Travel Reference
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It's great fun to drive aboard the free Merrimac Ferry across the Wisconsin River.
Fromthere,youcanheadintothescenicLakeWisconsinresortarea,whichstretches53
milesfromFarmer'sBay,southofPortage,toPrairieduSac.Everyspeciesoffishnativeto
Wisconsinisfoundinthelake,so,needlesstosay,anglersflockhere.Bluehighwaysstretch
the length of the river, offering splendid river vistas and access to trim Wisconsin towns.
Little
Lodi
is the sleeper of southern Wisconsin, a picturesque off-river town of winding
streets,cheeryoldbuildings,andnotmuchtouristtraffic.Fromthere,headnorthwestoutof
town to
Gibraltar Rock Park
(via, get this, Highway J, then Highway JV, then Highway
V, then, somehow, Highway VA—got all that?) and get a bird's-eye view of the Wisconsin
RiverValley.It'sslightlylessinspiringthanDevil'sLakebuthasaboutatenthofthecrowd,
ifany.Lodialsocontainsanover-three-milesegmentofthe
Ice Age National Scenic Trail,
which passes through bluff-view topography (you can see Devil's Lake), a grand overlook,
and oak savannas.
