Hiking Near Me in Manitowish Waters, wi
Powell Marsh Wildlife Area
Powell Road, Manitowish Waters, WI
Powell Marsh State Wildlife Area is approximately 4,303 acres located in Vilas County. Find it 3 miles south of Manitowish Waters and 10 miles north of Lac du Flambeau. The wildlife area is on... Read More
Rice Creek State Natural Area
Keego Rd E,, Boulder Junction, WI
Rice Creek SNA features a two-mile stretch of creek surrounded by a large wetland complex of conifer swamp, boreal rich fen, sedge meadow, and northern wet-mesic forest. White cedar dominates... Read More
Day Lake State Natural Area
Day Lake Landing Rd,, Boulder Junction, WI
Extremely scenic and undeveloped, Day Lake is a 117-acre seepage lake with very sterile, exceptionally clear water. The lake's sandy bed is visible in 28 feet of water and supports an excellent... Read More
Toy Lake Swamp State Natural Area
1042 Cir Lilly Rd, Manitowish Waters, WI
Toy Lake Swamp is a large wetland complex of hardwood swamp, white cedar swamp, and alder thicket surrounding a basin containing a shallow, drained lake with dense aquatic and wetland... Read More
Devine Lake and Mishonagon Creek State Natural Area
Rux Rd, Woodruff, WI
Devine Lake and Mishonagon Creek contains an extensive wetland complex including a large sedge meadow, mixed conifer swamp, shrub-carr, and northern wet forest bordering Devine Lake. Of note,... Read More
Catherine Lake Hemlock-Hardwoods State Natural Area
Bruette Rd, Mercer, WI
Catherine Lake Hemlock-Hardwoods features an extensive stand of mature, mesic forest on rolling moraine located on the east side of Catherine Lake. Although the forest varies in quality and... Read More
Nixon Lake State Natural Area
4125 Forest Headquarters Rd, Boulder Junction, WI
Nixon Lake features a complex of natural features including extensive wet meadow and shrub swamp, conifer swamp, muskeg, northern dry forest surrounding an undeveloped drainage lake. Bordering... Read More
Mary Lake State Natural Area
Adelaide Rd, Mercer, WI
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The 3-acre Mary Lake is one of very few known meromictic lakes in Wisconsin. Meromixis, the permanent thermal stratification of the water, results from the... Read More
Trout Lake Conifer Swamp State Natural Area
Perch Ln, Boulder Junction, WI
Trout Lake Conifer Swamp is a small, mature northern wet-mesic forest composed of white cedar, black spruce, tamarack, and balsam fir. The ground cover is carpeted with sphagnum moss in which... Read More
Lost Canoe State Natural Area
Lost Canoe features a mosaic of natural community types including old-growth mesic forest, northern dry-mesic forest, poor fen, and undeveloped seepage lake. Situated on a 25-acre island in a... Read More
DuPage Lake Peatlands State Natural Area
Cedar Lake Cir, Mercer, WI
DuPage Lake Peatlands features a vast peatland complex just north of the Manitowish River. Open bog, muskeg, and black spruce swamp are the predominant vegetation although scattered patches of... Read More
Frog Lake And Pines State Natural Area
WI-47, Mercer, WI
Frog Lake and Pines features an undisturbed wilderness lake surrounded by old-growth northern dry-mesic forest in a large lowland bordering the Manitowish River. The 42-acre lake is a deep,... Read More
Northern Highland American Legion State Forest
3237 Crystal Lake Road, Boulder Junction, WI
Established in 1925 to protect the headwaters of the Wisconsin, Flambeau and Manitowish rivers, the Northern Highland American Legion (NHAL) State Forest occupies more than 232,000 acres in... Read More
Headwater Lakes State Natural Area
Forest Rd 514, Lac du Flambeau, WI
Headwater Lakes features two unique soft-water lakes, Wabasso Lake and Cedar Lake. Wabasso Lake is a 49-acre deep, seepage lake with a diverse and unusual aquatic flora. The submerged aquatic... Read More
Border Lakes State Natural Area
E Bay Rd, Presque Isle, WI
Border Lakes, also known as the Catherine Wolter Wilderness Area, features a natural mosaic of forest habitats interspersed with 15 undeveloped lakes and large ponds. Of significance are the... Read More
Camp Lake and Pines
10750 Sth 70 E,, Woodruff, WI
Camp Lake and Pines features a dry-mesic forest bordering the east and south sides of Camp Lake, an undisturbed soft-water seepage lake. The canopy is dominated by large red pine and white pine... Read More
Patterson Hemlocks State Natural Area
Resv Hwy 28, Lac du Flambeau, WI
Patterson Hemlocks protects a large block of old-growth northern mesic forest on an isthmus between Clear and Fuller Lakes with large hemlock, yellow birch, and white pine throughout. The tract... Read More
Trout River State Natural Area
US-51, Woodruff, WI
The Trout River is a slow, warm, alkaline stream with clear water of high fertility. Flowing west from Trout Lake, it eventually joins the Manitowish River just west of the forest boundary.... Read More
Black Tern Bog State Natural Area
US-51, Woodruff, WI
Black Tern Bog consists of two small seepage lakes in a pitted outwash plain and contains an outstanding flora including several rare and unusual species. About 20 acres of quaking sphagnum bog... Read More
Bittersweet Lakes State Natural Area
Four soft water seepage lakes, each separated by an isthmus are the main features of the natural area. The lakes are Bittersweet (104 acres, 31 feet), Oberlin (46 acres, 25 feet), Smith (43... Read More
