It was the perfect accompaniment to rolling through the bustling main street strip filled with shoppers and tourists on a beautiful summer day. In fact, I caught the local “vacation station”, WDLS (AM 900, which since unfortunately flipped formats), playing “ Holiday Road” by Lindsay Buckingham, which served as the opening theme to National Lampoon’s Vacation. The Drive (South To North): Highway 13 begins along a busy interchange with I-90/94 (Exit 87) as it whizzes past Wisconsin Dells, the “Water Park Capital of the World” and Wisconsin’s most popular vacation destination. Wisconsin Highway 13 Road Trip Highway 13 begins as a ramp off I-90/94 going past the Dells it runs right through the heart of downtown before making its way north through the state. Along the way, you hit touristy areas like the Dells and Bayfield, run through mid-size Wisconsin cities like “da Rapids” and Marshfield, wind through the North Woods, scoot just to the west of Wisconsin’s highest point, and then hit the state’s northernmost areas along the lake Gordon Lightfoot sang about – for better or worse. Quickie Summary: State “Trunk” Highway 13 connects the Dells with Wisconsin’s rugged Lake Superior shores. Sample towns along the way: Wisconsin Dells, Adams/Friendship, Wisconsin Rapids, Marshfield, Abbotsford, Medford, Phillips, Park Falls, Ashland, Bayfield 2/53 freeway near SuperiorĬounties along the way: Sauk, Columbia, Adams, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Clark, Taylor, Price, Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas Northern terminus: Douglas County, at the U.S. Southern terminus: Sauk County, at I-90/94’s Exit 87 in Wisconsin Dells “From The State’s Largest Vacation Spot To The World’s Largest Freshwater Lake”
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