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Wisconsin RiverMillville Boat Landing to Wyalusing Beach
Final Lower Wisconsin day from Millville through the river mouth and into the Mississippi at Wyalusing Beach. This is scenic and access-backed, but the confluence, big-water wind, and boat traffic make it a guarded route rather than a casual sandbar float.
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Access and shuttle
Launch at Millville Boat Landing and finish at Wyalusing Beach after the Wisconsin River meets the Mississippi. The route has classic lower-river islands and bluff views, then a more exposed final approach with deeper water and boat traffic.
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Put-in
Millville Boat LandingWisconsin Trail Guide maps Millville Landing as a developed public landing with parking, ramp, pier, picnic area, and pit toilets.
Take-out
Wyalusing Beach / Wyalusing Boat LandingWyalusing Beach is supported by Wisconsin DNR and Grant County public recreation references, with the saved take-out coordinate tied to the named Wyalusing Boat Landing / beach map feature rather than a DNR-published coordinate table.
Road shuttle
Plan a two-car shuttle between Millville Boat Landing and the Wyalusing Beach / boat landing area off Highway X. The road shuttle is hillier than the river profile suggests, so confirm staging before launching.
Additional access notes
- Do not confuse the Wyalusing Beach / recreation-area take-out with the Wyalusing State Park boat landing farther north unless you intentionally change the route and shuttle.
More route and safety guidance
- DNR warns that hidden current, unstable sandbar drop-offs, overhanging trees, and rapidly rising water can overwhelm a calm-looking river. Wear a PFD and treat the Mississippi finish as open, deeper water with wind, wakes, and navigation demands rather than as an ordinary Wisconsin River landing.
- Millville is a developed public landing and Wyalusing has a public beach/boat landing, but the saved Wyalusing coordinate is not a DNR coordinate-table point. Confirm the intended Wyalusing Beach take-out and shuttle staging on arrival; do not confuse it with the separate Wyalusing State Park boat landing.
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Wisconsin River at Muscoda, WI. This view may be outside your paddling reach. Images are periodic and do not establish safe conditions.
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| Gauge site | Wisconsin River at Muscoda, WI |
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| Preferred range | 3,001 cfs to 7,500 cfs |
| Low threshold | 2,000 cfs |
| High threshold | 20,000 cfs |
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| Main source behind this score | Wisconsin River Trips Millville Muscoda-gauge depth guide |
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NotesPublished evidence and verification notes
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- Exact route report10.8 miles, 5.5 hours
Wisconsin River Trips documents Millville Boat Landing to Wyalusing Beach as a 10.8-mile final Lower Wisconsin route and ties the trip to the Wisconsin River at Muscoda gauge.
- Published level bands3,001 to 7,500 cfs best practical window
Wisconsin River Trips treats 3,001 to 5,000 cfs as very ideal, 5,001 to 7,500 cfs as common and ok, 7,501 to 10,000 cfs as viable with smaller sandbars, and 20,001+ cfs as probably too high for safe paddling.
- Put-in supportMillville Landing, 43.03505, -90.96091
Wisconsin Trail Guide LWSR4 maps Millville Landing and describes it as a developed landing with trailer ramp, pier, parking, picnic area, grill, and pit toilets.
- Take-out supportWyalusing Beach / boat landing
Wisconsin DNR says the Wyalusing Recreation Area has a beach, boat landing, and picnic area, and Grant County lists Wyalusing off Highway X with shelter, hydrant, restroom, picnic tables, grills, and sand beach.
- Confluence cautionMississippi River finish
Wisconsin River Trips notes that after entering the Mississippi the water becomes much wider and deeper with recreational boat traffic, so the final mile needs wind, wake, and navigation judgment.
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