WISCONSIN LAKE SUPERIOR SCENIC BYWAY (WLSSB) DEVILS ISLAND NORTH TWIN ISLAND MAP KEY ROCKY ISLAND SOUTH TWIN ISLAND CAT ISLAND WISCONSIN LAKE SUPERIOR SCENIC BYWAY APOSTLE ISLANDS BEAR ISLAND NATIONAL LAKESHORE KIOSK LOCATION IRONWOOD ISLAND SCENIC BYWAY NEAR HERBSTER SAILING ON LAKE SUPERIOR LOST CREEK FALLS KIOSKS CONTAIN DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH LOCATION SAND ISLAND VISITOR INFORMATION OUTER ISLAND YORK ISLAND SEE REVERSE FOR COMPLETE LIST µ OTTER ISLAND FEDERAL HIGHWAY MANITOU ISLAND RASPBERRY ISLAND STATE HIGHWAY COUNTY HIGHWAY 7 EAGLE ISLAND NATIONAL PARKS ICE CAVES AT MEYERS BEACH BAYFIELD PENINSULA AND THE APOSTLE ISLANDS FROM MT. ASHWABAY & NATIONAL FOREST LANDS well as a Heritage Museum and a Maritime Museum. Pick up Just across the street is the downtown area with a kayak STATE PARKS K OAK ISLAND STOCKTON ISLAND some fresh or smoked fish from a commercial fishery for a outfitter, restaurants, more lodging and a historic general & STATE FOREST LANDS 6 GULL ISLAND taste of Lake Superior or enjoy local flavors at one of the area store that has a little bit of everything - just like in the “old (!13! RED CLIFF restaurants. If you’re brave, try the whitefish livers – they’re a days,” but with a modern flair. Just off the Byway you can MEYERS BEACH COUNTY PARKS INDIAN RESERVATION local specialty! visit two popular waterfalls: Siskiwit Falls and Lost Creek & COUNTY FOREST LANDS Falls. West of Cornucopia you will find the Lost Creek Bog HERMIT ISLAND Walk the Brownstone Trail along an old railroad grade or CORNUCOPIA State Natural Area. Lost Creek Bog forms an estuary at the take the Gil Larson Nature Trail (part of the Big Ravine Trail MICHIGAN ISLAND mouths of three small creeks (Lost Creek 1, 2, and 3) where System) which starts by a historic apple shed, continues RESERVATION LANDS they empty into Lake Superior at Siskiwit Bay. Several rare under a beautiful old iron bridge and ends at a small waterfall. 8 RED plants and animals have been observed here. Migratory TOWN OF RUSSELL Learn the history of Bayfield by taking the Waterfront Walk HERBSTER CLIFF waterfowl and other water birds frequent the site. along the shore with informational signage along the way. ! 9 (!13 BAYFIELD COUNTY ! 9 TOWN OF CLOVER (HERBSTER) )"J BASSWOOD ISLAND 6 RED CLIFF TRIBE FOREST KIOSK LOCATION: OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA D Intersection of Hwy. 13 and Bark Point Road BAYFIELD KIOSK LOCATION: Frog Bay Tribal National Park 5 The Town of Clover operates a popular campground on LAKE SUPERIOR PORT WING BIG BAY Just north of Bayfield, Red Cliff is home to the Red Cliff Band the shore of Lake Superior – right next to the sand beach. 4 STATE PARK of Lake Superior Chippewa and offers visitors a variety of Bark Bay Road leads to the pristine Bark Bay Slough State unique sites and experiences, including Legendary Waters Natural Area where you can kayak or canoe amidst the TOWN OF BAYFIELD 10 LA POINTE Resort & Casino which includes many displays about the wildlife and see rare species of flora and fauna. Herbster’s MADELINE ISLAND history and culture of the native Anishinaabe people. There is )"C! annual spring Smelt Fry is held in a historic log gymnasium TOWN OF CLOVER excellent RV camping and a marina which offers lockers and built in the 1930’s and Herbster Days celebrates summer in 11 shower facilities in the resort. early August. The marina provides a convenient gateway to the Apostle 10 TOWN OF PORT WING* 3 Islands for boaters and kayakers. Scenic sandstone cliffs KIOSK LOCATION: characterize the shoreline along with large wetland sloughs TOWN OF PORT WING TOWN OF BELL On Hwy. 13 near Johnson’s Store BRULE TOWN OF BAYVIEW LONG ISLAND at the sandy mouths of pristine rivers and streams. Red Cliff STATE is also the home of the first Tribal National Park at Frog Bay. The small community of Port Wing has two historic FOREST (!1!3 ! churches and a restored saloon, all of which have been )"A CHEQUAMEGON-NICOLET A beautiful hiking trail, boardwalk and footbridges lead you NATIONAL FOREST through primordial boreal forest to a beautiful sandy beach converted into art galleries. Port Wing Heritage Hall offering a view of 5 of the Apostle Islands. showcases the commercial fishing, logging and sandstone mining history of the area. Quarry Point and Big Pete TOWN OF ORIENTA Another treasure is Point De Tour, a rustic campground near C Boreal State Natural Areas invite exploration as does Twin 12 the water’s edge on the northern-most tip of the peninsula WASHBURN Falls, which is an easy hike. Enjoy pristine public beaches which is connected to miles of trails for hikers and bikers and walk on the pier; if you don’t catch your own, you 2 to explore. can buy some locally caught Lake Superior fish - fresh or TOWN OF CLOVERLAND TOWN OF WASHBURN Red Cliff is also home to the only health clinic on the Byway. smoked - right in town. A highlight of a visit in the late A newly constructed 38,500 square foot community medical summer is the “Labor Day Fish Boil” and “Lions Club clinic provides medical, pharmacy, optical and dental services Fall Festival.” LAKE SUPERIOR TOWN OF BARKSDALE to members of the Tribe as well as the general public. )"! B 11 TOWN OF ORIENTA Experience traditional Chippewa culture during Red Cliff’s ASHLAND KIOSK LOCATION: Scenic pull-out on Hwy. 13 1 annual Pow Wow or during Cultural Days. A number of murals located in buildings throughout the reservation also Take advantage of the scenic pull-out (seasonal) that highlight the traditional Chippewa way of life. Red Cliff also provides access to great views including a 20-mile stretch B manages a fish hatchery, which is open for public tours. across Lake Superior to Knife River and Two Harbors A in Minnesota. E IRON RIVER ! 7 TOWN OF RUSSELL )"G Four miles west of Port Wing just south of the Byway are KIOSK LOCATION: Little Sand Bay Campground the Orienta Falls and the Iron River Brownstone Quarry. Heading out of Red Cliff and around the tip of the peninsula, Orienta Falls is located on the former site of the Lake BAD RIVER Superior Power Company Dam. Just below Orienta Falls is ! the Byway passes through farm fields interspersed with INDIAN RESERVATION ¤£2 forested areas where logging has been and continues to be the Iron River Brownstone Quarry which began operation an important part of the local economy. County Hwy. K takes in 1893 and continued for many years. Both are situated ! ¤£63 you to Little Sand Bay, where the Town of Russell operates a on nearly 1,000 acres of public land along the Iron River. campground and the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore has A second scenic pull-out (seasonal) just west of the Iron visitor information and a historic fishery with tours available River offers another vista of Lake Superior. THIS TOUR BEGINS 1 MILE WEST OF ASHLAND, WI AND MOVES NORTH AND WEST AROUND THE BAYFIELD PENINSULA seasonally. There is also a swimming beach, marina and kayak launch at the site. 12 TOWN OF CLOVERLAND National Forest. Washburn was a “boom town” from 1880 Historic sites in this area include the Les Voigt State Fish Midwest” by the Chicago Tribune. It is home to the annual 1 TOWN OF BARKSDALE 3 TOWN OF BAYVIEW* 4 TOWN OF BAYFIELD KIOSK LOCATION: Town Hall into the 1920’s where brownstone was quarried and shipped Hatchery (another locally quarried brownstone structure) Bayfield Apple Festival (starting the first Friday in October) KIOSK LOCATION: Wisconsin Department KIOSK LOCATION: Bayview Beach Park KIOSK LOCATION: Salmo Trail 8 TOWN OF BELL (CORNUCOPIA) of Natural Resources Bono Creek Launch all over the country. The county courthouse is one of three as well as the Salmo Trail with historic and environmental which is recognized as one of the best fall harvest festivals in The Brule River Boreal Forest State Natural Area teems KIOSK LOCATION: Bell Marina brownstone buildings on the National Historic Register, along Leaving Washburn and traveling the twelve miles north to The Town of Bayfield is “L-shaped” so you’ll drive through interpretive signage along its route, leading to a sand beach. the nation. with deer, eagles and the occasional fox, wolf or bear. The Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway (WLSSB) with the Washburn Historical Museum and Cultural Center. the City of Bayfield, the visitor drives through gently rolling two separate sections. Entering the section north of Bayview, Just past Meyers Beach Road (see “Town of Bayfield/northern Signs point to the road leading to the mouth of the Brule begins at the Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge, an The northern section of the Town of Bayfield (located The city’s historic district covers most of the downtown There is also a Historic District that includes the “DuPont open fields with a mixed hardwood backdrop which gives the traveler is greeted by a magnificent vista of Lake section”), the view opens up and the hills of northeast River. There is a large sand beach where the river meets important estuary, wetland area and bird migration route. between Red Cliff and Cornucopia/Town of Bell) has the best area and features architecture ranging from quaint cottages Row” houses, which were built by the DuPont Company for way to pine and cedar forests. Within the first mile out of Superior and the Apostle Islands as the Byway climbs into Minnesota are visible in the distance. The Byway then makes Lake Superior. This world-famous trout stream has been The Refuge was established in 1998 in an effort to restore access for kayaks to the mainland sea caves at Meyers Beach, to magnificent Victorian homes.