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Offers camping and fishing adjacent to a 100-foot (30 m) beach. [7] Blue Mound State Park: Dane: 1,153 467 1959 Ryan Creek: Contains observation towers atop the highest point in southern Wisconsin and the state park system's only swimming pool. [8] Brunet Island State Park: Chippewa: 1,225 496 1936 Chippewa and Fisher Rivers
The camp has five campsites, a dining hall, health lodge, chapel, maintenance building, trading post, field sports range, two cabins, a campfire ring, a camp master cabin and a home occupied by the full time camp Ranger and his family. Camp Soule is used for short-term camping, family camping, training, day camps and various other activities.
Black River State Forest is a state forest located in the western half of Jackson County, Wisconsin near Black River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.A.. It is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The park has campsites, trails, and allows for hunting, ATV, and canoeing. [1]
De Soto is located at (43.426905, -91.196841 [ 8 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 1.34 square miles (3.47 km 2 ), of which, 1.25 square miles (3.24 km 2 ) of it is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km 2 ) is water.
The Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ w ɑː m ɪ ɡ ən ˌ n ɪ k ə ˈ l eɪ /; the q is silent) [3] is a 1,530,647-acre (6,194.31 km 2) U.S. National Forest in northern Wisconsin in the United States.
Lake Wissota State Park is a 1,062-acre (430 ha) Wisconsin state park near the town of Chippewa Falls. The park is situated on the northeast shore of Lake Wissota, a reservoir on the Chippewa River. Camping, boating, and fishing are the most popular activities. Park lands are covered in a mix of pine/hardwood forests and prairie.
Rush Lake is roughly shaped like an inverted triangle; the lake is widest at its north end. It covers an area of 2,729 acres (11.04 km 2 ), and reaches a maximum depth of 5 feet (1.5 m). [ 2 ] The lake is rather shallow, with an average depth of only 1.5 feet (0.46 m).
Rusk County was established in 1901 when the Wisconsin legislature split off the northern half of what had been Chippewa County into a new Gates County. It started with that name because Milwaukee land speculator (and major land-holder in the county) James L. Gates said he would donate $1000 to the new county if it was named Gates.