western trailhead is the Conover Town Park and the eastern trailhead is located in the Lakefront Pines Park in Phelps.

Great Headwaters Trail, a local organization dedicated to the development of a major family-friendly bike-ped trail system for all of eastern Vilas County, worked hard to complete the Conover-Phelps Trail. The finished product is just one part of the Vilas Country trail system.

Learn More About the Conover-Phelps Trail