[2] The trail is maintained by local county governments in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Communities along the route include: Aniwa, Birnamwood, Eland, Wittenberg, Tigerton, and Split Rock.
The northern trailhead in located just south of Black Otter Lake on Lakeview Avenue in Hortonville.
[4] This section of the trail passes several native tallgrass prairies, crosses numerous rivers and creeks and the Rat River Wildlife Area and runs parallel to the north shore of Lake Butte des Morts' Sunset Bay near Oshkosh.
The Tribal Heritage Crossing is a 1.8 miles (2.9 km) trail that utilizes the Interstate 41 / U.S. 41 bridge over Lake Butte des Morts in Winnebago County.