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 are protected plant and animal communities that are not found anywhere else in the state.

Aurora Lake
Anvil Lake Trail
Allequash Lake and Pines
Beaver Creek
Bittersweet Lakes
Black Tern Bog
Blackjack Springs
Border Lakes (aka Catherine Wolter Wilderness Area)
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
Nell Lake
Nixon Lake
Papoose Creek Pines
Pat Shay Lake
Plum Lake Hemlock Forest
Rice Creek
Spruce Grouse Swamp
Toy Lake Swamp
Trout Lake Conifer Swamp
Trout River
Upper Buckatabon Springs
Van Vliet Hemlocks