8.6.11 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Horseshoe Bend Road to Buncombe Road, Galena/Fever River II Bolton Road to Krape Park, Yellow River (Taylor) 5.31.15 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 7.6.13 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ County Road C to Stange’s Park, Prairie River I Sheridan Springs Road to Lyons, White River II (Walworth) Two other bridges outside Sheboygan and one at the mouth of the Sheboygan River … 6.13.13 | ☆ ☆ 5.17.09 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Fortunately for the paddler, two of those will be skipped outright (Kiel and Rockville) and four of them coincide with beginning or ending an individual trip (i.e., not having to portage). Lake Ludden to S. Oak Park Road, Pecatonica River: Mineral Point Branch I 4.16.15 | ☆ ☆ ☆ 1 0 obj 6.7.14 | ☆ 6.1.11 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ County Road YY to Czech Lane, Whitewater Creek Lake Altoona Dam to Hobbs Landing, Eau Claire River III (Marathon) 8.15.14 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 7.22.19 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Wisconsin Dells to Norway Drive, Wisconsin River VI After Millhome, there are four more dams along the way before the river reaches Lake Michigan (Damn, Sheboygan – them’s a lotta dams for a short river: 1 … St. Croix Falls to Osceola, Starkweather Creek 5.1.15 | ☆ ☆ ☆ 6.6.12 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ School Section Road to O’Riley Road, Turtle Creek III Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Lake Waubesa Wetlands 9.27.15 | ☆ ☆ ☆ But at least at this water level there was plenty of cushion and more of a 45-degree angle ledge than a sheer 90-degree one. 09.13.20 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Frontier Park to Jacobus Park, Mill Creek (Iowa) 9.2.12 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 5.27.17 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 4.18.20 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Highway 139 to Chipmunk Rapids Campground, Pine River (Lincoln) After Millhome, there are four more dams along the way before the river reaches Lake Michigan (Damn, Sheboygan – them’s a lotta dams for a short river: 1 per 10 miles on average). Dekorra to Whalen Bay, Wisconsin River V 5.6.17 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Old Stone Road to Casey Road, Badfish Creek III 7.13.13 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 4.16.17 | ☆ ☆ ☆ Lyndon Station to Wisconsin Dells, Prairie Du Sac to The Mississippi River 6.10-6.14.20 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 8.11.12 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 9.28.20 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 4.11.14 | ☆ ☆ ☆ Old Sixteen Road to Highway 76, Yellow River I 5.2.09 | ☆ ☆ ☆ Prairie Du Sac to Arena, Wisconsin River III That’s why there’s a discrepancy in mileage for bikes and cars. Black River Falls to Melrose, Black River: East Fork II endobj 9.27.20 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Cemetery Road to Morrison Landing, Mukwonago River 8.8.17 | ☆ ☆ ☆ 7.23.17 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Menomonie to Dunnville, Red Cedar River I 8.13.16 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Perhaps nowhere these days are they more threatening than in the Amazon basin. Skill Level: Beginner (Intermediate if you venture into Lake Michigan) Here and there are riffles whisking you along a series of right and left bends as the river meanders in broad loops. Cambridge to Hoopen Road, Koshkonong Creek II 7.5.20 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 7.31.10 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 5.8.13 | ☆ ☆ ☆ Still, any venture into a huge open body of water like the Great Lakes is a whole lot of fun. Our Guide to Black Earth Creek, Black Earth Creek V 4.1.17 | ☆ ☆ ☆ County Road A to Belleville, Sugar River VII 7.24.17 | ☆ ☆ ☆ …………………………………, Wisconsin River XIV 3.7.15 | ☆ ☆ ☆ Hamilton Falls Canoe Landing to Canoe Landing Forest Road, Eau Galle River 9.6.16 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ At the risk of sounding testy or defensive, for those naysayers out there who think government is the problem of everything and the solution to nothing, or that there are just too many regulations choking the free market and killing jobs, well, let the Sheboygan River illustrate a thing or two. Langlade to Markton, Wolf River IV 8.30.14 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ There’s something fun about going from woodsy corridors to industrial buildings, warehouses, and wharves. Maybe it was the high water, maybe it was using my 15′ long kayak with a sharp v-shaped hull, but I had a heck of a time “beaching” myself onto the apron while fishtailing sideways and then getting dragged backwards to the lip of the dam, a rather precarious premise. 9.08 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Marl Lake to Shadow Lake Road, Crystal River I 8.17.14 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Cotton Mill Park to County Road J, Beaver Dam River II Crosscut Road to Quarry Road, Little Platte River II Before you get carried away, take care to notice on the opposite bank (river-right) and you’ll see a rather modest looking stream enter the Sheboygan. Lily to Langlade, Yahara River Overview Dakota to Highway 22, Menomonee River III Recommended Levels: 9.29.12 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 8.17.13 | ☆ ☆ ☆ Center Road to County Road W, Pine River II (Richland) County Road J to Huckleberry Road, Rattlesnake Creek Sheridan Springs Road to Lyons, White River (Waushara) In his Paddling Southern Wisconsin guidebook, guru Mike Svob describes this section of the river as a “torturous sequence of bends,” but also goes on to say (in the same sentence no less) that it is one of the prettiest parts of the river. 9.29.16 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Highway HK to Hollandale, Pecatonica River: East Branch II 7.25.14 | ☆ ☆ 10.20.16 | ☆ ☆ ☆ Dan Roehrborn. Spring Valley to 770th Avenue, Embarrass River The new bridge at Sheboygan Falls was carried away with a loss of logs and damages to mills and dams. We have 2 children and live in Sheboygan … ��q����j!��^�I���V䵏TU8,�H�=�>��T/M@!��&�e�D�����y��:l���d�(��M�"�B> h ��=�ω���e�R��]����[ The folks fishing were there for steelhead. 9.2.16 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Concord Road to County Road P, Old Pearl River 11.1.16 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Enjoy an exhilarating adventure paddling down the rambling Sheboygan River in a two-person canoe or single-person kayak. 7.6.20 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 8.11.13 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Mecan River Springs to 11th Road, Mecan River II Castle Rock Dam to Lyndon Station, Wisconsin River XIII: "The Upper & Lower Dells" 11.10.13 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 9.4.16 | ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 3.15.20 | ☆ ☆ 5.18.13 | ☆ ☆ Our Guide to the Platte River, Platte River VIII Sister Bay to Garret Bay, Lake Michigan: Cave Point County Park Cloud to Sheboygan Broughton Marsh County Park, West Branch of the Fond Du Lac River Video, Eau Claire River: North Fork (Eau Claire), Lake Superior: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (MI), Pecatonica River: Mineral Point Branch II, Wisconsin River XIII: "The Upper & Lower Dells". 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