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Highway signage, once woefully inadequate, has improved (but is not perfect). Keep in
mind,however,thatmanyofthesewaterfallsareonless-than-improveddirtorgravelroads.
You're likely going to get lost trying to find Bull Falls, Eight Foot Falls, and Horseshoe
Falls (great waterfalls, but really tricky to find), among others, and your teeth will rattle
some.
Crivitz
It'shardtobelievetinyCrivitzisthehubofthecounty.It'sthecenterforsuppliesandcom-
munications in the area, and most resorts use the town as a base. Crivitz is also the main
townforbigLakeNoquebaytotheeast.There'splentyofgoodfishing,andeastofthelake
you'll find a state wildlife area and a stretch of county forest, not to mention oodles of re-
sorts.
Amberg and Pembine
Amberg'sfantastic
Dave's Falls,
southoftownonHighwayV,wasnamedaftera19th-cen-
tury lumberman who lost his life clearing a logjam in the river.
Midway between Amberg and Pembine on U.S. 141 is most folks' favorite area for wa-
terfalls.
Twelve Foot Falls
offers banner trout fishing on the Pike River and access to other
great cascades;
Eighteen Foot Falls
is about a mile away.
Apersonalfavorite,LongSlideFalls,isalongaleisurelydrivenortheastoutofPembine
on Morgan Park Road. A quarter-mile from the pull-off area, the Pembonwon River is
channeled over a 50-foot drop, and the water's great in summer. You can climb down right
atop the main roaring channel—magnificent. Smalley Falls is just upstream. A few miles
east you'll find
Morgan Park.
The best, or at least most isolated, rapids aren't even in Wisconsin—at least the access
roadisn't.JourneyuptheremaininglegofU.S.141,andjustbeforeyoureachNiagara,veer
onto U.S. 8 and cross into Michigan. Just south of Norway, Michigan,
Piers Gorge
offers
a secluded, fantastic hike alongside the Menominee River, especially early in the morning.
Imagine ramming three
million
board feet of lumber through here.
If you want to hang your hat where some shady characters used to, head for the
Miscauno Island Four Seasons Resort
(N16800 Shoreline Dr., 877/324-5244,
www.fourseasonswi.com
,
$159) near Pembine. Twice owned by purported “criminal ele-
ments” dating from the 1930s, its recent incarnation is as a comfy resort.
