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Take-out WI

Wisconsin Street Bridge / Take-out

Sauk Creek - * UPDATE 2025.09.05 Sketchy wood, but doable * Conservancy to S.Wisconsin St. (1.18 mile or 0.3 mile PnH) (WI)

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Gauge Conditions
Menomonee River at Menomonee Falls, WI Upstream Primary
Runnable: 200.0 – 750.0 CFS

Almost certainly too low (but you could check its stick-gauge for possible low-water minimums). (Stick-gauge under 13.9' is a total scrape.)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Description

The best take-out (for shortest hike back to your vehicle) is immediately under the Wisconsin Street bridge. A hill of dirt on shore (just before the bridge proper) creates a great eddy against the river-right cement wall of the bridge. Beach your boat and walk tot the top of that hill. Hoist your boat up to the grass at the top of about a 5' wall. It may be a tough climb up the wall (especially for shorter boaters), as you have to 'mantle up' (rock climbing move) to the grassy area immediately behind a fish-cleaning station (with rest rooms).

There is a good-sized parking area immediately adjacent, but it has been fenced in (low wood/rail fence) and marked exclusively for use by WE Energies vehicles. Best I can tell, it is still legal to parallel park outside that fence along an alley, or at the west end (outside the fence) next to a powerline post.

Location
Type
Take-out
Difficulty
Class N/A
Mile Marker
1.2 mi
Directions
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* UPDATE 2025.09.05 Sketchy wood, but doable * Conservancy to S.Wisconsin St. (1.18 mile or 0.3 mile PnH)
Sauk Creek
II-III(IV) 1.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater