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Capital City Trail
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Capital City Trail

Length17.3 mi
Elev. Gain442.8 ft
Est. Steps40000
Trail
Created by jaheld

Capital City Trail Introduction

Capital City Trail is a 17.4 mile (40,000-step) route located near Madison, Wisconsin, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 442.8 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Capital City Trail

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Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain

Tourist Attraction
The Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain is a fountain in Madison, the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Dedicated to the memory of Annie (Anna) C. Stewart (17 January 1867 – 8 April 1905), who engaged in charitable activities in Madison, it was constructed in 1917–1925 and erected in Henry Vilas Park in 1925.

Dane County, Wisconsin

Place
Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin. The county seat is Madison, which is also the state capital.Dane County is the central county of the Madison, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Madison-Janesville-Beloit Combined Statistical Area.

Brat Fest

Place
Brat Fest, which bills itself as "World's Largest Brat Fest", is an annual fundraiser held in Madison, Wisconsin. The event has been held every Memorial Day weekend since 1983, when it was launched by Tom Metcalfe, an area businessman who owned the Hilldale Mall location of Sentry Foods in Madison. Initially held in the parking lot in front of the Metcalfe's Sentry store, the event was intended as a customer appreciation event for those who shopped there, but soon evolved into a fundraiser for local charities.

Confederate Rest

Place
Confederate Rest, in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin, is the northernmost Confederate graveyard in the nation. In it lie 140 Confederate prisoners of war who died under Union captivity.

August Cornelius Larson House

Place
The August Cornelius Larson House is located in Madison, Wisconsin. It was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 1993 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year. The Prairie School house was designed by Claude and Starck for August Cornelius Larson, a bank president in Madison.

Ernest Eggiman House

Place
The Ernest Eggiman House is a prefabricated house assembled in 1936 in Madison, Wisconsin. It was a product called the Motohome - an attempt to provide fast, inexpensive housing during the Great Depression. In 1994 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the only Motohome in Wisconsin.

St. Mary's Hospital (Madison, Wisconsin)

Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital is a 440-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Madison, Wisconsin that serves 18 surrounding south-central Wisconsin counties. It is a part of the SSM Health system based in St. Louis. Sister hospitals in Wisconsin include St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo and St. Mary's Janesville Hospital.

West Lawn Heights Historic District

Place
West Lawn Heights Historic District is located in Madison, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Vilas Circle Bear Effigy Mound and the Curtis Mounds

Place
Vilas Circle Bear Effigy Mound and the Curtis Mounds are a group of Native American mounds in Madison, Wisconsin. The Bear Effigy Mound is in the public Bear Mound Park, while the Curtis Mounds are on a neighboring residential property. As its name indicates, the Bear Effigy Mound is in the shape of a bear, and is intact except for a section of the bear's leg.

James B. Bowen House

Place
The James B. Bowen House (also known as the Seth Van Bergen House) is an early Italianate-styled house clad in cut sandstone, built in 1855 on what was then a farm on the outskirts of Madison, Wisconsin. In 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.As early Madison grew, the Greenbush Addition was platted in 1854.
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

17.3 mi

Elev. Gain

442.8 ft

Est. Steps

40000
Created by
jaheld
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