above expectations Visitor Information Lake Superior North Twin Island Bayfield Peninsula Devils Bayfield County is the second largest county in Wisconsin, Island Bayfield Chamber of Commerce Rocky South Cat Outer & Visitor Bureau but not one traffic light! There is a lot to see and do – to make Island Twin Island Island Bear Island BAyFIELD, rED CLIFF it easier to navigate, we’ve divided the county into four Island York 715-779-3335 • www.bayfield.org Sand Island Island sections and color coded them throughout this guide. Raspberry Ironwood Island Otter Island Washburn Area Chamber of Commerce Island Manitou The Apostle Welcome to the top of Wisconsin! Additional information on area communities Island 715-373-5017 • www.washburnchamber.com is available at www.travelbayfieldcounty.com, Sand Raspberry Islands This is not your typical Northwoods community. With over Bay Bay Stockton Eagle Island Oak including interactive maps with photos Island Island 600 miles of groomed trails, over a dozen orchards and fruit of area businesses and attractions. Gull Island farms, half a million acres of public land and the Wisconsin 13 Rasp. River South Shore Bark Siskiwit K Hermit Lake Superior Scenic Byway, you’ll find that this is a place Point Bay 13 Island Michigan Cornucopia Bark Pt. Island where Nature and Culture come together in a way that Bay Red Cliff Basswood www.visitcornucopia.com Cornucopia Island is truly unique. 13 Siskiwit Sand River Herbster River J Lake Superior Herbster C Madeline www.herbsterwisconsin.com Pikes Creek J Bayfield H Island Port Wing Cranberry Siskiwit Flag River River Lake www.portwingwi.com ut! Onion 13 LaPointe Key eck it o Port River Ch Go to www.travelbayfieldcounty.com... 13 Wing Bayfield Peninsula NEW! Use our interactive mapping Sioux Long Island South Shore River tools to find all there is to see and do Central Bayfield County Central Bayfield County A C in Bayfield County, click on: Chequamegon Southern Bayfield County Iron river Area Chamber of Commerce Iron Point Long Surrounding Area IrON rIVEr, DELTA, OuLu, mASON, BENOIT • Go, Play, Eat & Stay River Thompson B Lake Creek Washburn Apostle Islands National Lakeshore 715-372-8558 • www.visitironriver.com • Trails Bono Chequamegon Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Oulu Creek Bay B 13 Chippewa Indian Reservation, Red Cliff Long Bladder 2 A Iron Lake Lake Airport Moquah G Southern Bayfield Iron River Flow. River Ashland Public Campground 2 Deep Fish Creek Lighthouse County Lake H Pike 2 Table of Contents Brule Lake 2 Ino 13 Moon Chain 2 Barnes/Eau Claire Lakes Lake 112 Bayfield County’s Business Listings . .21 Iron Twin Bear 112 A F 63 Lake Superior www.visitbarnes.com Lake Lake E Getting Here! National Treasures . pg. 6 Lodging . .21 118 Benoit Cable Area Chamber of Commerce Apostle Campgrounds . .25 Delta BAYFIELD Islands E White River DULUTH/ COUNTY CABLE, GrAND VIEW, DrummOND, NAmAkAGON On the Water . 8 H SUPERIOR Lake 13 HURLEY/ IRONWOOD Food & Drink . .27 2 2 715-798-3833 • www.cable4fun.com Delta ASHLAND Trails . 10 53 Activities/Adventures . .29 13 Drummond 51 Marinas . .31 Sanborn HA YW ARD Visual & Performing Arts . 12 A 63 MINOCQUA www.drummondwi.com Mason E 70 70 Y E SPOONER Boat Tours/Charters . .31 T Historical Attractions . 13 63 8 Museums/Historical N 315 3 RHINELANDER 53 U Marengo 63 WISCONSI N 169 Dining, Lodging Attractions . .33 River Y O 41 T WAUSAU C Barnes 94 & Shopping . 14 Entertainment . .33 N 29 Pigeon Bayfield County MINNEAPOLIS/ 29 Grand View ST . PAUL EAU S Lake N U CLAIRE Retail & Specialty Shops . .33 A Bayfield County Tourism N O 77 GREEN BA Y Travel Green Wisconsin L C 53 715-373-6125 • www.travelbayfieldcounty.com Art Galleries . .37 13 G Drummond Approx. mileage: Businesses . 15 n D U Eau Claire . 125 90 a Orchards & Farms . .37 g N 51 O Lake Eighteen Atkins 94 i Fishing & Hunting . 16 D LA CROSSE h Owen Lake A Green Bay . 260 90 D Eau Mile Creek Coffee c Events . .39 i Claire 63 Lake L Duluth . 35 41 Regional Information M Lakes H 13 Orchards & Farms . 18 Visitor Centers . .39 61 e S LaCrosse . 205 Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center k 77 a A 94 L Colleges . .39 Mpls/St. Paul . 140 MADISON MIL WAUKEE 715-685-9983 • www.nglvc.com Cable Golfing . 18 27 Lake Wausau . 173 Namakagon 90 94 Professional Services . .39 Lake GG Madison . 260 Chippewa WI Lake Superior Cable M Lake Dubuque . 275 DUBUQUE M ROCKFORD Warning! This destination induces high levels of Scenic Byway . 19 Area Events Calendar . 42 Totogatic Namakogon Milwaukee . 290 Lake River 13 ILLINOI S Chicago . 370 CHICAGO pleasure and relaxation. May also become addictive. Clam Lake 77 SAWYER COUNTY 715-373-6125 • www.travelbayfieldcounty.com 3 Area Information AIRPORTS John F Kennedy Memorial Airport 50511 State Highway 112, Ashland, WI 715-682-7070 www.ci.ashland.wi.us/list/9 Cable Union Airport 42905 Telemark Road, Cable, WI 715-798-3240 www.airnav.com/airport/3CU WI DNR Satellite Center - Hayward Washburn Public Library Duluth International Airport 10220 State Hwy 27, Hayward, WI 307 Washington Ave, Washburn, WI 4701 Grinden Dr, Duluth, MN 715-634-2688 www.dnr.wi.gov 715-373-6172 www.washburnlibrary.org 218-727-2968 www.duluthairport.com GOVERNMENT / TRIBAL NEWSPAPERS Iron River Airport Red Cliff Tribal Administrative Office Ashland Daily Press Iron River, WI 715-372-5166 88385 Pike Rd, Bayfield WI 715-682-2313 www.ashlandwi.com www.airnav.com/airport/Y77 715-779-3700 www.redcliff-nsn.gov Bottom Line News & Views Madeline Island Airport HOSPITALS / CLINICS 715-292-2000 www.drummondwi.com La Pointe, WI 715-747-6913 www.airnav.com/airport/4r5 Hayward Area Memorial Hospital The Connection 11040 N State Rd 77, Hayward, WI 715-372-4500 BUSINESS RESOURCES 715-934-4321 www.theconnectionnewspaper.com Bayfield County Economic Development www.haywardmemorialhospital.com County Journal Corporation: 715-209-4589 Memorial Medical Center 715-682-2313 www.washburnwi.com www.bayfieldcountyedc.com 1615 Maple Lane, Ashland, WI 715-685-5500 www.ashlandmmc.com Evergreen Country Shopper EMERGENCY 715-682-8131 Sheriff, Fire & Ambulance: 911 NorthLakes Community Clinic www.evergreencountryshopper.com Sheriff, Non-Emergency 7665 US Hwy 2, Iron River, WI ROAD CONDITIONS 715-373-6120 715-372-5001 www.northlakesclinic.org Wisconsin Department of Transportation GOVERNMENT / COUNTY Red Cliff Community Health Center 88455 Pike Rd, Bayfield, WI Phone: 511 www.511wi.gov Bayfield County 715-779-3707 www.red-cliff-health.com SCHOOLS / COLLEGES 715-373-6181 www.bayfieldcounty.org LIBRARIES LCO Ojibwa Community College - North GOVERNMENT / FEDERAL Bayfield Carnegie Library 305 W 4th St, Washburn, WI U.S. Forest Service 37 N Broad St, Bayfield, WI 715-812-1040 Washburn Ranger District 715-779-3766 www.lco.edu/about/locations/north 13 E Bayfield St, Washburn, WI Northland College 715-373-2667 www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf Drummond Public Library 14990 Superior St, Drummond, WI 1411 Ellis Ave S, Ashland, WI Great Divide Ranger District 715-739-6290 www.drummond.wislib.org 715-682-1699 www.northland.edu 10650 Nyman Ave, Hayward, WI Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) 715-634-4821 www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf Forest Lodge Public Library 13450 County Hwy M, Cable, WI 2100 Beaser Ave, Ashland, WI National Park Service 715-798-3189 www.cable.wislib.org 715-682-4591 www.witc.edu/ashland Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Iron River Public Library WEATHER 415 Washington Ave, Bayfield, WI 24 Hours 715-682-8822 715-779-3397 www.nps.gov/apis 68235 S Main St, Iron River, WI 715-372-5451 www.ironriver.wislib.org U.S. Coast Guard: Bayfield Station Red Cliff Public Library 209 S 1st St, Bayfield, WI LEGEND 715-779-3950 www.uscg.mil 88850 Church Rd, Red Cliff, WI Public Lands, 2015 715-779-3764 Non-Public Lands, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2015 29270 County Hwy G, Ashland, WI ABUNDANT PUBLIC LANDS! 715-685-2645 ON THE COVER Taken at Lost Creek Falls near Cornucopia in October ©2017 Bayfield County Tourism, Washburn WI. Federal Land (acres) . 288,645 www.fws.gov/midwest/whittleseycreek County Forest Land . 169,776 during the changing of the season. The Falls are at the end of a well-maintained Front Cover photo: Jamey Penney-Ritter/Bemused Photography. Back Cover photo: Neil Howk. Other photo contributers: Don Albrecht, Sara Balbin, Ron Bergin, GOVERNMENT / STATE County Land . 5,198 trail on county land and provides a great experience for hikers and families. State Land . 26,091 Born in Superior, Wisconsin, and an area resident since 2007, Jamey Penney- Julie Buckles, Jan Esposito, Great Day In The Mornin’ Photography, J. Jochalla, WI DNR Satellite Center - Ashland Other Land . 8,603 ritter is an independent photographer who frequently chronicles her community Gary Knowles, Mark Milford, Mary Motiff, James Netz Photography, Richard Northrup, 2501 Golf Course Rd, Ashland, WI TOTAL Public Land . 498,313 in Washburn and much of Chequamegon Bay. She can frequently be found Jeremy Oswald, Gail Plaster, Kelly Randolph, Jamey Ritter, Art & Karen Roebken, Hannah 715-685-2900 Stonehouse Hudson, Paul Villwock, Wisconsin Bike Federation. If we missed anyone, TOTAL Land in Bayfield County . 967,611 chasing the Northern Lights or illustrating vintage travel posters. please let us know. Public Land (percentage of total) . 51% See her Bemused Photography ad on page 41. Design & layout: White Space. Printing: LaCrosse Graphics. 4 www.travelbayfieldcounty.com • 715-373-6125 715-373-6125 • www.travelbayfieldcounty.com 5 Our National Treasures Bayfield County has more national designations than any other county in the Midwest! l6 l1 APOSTle