Color Tour #2 is a 60 mile loop
giving the visitor spectacular views of the Chippewa Flowage and
colorful forests.
 Beginning
at the Hayward Information Center building drive southwest on Highway
63 one block to the stop lights and turn left (southeast) onto Highway
B and 27. At 0.5 mile turn left at the stop light by the Windmill
and continue east on County B. At 9 miles you pass between the two
Round Lakes. Squaw Bay of Round Lake is on the left and Little Round
Lake is on the right.
At 13.5 miles turn right (south) at the Blue Heron onto Highway
CC. In about 2 miles you begin to see lakes and bays that make up
the Chippewa Flowage. The Chippewa Flowage was created in 1923 when
Northern States Power built a dam on the Chippewa River. The dam
flooded 15,300 acres and joined several small lakes into one large
body of water.
At 18.3 miles you cross the bridge at Herman's Landing and have
a great view to both sides of the flowage. There are approximately
200 islands in the flowage. Some are solid ground but a few are
floating bogs that meander around the flowage. You may be able to
see on of the floating islands on your tour. At the south end of
the flowage you enter the village of New Post. New Post was built
when the flowage flooded the Trading Post and village on Pokegama
Creek.
 Follow
CC to the right around a sharp right turn in New Post and continue
west. Highway CC turns south at 27 miles, however continue straight
(west) on Highway N. Highway N ends at a T intersection with County
Highway E at 31 miles. Turn left (south) on E and in 0.2 mile follow
E to the right around a sweeping curve. At 34.2 miles follow E around
a sharp left corner and pass a cranberry bog on the right side of
the road. Highway E intersects with Highways 27 and 70 at 36.6 miles.
Turn right onto Highway 27 and drive west. Continue on Highway 27
past the intersection with Highway 70 in about a mile and continue
to the intersection with Highway K at 41.3 miles by the Trailways
Inn.
Turn right onto Highway K and drive east. At 44.2 miles you pass
a cranberry marsh on the left on the shore of Grindstone Lake. Shortly
after seeing the marsh you enter Northwoods Beach at 45 miles. At
46.4 miles you cross Grindstone Creek. Lac (lake) Courte Oreilles
is on the right. Turn left (west) onto County E at 48.6 miles. County
E follows around the north shore of Grindstone Lake.
At 51.7 miles turn left onto Williams Road. Spring Lake is on the
right at this T intersection. Williams Road winds southwest and
west. At 53.9 miles continue straight on Williams Road and up a
small hill past a cross road. The route turns onto Highway 27 at
55.8 miles at a T intersection. Turn right (north) on 27 and follow
the highway into Hayward. At 60.2 miles turn right (northeast) at
the stoplight onto Highway 63 and in one block you are back at the
Hayward Information Center building.
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