Natural Areas in Vilas County
Vilas County is home to a number of natural treasures. Many of these gems are protected through the Wisconsin’s State Natural Area program. Several of these natural area’s protect plant and animal communities found nowhere else in the state.
Map of State Natural Areas in Vilas County — Download Map.
If you know the name of the Natural Area you’d like to visit, just click on link below to learn more.
- Aurora Lake
- Anvil Lake Trail
- Allequash Lake and Pines
- Beaver Creek
- Bittersweet Lakes
- Black Tern Bog
- Border Lakes
- Camp Lake and Pines
- Chippewa Trail
- Day Lake
- Devine Lake and Mishonagon Creek
- Dunn Lake
- Haymeadow Creek
- Headwater Lakes
- Johnson Lake Barrens and Springs
- Kentuck Lake
- Lake Alva Birch-Hemlock
- Lake Laura Hardwoods
- Lost Canoe
- Mary Lake
- Nixon Lake
- Papoose Creek Pines
- Pat Shay Lake
- Plum Lake Hemlock Forest
- Pine-Oak Grove
- Rice Creek
- Spruce Grouse Swamp
- Trout Lake Conifer Swamp
- Trout River

Northern Lights - Jack Fredericks

Sunset - Chris Tews

