Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Wisconsin. Within Wisconsin it covers roughly 95 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Lower Wisconsin River Road is a 100-mile Wisconsin scenic byway on State Highway 60, following the river from Lodi to the Mississippi at Prairie du Chien. Locally called the "River of a Thousand Isles," the lower Wisconsin constantly reshapes its own sandbars and channels as it winds through the Driftless Area, the part of the state the last glaciation skipped, leaving golden limestone bluffs rising straight out of the valley's emerald hills. Scenic overlook pullouts along the route are reliable spots for watching bald eagles, and the river itself draws canoers, kayakers, and anglers along its undeveloped banks. Small river towns dot the corridor between Lodi and Prairie du Chien, offering food and lodging at intervals over the drive's full length. It's one of the longer designated scenic byways in Wisconsin, and one built entirely around a single, unusually wild stretch of river.
- 100 miles on Hwy 60, Lodi to Prairie du Chien
- follows the Lower Wisconsin River
- Driftless Area limestone bluffs
- bald eagle viewing pullouts
- canoeing & kayaking on the river
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.