Put-In/Take-Out Sites Use this guide as you paddle your way throughout the Glacial Red dots represent rustic PITO’s. These sites are smaller Yellow dots represent semi-improved PITO’s. These sites Green dots represent fully-developed PITO’s. These sites Heritage Area. Here are a few items to help you on your way: in size and are intended mainly for quick rest stops or as are moderate in size and can accommodate a fair are large in size and can accommodate large paddling groups. The Put-In/Take Out (PITO) sites are designated one of three drop-off/ pickup sites for paddlers. They are a natural rest stop number of paddlers and their equipment. These These sites are intended for rest stops, drop-off/pickup sites types based on amenities at each site. The three with no amenities other than an access point to the sites are intended for rest stops, as drop-off/pickup and offer amenities including picnic tables, sites are Rustic (red dots), semi-improved water for canoes and kayaks. Little to no designated sites and may have a few amenities. Designated garbage receptacles, grills, restrooms, piers and (yellow dots) andfully-improved (green dots). Parking may be available and is specific to parking is available and is size specific to each site. ample parking for trucks and trailers. each site. Rock Lake Lake Koshkonong Crawfish River Rock River Rock Lake Park Lat. 43° 5’ 43.7” Lon. -88° 55’ 45.37” Bingham Road Lat. 42° 52’ 22” Lon. -89° 0’ 47.39” HWY I Lat. 43° 15’ 22” Lon. -88° 56’ 22.24” Kaul Park Lat. 43° 10’ 53” Lon. -88° 33’ 42.11” 1 Access off of HWY B on Park Lane Road, restrooms, drinking water, shelter, 14 Access on Bingham Road off of HWY 106, concrete block launch, roadside parking. 31 Access on HWY I, PITO on west bank, roadside parking, grassy launch, 3.5 miles to 49 Access on HWY CW, PITO on west bank, parking, paved launch. 5.5 miles to next picnic tables, grills, trash receptacles, playground, trailer parking across the Both the road and Bingham Point are named for Ira Bingham, one of the first next PITO. PITO. road, large staging area, seasonal piers, paved launch, LAUNCHING FEE. canvasback duck hunters on the Lake and designer of a double-bowed flatboat. The boat Rock Lake is known for its underwater pyramids and the legend of the sea rode low on the water and had canvas extensions which could be raised in rough HWY BB Lat. 43° 13’ 22” Lon. -88° 55’ 15.04” Kanow Park Lat. 43° 8’ 32.7” Lon. -88° 33’ 55.65” monster that terrorized fishermen and swimmers long ago. weather. 32 Access on Hubbleton Road .75 miles west of HWY BB. Turn right onto the gravel 50 Access on Rock River Road off of HWY 16, PITO on south bank, parking, shelter, drive heading north through the Waterloo Wildlife Area, .2 miles to the gravel launch playground, restrooms, picnic tables, grills, grassy launch. Look for fish weirs near Tyranena Park Lat. 43° 5’ 41.9” Lon. -88° 55’ 18.14” Carcajou Point Lat. 42° 53’ 21” Lon. -88° 57’ 59.13” and parking. 3.3 miles to next PITO. where the Oconomowoc River joins the Rock River during periods of low water. 2 Access on HWY B, restrooms, picnic tables, parking, grills, trash receptacles, 15 Access on White Crow Road, off of Carcajou Road and HWY 106, roadside parking, 8.2 miles to Oconomowoc River and 10.7 miles to next PITO. hiking trails, seasonal piers, staging area. Tyranena is an ancient word that gravel launch, picnic table. The brick house to the east of the launch is a part of the 33 HWY G Lat. 43° 14’ 3.2” Lon. -88° 53’ 12.02” some historians believe means “sparkling waters”. historic Carcajou Hunt Club, founded in 1896. The lake was a favorite for duck hunters Access on side road immediately north of HWY G bridge, PITO on east bank, parking, Highway P Lat. 43° 8’ 33” Lon. -88° 38’ 36.74” who came from all over the country to hunt. The waterfowl hunted were mainly gravel launch. 1.2 miles to PITO #30. 51 Access on HWY P at the Southwest Corner of the bridge. Short gravel drive to gravel Bartel’s Beach Lat. 43° 4’ 44.3” Lon. -88° 55’ 6.46” canvasback ducks, which were then shipped to the finest restaurants in Chicago and parking, grassy launch on south river bank. 1.9 miles to next PITO. 3 Access on S. Ferry Drive, restrooms, water, shelter, picnic tables, parking, New York. Three resorts on the lake were dedicated to this type of hunting and Hubbleton Lat. 43° 11’ 35” Lon.-88° 52’ 40.97” grills, trash receptacles, roadside parking, beach. Carcajou Hunt Club maintains an active membership to this day. 34 Access on Main Street off of HWY G, PITO on west bank, roadside parking, gravel Pleasant Valley Public Access Lat. 43° 9’ 7.68” Lon. -88° 40’ 24.56” launch, Hubbleton Inn and Boondocks Bar nearby for food and restrooms. 1.2 miles to 52 Access on Pleasant Valley Road off of HWY E, PITO on west bank, roadside parking, Rock Lake Mill Pond Lat. 43° 4’ 42.5” Lon. -88° 54’ 53.88” Kuehn Road Boat Launch Lat. 42° 53’ 52” Lon. -88° 57’ 36.27” next PITO. grassy launch. 3.3 miles to next PITO. 4 Access on Veterans Lane off of Main Street, roadside parking, nearby to 16 Access on Kuehn Road off of Carcajou Road, Norm’s Hideaway Bar and Grill nearby downtown restaurants, seasonal pier, paved launch, LAUNCHING FEE. A for food and restrooms, parking along road, seasonal piers, sandy beach. Olson Road Lat. 43° 10’ 30” Lon. -88° 52’ 49.96” Willow Street Lat. 43° 11’ 2.6” Lon. -88° 42’ 13.11” sawmill was built on this spot in 1839 followed by a gristmill in 1842. This 35 53 DAM North Shore Road Lat. 42° 54’ 31” Lon. -88° 55’ 10.88” Access on Olson Road off of River Road, PITO on east bank, roadside parking, gravel CAUTION: APPROACHING DAM, TAKE OUT ONLY ON EAST " was the first grist mill in Jefferson County and settlers no longer had to travel 17 launch. 1.2 miles to next PITO. BANK IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OCONOMOWOC AVENUE ") to Milwaukee to buy barrels of flour. Both mills were built by Captain Joseph Access on North Shore Road off of HWY 106, North Shore Inn and Sunset Tavern BRIDGE. Access on Willow Street off of Kossuth Street, parking, benches, gravel Keyes who was one of Lake Mills’ first settlers. A plaque now stands where nearby for food, restrooms, water, parking along drive, gravel launch, nearby Altpeter River Bend RV Park Lat. 43° 9’ 45.2” Lon. -88° 52’ 36.8” launch, look for the historic Octagon House directly across the river. .9 miles to next the mills once stood. Park has a playground. 36 PITO. Access on Rubidell Road off of River Road, LAUNCHING FEE, PITO on east bank, restaurant, canoe rental, restrooms, drinking water, picnic tables, parking, grills, trash Sandy Beach Lat. 43° 4’ .34” Lon. -88° 55’ 28.24” Vinnie Ha Ha Public Access Lat. 42° 52’ 32” Lon. -88° 54’ 33.68” receptacles, swimming pool, game room. 6 miles to next PITO. Riverside Park Lat. 43° 11’ 50” Lon. -88° 42’ 38.62” 5 Access on Sandy Beach Road off of HWY 89/Main Street, seasonal restaurant, 18 Access on Vinnie Ha Ha Road off of Koshkonong Mounds Road and Old HWY 26, 54 Access on Labaree Street, PITO on east bank, parking, shelter, trash receptacles, restrooms, shelter, picnic tables, trailer parking, grills, trash receptacles, beach, trailer parking across street, nearby Koshkonong Wildlife Area, paved launch. At the Milford Lat. 43° 6’ 1.32” Lon. -88° 50’ 59.84” playground, baseball diamonds, tennis, volleyball and basketball courts, Aquatic volleyball, boat rentals, paved launch, LAUNCHING FEE. Sandy Beach was southern terminus of Vinnie Ha Ha Road lies Indian Mound Park filled with 11 earthen 37 Access on HWY A, PITO on east bank, nearby restaurants with restrooms, drinking Center, horseshoe pits, restrooms, picnic tables, drinking water, grills, grassy launch. once home to the Knickerbocker Ice Company which harvested ice from Rock effigy mounds that are thought to be built between 300 and 1642 AD by groups of 1.1 mile to next PITO. Lake and stored 100,000 tons of ice at its warehouse. The ice was then loaded semi-nomadic American Indians. The park contains birds, animal and conical mounds. water, roadside parking. CAUTION: The PITO has a rocky shoreline and steep embankment. Look for the fish weir about 1/4 mile north of Milford built by the Native onto railroad cars on the nearby Chicago and Northwestern Railroad (now the An Indian trail runs through the park. Archeologists have found fragments of broken Fanny Lewis Park Lat. 43° 12’ 0.9” Lon. -88° 43’ 32.35” Glaical Drumlin State Trail) and shipped to Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison. pottery and flint chips in the park. Historians do not know why the mounds were built Americans who once lived here. Glacial boulders were moved into the river to form 55 Today, Lake Mills celebrates with the Knickerbocker Ice Festival. A short but presume that the mounds serviced ceremonial, spiritual or practical purposes. narrow “V” shaped barriers. Fish funneled through were then caught, remnants of which CAUTION: APPROACHING DAM, TAKE OUT ONLY ON WEST paddling trip underneath the old railroad tressle takes you to Marsh Lake.