A glacial kettle marsh is one of the outstanding scenic natural features along Cranberry Road on Rustic Road 36, east of State Hwy. 50.
Scenic winding Sugar Creek in the Town of Spring Prairie, northwest of Burlington, offers this tranquil late afternoon view along Potter Road (Rustic Road 85). Both Potter Road and Sugar Creek pass through Nature Conservancy forests and wetlands on this scenic stretch.
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Recently-harvested round hay bales are seen in a field near Potter and Kearney roads in the Town of Spring Prairie along Rustic Road 85 in Walworth County, northwest of Burlington.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Troy State Wildlife Area in the Town of Lafayette in Walworth County. Wisconsin is home to more than 6 million acres of public lands. Located about three miles north of Elkhorn, 1,201-acre Troy State Wildlife Area offers three parcels located on County Hwy. A, Hodges Road, and on Peck Station Road/Rustic Road 120 (pictured) between County Hwys. A and ES. Consisting of wetlands, shrub carr and some forest, Troy State Wildlife Area offers a variety of recreational opportunities including birding, cross-country skiing, fishing, hiking, hunting, trapping, wild edibles/gathering, and wildlife viewing. For more information, visit https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Lands/WildlifeAreas/troy.html.
A colorful painting of a single-engine plane in flight decorates the side of this roadside farm silo along Rustic Road 85 near Potters and Kearney Roads in the Town of Spring Prairie, northwest of Delavan.
The Nature Conservancy has forest and wetland areas along Potter Road (Rustic Road 85) and winding Sugar Creek in the Town of Spring Prairie, northwest of Burlington. Rustic Road 85 makes a 2.5-mile loop west of County Hwy. DD along Potter and Kearney roads.
Scenic winding Sugar Creek in the Town of Spring Prairie, northwest of Burlington, offers this tranquil late afternoon view along Potter Road (Rustic Road 85). Both Potter Road and Sugar Creek pass through Nature Conservancy forests and wetlands on this scenic stretch.
Walworth County’s newest Rustic Road, R-120, spans a 2-mile section of Peck Station Road between County Hwy. A to County Hwy. ES in the Town of Lafayette. Wisconsin R-120 passes through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ 1,201-acre Troy State Habitat Area, N6776 Peck Station Road, which offers a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities including hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing and hiking.
Colorful blue roadside chicory blooms greet morning travelers on Rustic Road 120 along Peck Station Road in the Town of Lafayette off County Hwy. ES, north of Elkhorn and east of Abells Corners.
The landscape of Walworth County is ever-changing. While the accompanying barn is long a memory, twin farm storage silos still stand along Steele Road on Rustic Road 11, south of Lyons.
Travels along Wisconsin Department of Transportation-designated Rustic Roads can turn up some unexpected surprises, including this railroad-themed telegraph pole mailbox post on Rustic Road 120 in the Town of Lafayette that pays tribute to the railroading history of Peck Station Road.
Steele Road offers this picturesque, tranquil view along Rustic Road 11 between Berndt and South Roads. Wisconsin Department of Transportation-designated Rustic Roads offer outstanding natural features along their borders, such as rugged terrain, native vegetation, native wildlife or open areas with agricultural vistas. They are also typically lightly-traveled local access roads serving adjacent property owners and those wishing to travel by auto, bicycle or foot for purposes of recreational enjoyment.
A drive along South Road off State Hwy. 50 east of Lake Geneva offers this scenic view of a rare American elm along Rustic Road 11. Once a common sight and the namesake of countless Elm Streets across America, the ranks of American elms have been thinned considerable by the plague of Dutch Elm Disease since its arrival in the U.S. in the 1930s, and Wisconsin in the early 1950s. Of the estimated 77 million elms in North America in 1930, more than 75 percent were gone by 1989. Researchers estimate that less than one out of every 100,000 American elms is resistant to Dutch Elm Disease, making this stately tree a rare survivor.
Wisconsin Rustic Road 29 offers a shady, wooded ride along Snake Road between the City of Lake Geneva and the Town of Geneva off State Hwy. 50.
The White River is a scenic natural feature on Rustic Road 12 along Back Road between State Hwys. 36 and 50 between the Town of Lyons and the City of Lake Geneva.
Easily distinguished brown-and-yellow Wisconsin Rustic Roads signs mark the routes of all Wisconsin Department of Transportation-designated Rustic Roads routes. A small placard beneath the Rustic Roads sign identifies each Rustic Road by its numerical designation within the statewide system. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation pays the cost of furnishing and installing Rustic Roads marker signs. The Rustic Road sign marks R-36, which includes Cranberry Road and Berndt Road, east of State Hwy. 50 in Walworth County near the Kenosha County border.
Jerusalem artichoke, a species of sunflower, blooms roadside along Peck Station Road, Rustic Road 120, in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Troy Wildlife Area in the Town of Lafayette, north of Elkhorn and east of Abells Corners.
An old railroad caboose in a field pays poignant tribute to Walworth County's railroading heydays along Peck Station Road in the Town of Lafayette, north of Elkhorn and east of Abells Corners on Rustic Road 120.
