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Baraboo River access points and trip distances, Wisconsin

10 access points (10 public) along 79.5 river miles of the Baraboo River in Wisconsin. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Boat ramp near Cleaver Creek
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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43.74503, -90.27192 14.0
14.0Boat ramp (west ramp)
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43.64913, -90.22399 14.0
28.0Baraboo River Access near La Valle Mill Pond
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43.58283, -90.13444 3.4
31.4Baraboo River Access near Big Creek
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43.58360, -90.08974 8.3
39.7Granite Avenue Ramp
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43.53087, -90.01223 0.1
39.8Canoe Launch near Hay Creek
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43.52953, -90.01146 20.9
60.7North Freedom Boat Launch
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43.45690, -89.86320 6.8
67.5Giese Park
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43.46802, -89.81102 7.5
75.0Glenville Access
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43.45845, -89.71393 4.5
79.5Luebke Public Access
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43.46608, -89.65715 end

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wisconsin DNR Boat Access. Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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