North Lakeland Discovery Center

A community-oriented educational center dedicated to exploring, preserving, and enhancing the area’s natural, cultural, and historic resources. The Center is a former YCC camp with main lodge, kitchen, men’s and women’s dorms, eleven rustic bunkhouses, beach and sauna. It offers a year-round program of environmental education, including bird watching. The Center encompasses 66 acres including 25-acre Statehouse Lake and 20 miles of hiking trails. Common species include Semipalmated Plovers, Savannah Sparrows, Sandhill Cranes, Yellow Warblers, Dunlins, White-rumped Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Least Sandpipers.

Directions: From Manitowish Waters travel northeast on Cty. Hwy W 1.25 miles to the Center. Address is W215 Cty. Hwy. W. Paved parking.

Gazetteer: Page 97, C-5.

Amenities: Restrooms, drinking fountain, gravel trails.

Phone: 715/543-2085 (North Lakeland Discovery Center).

Web site: Discovery Center

Rarities: Osprey and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.

Hours: Daylight hours.

Seasonality: Best in spring, summer and fall.

Nearest food & lodging: The Center offers both accommodations and food service. Otherwise, Manitowish Waters, 1.5 miles south offers all services.