Minocqua Guides & Things to Do
A locals' guide to every town and neighborhood across the Wisconsin Northwoods.
This Weekend · the Wisconsin Northwoods
The Weekend Lineup: August 7-9
Musky Jamboree weekend kicks off Friday night with a free street party on Main Street Boulder Junction -- live music, dancing, and beer from the American L...
Read this week's lineup →- A Local's Guide to Antigo: Gateway to the Northwoods and Langlade County Farm Country Antigo is the Langlade County seat and the southern gateway to the Northwoods -- a farm-and-county-seat town in maple country with a diner-and-supper-club food scene worth a stop on the way north.
- A Local's Guide to Crandon: World-Championship Off-Road Racing and Forest County Lakes Crandon is the Forest County seat on Lake Metonga -- a quiet Northwoods lakes town that hosts the World Championship Off-Road Races every Labor Day, with supper clubs and fishing the rest of the year.
- A Local's Guide to Hurley: Silver Street History, Iron County Waterfalls, and the Iron Range Hurley is a Wisconsin Iron Range border town twinned with Ironwood, Michigan -- known for its historic Silver Street saloon district, a county full of waterfalls, and deep-snow winters.
- A Local's Guide to Ironwood: Copper Peak, Big Snow Country, and Lake Superior Ironwood is the western-UP gateway to Big Snow Country -- home to Copper Peak (the only ski-flying hill in the Western Hemisphere), deep lake-effect snow, Lake Superior agate beaches, and an old iron-mining downtown.
- A Local's Guide to Mercer: Loon Capital of the World and the Turtle-Flambeau Flowage Mercer is the self-proclaimed Loon Capital of the World -- home to "Claire" the giant loon and Loon Day, on the doorstep of the wild Turtle-Flambeau Flowage, with classic Northwoods supper clubs.
- A Local's Guide to St. Germain: Vilas County Lakes, Supper Clubs, and Colorama St. Germain is a Vilas County lake town in the heart of the chain-lakes country -- a four-season hub for boating, snowmobiling, the fall Colorama festival, and some of the best supper clubs in the Northwoods.
- A Local's Guide to Three Lakes: A 28-Lake Chain, a Cranberry Winery, and Northwoods Suppers Three Lakes sits on one of the world's largest connected chains of lakes -- 28 lakes for boating and fishing, plus a cranberry winery, an arts center, and classic Northwoods supper clubs.
- A Local's Guide to Tomahawk: The Wisconsin River, Live Music at the Ranch, and Supper Clubs Tomahawk is a Wisconsin River town in Lincoln County -- built around fishing and boating, with live music at Rondele Ranch and a deep bench of Northwoods supper clubs and taverns.
- A Local's Guide to Wausau: A Free Art Museum, Rib Mountain, and a Real Downtown Wausau is the southern gateway to the Northwoods and the market's only real city -- home to the free Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Rib Mountain and Granite Peak skiing, a downtown whitewater course, and the region's deepest dining scene.
- A Local's Guide to Woodruff: Lumberjack Shows, the World's Largest Penny, and Lakeland Suppers Woodruff is Minocqua's Lakeland-area twin -- home to the quirky World's Largest Penny, summer lumberjack shows, Rocky Reef Brewing, and the shared lakes of the central Northwoods.
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