Straight Lake State Park
Land, Lakes, and Life

Straight Lake State Park contains an 850-acre block of mature forest with some trees approaching 100 years old. The rest of the area, according to state ecologists, contains marsh, bog, and grassland complexes.

Hike amid tall trees.
DNR Photo

The park includes five lakes, including the 107-acre Straight Lake, and several flowages.
DNR Photo

Straight Lake is fed and drained by the Straight River. It is a premier northern wild lake with a great fishery of bass, northern pike, and panfish. The Straight River was formed when melting glacial waters, under high pressure, blasted through the ice, carving a steep-sided tunnel channel.

The Straight River has some curves.
DNR Photo

Straight Lake has been nominated as an important bird area [exit DNR] by the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative. The birds include eagles and a pair of nesting trumpeter swans.

The park's wetlands are home to turtles, ducks, and frogs.
DNR Photo

There also are bears and river otters and in the area.

For more information, ask:

Paul Kooiker
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
PO Box 367
Grantsburg WI 54840-0367
(715) 463-2897