Bad River
The Bad River is a river flowing to Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin in the United States. It flows for 119.6 kilometres in Ashland County, draining an area of 1,061 square miles in portions of Ashland, Bayfield and Iron counties.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Wisconsin
- Also known as: “Bad River Slough”, “Mashki-Sibi”, “Maskesipi”, “Maskigo”, “Mushkeesebe”, and “Swamp River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Odanah and Odanah.
New Odanah
Village
New Odanah is a census-designated place in the town of Sanborn, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 466 as of the 2020 census. New Odanah is situated 3 miles south of Bad River.
Odanah
Neighborhood
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Odanah is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ashland County, Wisconsin, in the town of Sanborn, United States, on the banks of the Bad River. Odanah is situated 3 miles southwest of Bad River.
Diaperville
Hamlet
Diaperville is a census-designated place in the town of Sanborn, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 67 as of the 2020 census, down from 70 at the 2010 census. Diaperville was also called Old Odanah. Diaperville is situated 3½ miles southwest of Bad River.
Bad River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ashland, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Bad River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Bad”
- Cebuano: “Bad River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Bad”
- Japanese: “バッド川”
- Polish: “Bad River (Wisconsin)”
- Polish: “Bad River”
- Venetian: “Bad”
- Welsh: “Afon Bad”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Bad River Slough and Honest John Lake.
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