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Lake Petenwell WI - a.k.a Petenwell Flowage

Lake Petenwell is Wisconsin’s second largest body of water (23,000+ Acres), created by Wisconsin River Power Company in the 1940s by building a Hydroelectric Dam on the Wisconsin River. Lake Petenwell is also known as Petenwell flowage. It has plenty of fine waterfront real estate around Petenwell County Park which is one of Central Wisconsin’s most popular parks. Just south of the Petenwell Dam, is Castle Rock Lake, which is WI 4th largest lake. You can not boat from lake petenwell to castle rock lake. Theses two lakes, along with the Wisconsin, River separate Adams County & Juneau Cty. Today Lake Petenwell is one of Central Wisconsin biggest attractions along with Wisconsin Dells, which is only about 30 minutes directly south.

Lake Petenwell Adams County side Townships - Strongs Prairie, Monroe and Rome.

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Types of Fish: Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Catfish, Muskies and Panfish!

Size...............	23,040 Acres
Max Depth........	44 feet
Average Depth...	Unknown
Public Access.....	County Park
Wake Rules ........	Skiable

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Area Information

Rome Township WI

Rome Township is located at the northwest part of Adams County, Central Wisconsin home of the Tri-Lakes; Arrowhead 300 acres, Sherwood 246 acres & Camelot 445 acres. The areas around the lakes are heavily developed and have covenants, rules, regulations and restrictions. There are literally hundreds of deeded lake access parcels on both sides of Hwy 13 around these all sports fishing lakes. There are a couple of stream running through Rome including Chester Creek, Spring Branch which flows into Sherwood Lake, Fourteen Mile Creek which fills Lake Camelot and Lake Arrowhead then dumps in to Lake Petenwell that is part of the Wisconsin River Flowage System. Twin Lakes is also located in the Township right across the street from Petenwell right by Twin Lakes Nature Preserve; 45 wooded / wetland acres. There are two rock formations Hamilton Mound and D'oro Couche aka Dyracuse Mound part of Dyracuse Off-Road Park close to Monroe Prairie Recreation Area for ATVing. Most of the back roads are open to both ATVing and Snowmobiling via routes. Rome WI is known for the Lake Arrowhead Golf Courses; The Pine Course and The Lakes Course plus Room to Roam Dog Park.

Cities, Towns and Villages

Rome aka New Rome Wisconsin

Lakes, Rivers, Creeks and Trout Streams

Tri-Lakes
Petenwell part of the Wisconsin River
Twin
Spring Branch
Fourteen Mile Creek
Chester Creek

Public Land & Features for the Area

Monroe Prairie Recreation Area
Hamilton Mound
Dyracuse Off-Road Park
D'oro Couche aka Dyracuse Mound
Lake Arrowhead County Park
Lake Camelot County Park
Room to Roam Dog Park
Camelot Public Access (Wisconsin Department of Nature Resources) on Fourteen Mile Creek

Monroe Township WI

Monroe Township WI is located Adams County, Central Wisconsin; primarily a recreational area with about 10 miles of Petenwell Flowage frontage, thousands of acres of Wisconsin River Power Company & Corporate Timberland property which is open to the public. Most back roads are open to ATVs and snowmobiling via routes and trails. Petenwell County Park is nearly surrounded by Lake Petenwell that offers a safe harbor, sandy beach camping, boat ramps and more... At the north end on Lake Petenwell is Kennedy Waters & Petenwell Landing developments which border Monroe Town Park. This park doesn’t see many people in the summer but in the winter is a hot spot for ice fishing & snowmobiling. The town hall is located in Monroe Center a small community with a couple bars & grills, full time and vacation with a small general store / gas station. The main intersection for this area is County Road C and Cty Rd Z. Also Monroe Township is home to Van Kuren Trail.

Cities, Towns and Villages

Monroe Center

Lakes, Rivers, Creeks and Trout Streams

Petenwell

Public Land & Area Features

Petenwell County Park
Monroe Town Park
Van Kuren Trail

Strongs Prairie Township WI

Strongs Prairie Township is located in Adams County, Central Wisconsin which borders plenty of frontage on Castle Rock Lake and Lake Petenwell along the West side. ATV Routes and Snowmobile Trails connect to the trail system in the Monroe Township to the North and this area offers plenty of public access land and several great launches on both lakes. And Strongs Prairie is home to the Castle Rock Horseback Riding Trails which consists of about 50 miles of roads and path through the woods.

Dead Horse Creek joins Big Roche-A-Cri Creek which flows into Arkdale Lake created by a small dam then moves on past Crystal Brook Woods just north of Northern Bay and then ends up in Castle Rock Lake. Also on the southeast corner Carter Creek joins with Little Roche-A-Cri Creek which ends up flowing into Castle Rock part of the Wisconsin Flowage System. A good portion of the west side along the lakes and the section of the Wisconsin River is public land owned by Wisconsin River Power Company.