Day Hiking Trails: Trails abound for visitors to Trego, Wis., area

Friday, July 5, 2013

Trails abound for visitors to Trego, Wis., area

Wild River Trail crossing the Namekagon River.

A number of excellent trails await cabin-goers to the Trego, Wis., area this summer. Among them:
g Leisure Lake Trail – A 3-mile trail heads about Leisure Lake, off of Skunk Lake Road, northwest of town. The lake’s shoreline is nicely forested.
g Trego Lake Trail – A trio of loops run for 3.5 miles near the Namekagon River and Trego Lake in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. A combination of the A and B loops offer the best river and lake views.
g Trego River Trail – This 2.8-mile round trip walk heads through a variety of habitats along the Namekagon River in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. Keep an eye out for snowshoe hare, Great Blue Heron, beavers, otters, turtles and the telltale signs of bobcats.
g Wild River Trail – The former C&NW Rail route turned hiking trail runs through town from Spooner to Minong. From Park Street, take an almost 2-mile round trip walk north through the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, including a bridge over the Namekagon River.

Learn about nearby trails in Day Hiking Trails of Washburn County.

Meet the Author

My name is Rob Bignell. I'm a long-time hiker, journalist and editor. My son Kieran and I have been hiking together for the past decade. Before Kieran, I taught middle school students in New Mexico and Wisconsin, served as an infantryman in the Army National Guard, and worked in newspapers. I've won several journalism awards, from editorial writing to sports reporting. In 2001, The Prescott Journal, which I served as managing editor of, was named Wisconsin’s Weekly Newspaper of the Year. Currently I own and operate an online editing business, Inventing Reality Editing Service. After spending several years in Southern California, my son and I now live in Wisconsin on the scenic Red Cedar River.