List of Wisconsin state forests

Location map of Wisconsin State Forests

A Wisconsin state forest is an area of forest in the U.S. state of Wisconsin managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources's Division of Forestry. They are managed for outdoor recreation, watershed and habitat preservation, and sustainable forestry. The various units total 471,329 acres (1,907 km²), although many contain extensive private inholdings. Wisconsin's state forests are often co-listed with Wisconsin's state park system, which is maintained by the Division of Parks and Recreation.

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Forest name	County or counties	Area in acres (km²)^[1]	Date established	Body of water	Remarks
Black River State Forest	Jackson	7004670700000000000♠67,070 acres (271.4 km²)	1957	Black River
Brule River State Forest	Douglas	7004408820000000000♠40,882 acres (165.4 km²)	1907	Bois Brule River, Lake Superior	Site of Cedar Island Lodge, or "the Summer White House," where American presidents have vacationed. Popular with canoeists, and cross-country skiers.
Coulee Experimental State Forest	La Crosse County
Flambeau River State Forest	Sawyer and Price	7004901470000000000♠90,147 acres (364 km²)	1930	Flambeau River
Governor Knowles State Forest	Burnett and Polk	7004197530000000000♠19,753 acres (79.9 km²)	1970	St. Croix River	Managed as a wilderness buffer for the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway.
Havenwoods State Forest	Milwaukee	7002237000000000000♠237 acres (0.95 km²)	1979	Lincoln Creek	A green space and environmental education center within Milwaukee city limits.
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit	Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, and Washington	7004292680000000000♠29,268 acres (118 km²)	1936	Numerous kettle lakes
Lapham Peak Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest	Waukesha	7003100600000000000♠1,006 acres (4.07 km²)	1985	None
Loew Lake Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest	Washington	7003109000000000000♠1,090 acres (4.41 km²)	1987	Oconomowoc River, Loew Lake
Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit	Waukesha, Walworth, and Jefferson	7004223000000000000♠22,300 acres (90.2 km²)	1936	Numerous kettle lakes
Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest	Iron, Vilas and Oneida	7005223283000000000♠223,283 acres (903 km²)	1925	Numerous lakes and streams
Peshtigo River State Forest	Marinette and Oconto	7003920000000000000♠9,200 acres (37.2 km²)	2001	Peshtigo River
Pike Lake Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest	Washington	7002678000000000000♠678 acres (2.74 km²)	1960	Pike Lake
Point Beach State Forest	Manitowoc	7003290300000000000♠2,903 acres (11.7 km²)	1938	Lake Michigan

References

↑ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Parks and Recreation. "Wisconsin State Park System: 2006 Visitor Information Guide for State Parks, Forests, Recreation Areas & Trails."

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Wisconsin State Forests

Lists of state forests by U.S. state

Protected areas of Wisconsin

Federal

National Park Service	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

National Forests	Chequamegon-Nicolet

National Wildlife Refuges	Driftless Area Fox River Gravel Island Green Bay Horicon Marsh Necedah Trempealeau Upper Mississippi River Whittlesey Creek

National Trails	Ice Age Trail Timms Hill Trail North Country Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Lake Superior

National Wilderness System	Blackjack Springs Gaylord Nelson Headwaters Porcupine Lake Rainbow Lake Whisker Lake Wisconsin Islands

State

State Parks	Amnicon Falls Aztalan Belmont Mound Big Bay Big Foot Beach Blue Mound Brunet Island Buckhorn Capital Springs Copper Culture Copper Falls Council Grounds Devil's Lake Governor Dodge Governor Nelson Governor Thompson Harrington Beach Hartman Creek Heritage Hill High Cliff Interstate Kinnickinnic Kohler-Andrae Lake Kegonsa Lake Wissota Lakeshore Menominee River Merrick Mill Bluff Mirror Lake Natural Bridge Nelson Dewey New Glarus Woods Newport Pattison Peninsula Perrot Potawatomi Rib Mountain Roche-a-Cri Rock Island Rocky Arbor Straight Lake Tower Hill Whitefish Dunes Wildcat Mountain Willow River Wyalusing Yellowstone Lake

State Natural Areas	Abraham's Woods Bayshore Blufflands Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie Black Tern Bog Dells of the Wisconsin River Dorothy Lake Dunnville Barrens Gibraltar Rock Grandma Lake Kangaroo Lake Moquah Barrens Parfrey's Glen Pewits Nest Rush River Delta Spread Eagle Barrens Spruce Lake Bog Twin Lakes Bog Two Creeks Buried Forest Wind Pudding

State Recreation Areas	Browntown-Cadiz Springs Chippewa Moraine Fischer Creek Hoffman Hills Menominee River Richard Bong

State Forests	Black River Brule River Coulee Experimental Flambeau River Governor Knowles Havenwoods Kettle Moraine - Lapham Peak Unit Kettle Moraine - Loew Lake Unit Kettle Moraine - Northern & Southern Units Kettle Moraine - Pike Lake Unit Northern Highland-American Legion Peshtigo River Point Beach

State Wildlife Areas	Buena Vista Marsh Crex Meadows Dewey Marsh Horicon Marsh Mead

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State of Wisconsin

Madison (capital)

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Regions	Apostle Islands Central Plain Central Wisconsin Chippewa Valley Door Peninsula Driftless Area Eastern Ridges and Lowlands Fox River Valley Great River Road Lake Superior Lowland Northern Highland Western Upland

Major metropolitan areas (pop. over 500,000)	Chicago metropolitan area Madison metropolitan area Milwaukee metropolitan area Twin Cities metropolitan area

Largest cities (pop. over 50,000)	Appleton Eau Claire Green Bay Janesville Kenosha La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Waukesha West Allis

Smaller cities (pop. 15,000 to 50,000)	Beaver Dam Beloit Brookfield Cudahy De Pere Fitchburg Fond du Lac Franklin Greenfield Hudson Kaukauna Manitowoc Marshfield Menasha Menomonie Mequon Middleton Muskego Neenah New Berlin Oak Creek Oconomowoc Onalaska River Falls Sheboygan South Milwaukee Stevens Point Sun Prairie Superior Watertown Wausau Wauwatosa West Bend Wisconsin Rapids

Largest villages (pop. over 15,000)	Allouez Ashwaubenon Caledonia Germantown Howard Menomonee Falls Mount Pleasant Pleasant Prairie

Counties	Adams Ashland Barron Bayfield Brown Buffalo Burnett Calumet Chippewa Clark Columbia Crawford Dane Dodge Door Douglas Dunn Eau Claire Florence Fond du Lac Forest Grant Green Green Lake Iowa Iron Jackson Jefferson Juneau Kenosha Kewaunee La Crosse Lafayette Langlade Lincoln Manitowoc Marathon Marinette Marquette Menominee Milwaukee Monroe Oconto Oneida Outagamie Ozaukee Pepin Pierce Polk Portage Price Racine Richland Rock Rusk Sauk Sawyer Shawano Sheboygan St. Croix Taylor Trempealeau Vernon Vilas Walworth Washburn Washington Waukesha Waupaca Waushara Winnebago Wood

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List of Wisconsin state forests

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