As anyone who regularly reads Milespaddled.com would know, we love the Waupaca area for canoeing and kayaking. There’s an appeal there that we just can’t resist, and the Crystal River is one of those reasons. It’s a river that’s…
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2016 saw many changes for Milespaddled.com, starting with the appearance of the site itself. Behind the scenes, we had been busy working up a new site, while at the same time reporting on 42 trips that covered over 400 miles of…
Clocking in around 90 miles long, the Sugar River is one of the more prominent streams in southern Wisconsin. Despite its name, the Sugar isn’t always so sweet. Just west of Verona, it starts clear and gurgles with a…
If there’s one stream in southern Wisconsin that is a paddler’s paradise, it’s the Mecan River. Starting at a pretty lake fed by natural springs, the river meanders for some 40 miles through a mixed landscape of hardwoods, oak savannas,…
Turtle Creek is a real gem in southern Wisconsin. Popular with locals but for some reason mostly unknown to outsiders (which is probably just fine by the locals), there’s a lot to love about this pretty stream...…
Approximating 120 miles in length, the Baraboo River is recognized as the longest free-flowing river in the country that has been restored after the removal of its many damns. That alone is a pretty cool fact...…
Even before I ever stepped foot in a kayak, I’d been curious about Black Earth Creek. There it is, zigging and zagging along Highway 14 as you head west from Madison towards Cross Plains, then Black Earth and finally…
2015 was another big year for milespaddled.com. We reported on 49 waterways and logged over 400 miles throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota (this is in addition to the many miles that were paddled for an upcoming book that we're very…
With a third addition to the Miles Paddled fleet, we needed another rack for the garage. We thought we’d have a little fun documenting the process for building your own Homemade (& Affordable) Kayak Rack, super simple DIY solution...…
Water levels are everything when it comes to paddling and we spend a lot of time watching gauges as we plan our trips throughout the season to make sure we're hitting a given creek or river at the right…
Awhile ago, we sent out stickers to friends and fans of the site. Our only request was that in return, we were sent a picture of where it lives. Here's a little gallery of our friends showing some love…
We covered a lot of creeks and rivers in 2014. With over 50 trips surpassing 450 miles, we had a hard time choosing our favorites for this year's "Best of" report. That said, in no particular order, here are…
Clocking in at 62 miles long, the Yahara River has three identities: the upper, the chain of lakes and the lower...…
Over the course of the 2014 summer, my goal was to paddle as much of Badfish Creek as possible. I managed to complete the creek from Rutland Dunn Town Line Road (just east of the Village of Oregon) to…
Timothy made the trek up to Bayfield to check out the ice caves on the shore of Lake Superior. Here are some first-hand photos of the experience...…
We logged a serious amount of trips and miles this year so we thought it was worthwhile to look back on the season. Here, in no particular order, are 13 of our favorite canoe and kayak paddles from 2013...…
Last year I had the great fortune of perfect timing to paddle a river in mid-December in central Wisconsin, when the water itself was still open, flowing nicely and it began to snow. “Perfect timing” might be relative, as…
One of our favorite rivers in Wisconsin, the Platte is where it’s at. Plumb in the Driftless Region of rugged hills and hidden valleys, the Platte flows along quiet pastures and exposed rock outcrops with a quick skip in…
Yesterday we took part in our first ever twit mob with our friends at Wisconsin River Alliance. Via Twitter, we asked what your favorite places are to paddle in Wisconsin...…
In 1989, the Lower Wisconsin Riverway was created to protect the last free-flowing 92 miles to the confluence of the Mississippi River for recreational purposes and to help protect natural wildlife habitats...…
I'm always interested in what gear people take when trying to keep things lightweight on the water. Especially when it comes to cooking... often the highlight of the day after a long paddle...…
So I recently procured another kayak which meant... I needed more storage...…