Badlands Road (FR 2246) in WI -- Camping Rules & Access

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Badlands Road (FR 2246) in WI

Road corridorChequamegon-Nicolet NF, Lakewood-Laona Ranger District

26 mi from Crivitz

Maps 1,302 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 21 days · within 28 days · then move 1 road mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly graded dirt with 0.3 miles of dirt.
  • Near Winslow Lake 3WR1017 Dam.
  • Estimated climb: 130 ft over 1.6 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 16%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • The Little Maiden Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping within one quarter mile of a developed recreation site is prohibited.
  • Camp at least 1320 ft from developed recreation site. (Dispersed camping on Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest lands in the Lakewood-Laona Ranger District)
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 34–55°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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