The Pine River Watershed Project starts the beginning of the Recreation Trail which travels between Richland Center and Lone Rock.

RECREATIONAL TRAIL / Mill Pond / Arboretum                     

The recreational / bike trail follows the old railroad bed along the Pine River from Gotham to Richland Center and terminates at the North end of the City at Krouskop Park by progress on the river dike.  Through the winter months, parts of the trail are used by snowmobiles.  It gives access to the restored Railroad Depot at the corner of Seminary Street and Orange Street (US Hwy 14).  It also allows passage through an arboretum and the future restored savannah prairies at the site of the old mill dam.  The dam, removed to allow a free flowing river, now is the site of riffels where anglers fish and canoeists can continue their down river journey.

The arboretum is part of the bike trail enhancement.  The site has nearly 200 varieties of trees and shrubbery nestled along the Pine River just south of the Seminary Street Bridge.

Above the Seminary Street Bridge, the remnant bed of the Mill Pond has dried and is to be planted in tall prairie grass.  Comprising of nearly 60 acres, the area is intersected by a historic suspended foot bridge accessible from the dyke bike trail.