600 acres of forest for outdoor recreation
The Seeley Hills Recreation Area includes Sawyer County Forest property and the Urenholdt Memorial Demonstration Forest. The silent sports trail system was initially developed in the 1990’s by the Seeley Ski Club in partnership with Sawyer County Forestry and Wisconsin to provide an area for outdoor recreation, including skiing, mountain biking, hiking, snowshoeing, and hunting. Today, the trails are maintained by the Seeley Hills Club (501)(c)(3). Additionally, fat bike trails for winter use are maintained by CAMBA (Cable Area Mountain Bike Association). The SHC appreciates and works in partnership with Seeley Lions Club and the Town of Lenroot. Uhrenholdt Forest is now maintained by the club. Experience century old majestic white pines on these mostly level trails. See history of Uhrenholdt below.
The purpose of the SHRC is to maintain year-round trails for non-motorized use that are family and dog friendly on the Seeley Hills Recreation land.
The objective of the club is to develop, maintain and preserve the Seeley Hills non-motorized trail system and to promote a sustainable mixed growth forest for future generations.
Volunteers for Seeley Hills Recreation Club spend over 150 hours a year maintaining the trails. We love our trails and encourage everyone and their dogs to enjoy them also! Please consider giving a donation. Use the QR code below, or the donation box at the warming house or at:
Seeley Hills Recreation Club
P.O. Box 505
Hayward, WI 54843
We greatly appreciate all donations! Donations go directly to fulfill our purpose to maintain year-round trails for non-motorized use that are family and dog friendly on The Seeley Hills Recreation land.
BECOME A MEMBER:
Members help maintain trails and membership fees go directly into operating costs, and email updates trail conditions and grooming.
Membership is October -October. $25/ person
Contact a current member, or snail mail the donation address above, and include your name, email address and fee.
Join or renew October 2026: date and time to be determined at Seeley Hills warming house. All are welcome! Renewal time means party time with a potluck dinner and brats from the grill.
The Seeley Hills Trails are open!
4-6-2026
Ski trails were last groomed 3-20-2026, surface today, April 6, was solid in the morning when temperatures are below freezing, but you may punch through to slush in spots. Still great fat bike riding at those low temperatures. Surface gets very soft at warmer temperatures and difficult to walk, bike or ski on.
Dog-friendly Outdoor Recreation
All the trails in the Seeley Hills Recreation area are open to dogs, including the groomed ski trails during the winter. Dogs must be under control at all times.
Seeley Hills Club
The Seeley Hills Club is a membership-based nonprofit club with mission to develop, maintain and preserve year-round trails for non-motorized use that are family and dog friendly on The Seeley Hills Recreation land.
Fire number: 12977 W Old Hwy OO
Birding at Seeley Hills
2025 list of sightings. Walk or bike the trails to see the many birds located on the property.
Hawks sharp shinned hawk, Harris’s hawk, red-tailed hawk, broad-winged hawk, red shouldered
Bald eagle Osprey
Owls, saw- whet, barred
ruby throated hummingbird.
Woodpecker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, Hairy, Downy, Northern Flicker.
Tyrant Flycatchers, alder flycatcher, vermillion flycatcher, Eastern wood pewee
Shrikes and Vireos, Northern shrike, yellow-throated vireo, red-eyed vireo
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Thrushes, wood thrush, veery, Eastern bluebird, hermit thrush, American robin
Mimids, gray catbird, brown thrasher
Waxwings, Bohemian waxwings, cedar waxwing
Wood Warblers, Golden-winged warbler, black and white warbler, pine warbler, Blackburnian warbler, Northern yellow warbler, Nashville warbler, yellow-rumped warbler , Wilson’s warbler black-throated green warbler, Mourning warbler, chestnut sided warbler, Northern waterthrush, Ovenbird, common yellowthroat, American redstart
Tanagers, Cardinal, and their Allies, scarlet tanager, northern cardinal, rose-breasted grosbeak, indigo bunting, Northern Cardinal
Sparrows, Eastern Towee, song sparrow, clay-colored sparrow, white throated sparrow, chipping sparrow, Fox sparrow, Dark-eyed junco
Icgterids,
Hunting
The Seeley Hills area is open to hunting. Check the WDNR website to see what is in season. Trail users should be aware that they may encounter hunters. During deer gun season, all users should wear blaze orange.
Urenholdt Memorial Demonstration Forest
Marker at the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest established by farmer Soren J. Uhrenholdt on land that was part of northern Wisconsin's "Cutover Region." A leader in sustainable farming and forestry, Uhrenholdt's property was donated to the state. In the photograph are (L-R) Andrew Uhrenholdt, Sigurd Olsen, Elizabeth D. Uhrenholdt. Sig and Elizabeth were married and spent most of their life together in Ely, MN, active in land conservation. Sigurd dedicated 50 years of work for land conservation, culminating in the establishment Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota as a Federally protected wilderness area in 1978, signed by President Carter.
Seeley Lions PreFat
The Seeley Lions Club PreFat Mountiain Bike Race is the largest fundraiser for the Seeley area. The Seeley Lions Club donated the funds for the Seeley Hills Trailhead warming hut and helps fund trail annual maintenance.
