Summer

PHOTO CREDIT: REBECCA WITT ZILLGES

Fun in the sun here gives friends and families the chance to recreate outdoors together in a safe and enjoyable setting. Sandy beaches are plentiful throughout the Crivitz area. Here is a quick tour of popular beaches in and around Crivitz:

Let’s start at Left Foot Lake just southwest of Crivitz and one of the newer beaches to be improved by the Marinette County Park system. It has public parking and a sandy swimming area with a neighboring boat launch.

Lake Noquebay Park has a sand beach that is shallow enough for the youngsters to splash around. This is a 2,300-acre body of water that is a well-known water playground. The park has many other amenities that help add to its popularity, some of which include the boat landing, playground area, outside showers, bathhouse, restrooms and log recreation center.

The beach at Twin Bridge Park is popular with boaters and skiers. The High Falls Flowage is 1,500 surface acres with wild shoreline and numerous boat landings. While the boaters boat and the skiers ski, the rest of the group wiggles their toes in the sandy beach area. There are restrooms and dressing rooms, picnic tables, sand beach and playground. Camping is offered. Or consider the beach at Little Newton Lake. This beach was modified and improved by the Town of Stephenson some years ago for greater safety and a more user-friendly environment. A public parking lot is located just across the street. This beach has clean sand with a gentle taper of lake bottom. There are public restrooms and lots of sand to lie on along the shore.

On Caldron Falls Flowage, off of Boat Landing 9 Road, there is Musky Point Beach, which is a very nice sandy beach area with picnic tables and grills for your convenience.

If you want more to do in the water than just swim, maybe a raft trip is in order. The portion of the Peshtigo River located northwest of Crivitz has long been popular as a Midwest rafting destination. Whitewater rapids and waterfalls are mixed in with some quiet water that allows you to catch your breath after the first bout of excitement on this Northwoods treasure.

Back on the lakes, resorts provide boat rentals on the bigger bodies of water in our area. Rent a pontoon boat or a rowboat and tour the flowages or Lake Noquebay.

Summer is a busy time of year and activities and events are always scheduled in the area. Check out the calendar of events at crivitz.com or visitcrivitz.com.