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Attractions near Bayfield

Nothing in Bayfield itself: Split Rock Lighthouse is 30 mi away

3 of the 5 places to visit in and around Bayfield are parks & monuments. None of them is inside Bayfield itself. Visits to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore run to about 261K a year. Out of town, Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest is 50 mi away.

Attractions nearby
15
within 60 miles
The big one
3 mi
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Lutsen Mountains
National Lakeshore · 3 mi northwest

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

69,372 acres in Bayfield, Wisconsin (US) managed by the National Park Service.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

Head to the northwest for most of the 5 on the list.

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Orange: Bayfield. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Every one of them

Look within 60 miles for all 15 places listed.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Bayfield → · Bayfield’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Split Rock Lighthouse: Jim Sorbie, CC BY 2.0 · Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest: MDuchek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: NPS Photo, Public domain · Gooseberry Falls State Park: Chuck Kochmann, Copyrighted free use · Tettegouche State Park: Desertson67 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Lakes Aquarium: Tmajewski, Public domain · Lake Superior Railroad Museum: User resedabear on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Duluth Depot: Hikki Nagasaki, Public domain · Fairlawn Mansion: Nfarmakes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Two Harbors Lighthouse: pmarkham, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tweed Museum of Art: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0

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