Hayward Lakes Visitor & Convention Bureau
Area's magnificent Woods and Waters Playground offering a variety of protected lakes and riverways to choose from: Wisconsin's largest wilderness lake to almost private lakes; natural, crystal-clear, spring-fed lakes and chain of lakes with miles of irregular shoreline; quiet lakes with a speed limit unique to the midwest; lakes created as a refuge for fish and wildlife and lakes on the Namakagon National Scenic Riverway for fishing, boating, sailing, canoeing, swimming, tubing, skating, skiing, island picnicking, and golfing in unsurpassed beauty.
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Autumn in The Northwoods... Autumn is the romance of crackling fires and Kodak moment nature trails. It is searching for an eagle's nest and having an island picnic. It is The Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival through the resplendent forest. It is flaming fairways through nature in the Golf Capitol of Wisconsin.Autumn is the time for gathering harvest and people to celebrate nature's abundance with a flurry of festivals: Fall Fest, Cranberry Fest, the Bayfield Apple Fest, and the Gourmet Wine Tasting Party.
Winter in the Northwoods... We love winter and it shows. About the only thing that goes to sleep in the northland in the winter are the black bears. the rest of the area is vibrant with activities for all ages right into March.
Winter is breaking trail through virgin powder on a crystalline lake with your snowmobile. It is crisp, clean air and glittering trees as you glide through pristine forests on cross country skis. It is learning how quite "quite" can be as you snow shoe across frozen wetlands, alert to the dart of deer or rabbit, or the chirp of a chickadee. It is the solitude of relaxing over your favorite ice hole, keenly awaiting the lunker you know is down there.
Spring is the season beavers slap their tails at the intrusion of fishing boats in their newly opened lakes teeming with new life. It is time for excellent fishing and a fitting time for Fishing Has No Boundaries. Spring is nature re-awaking with sight-and-sound-surround... Just for you.