Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area

The Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area is a popular adventure for guests. It is easily within a leisurely walking distance, a casual bike ride, or a short drive from Adeline’s.

About the Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area

The Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area is a 10,000-acre complex of marsh, grassland, oak savanna, river, and wood lots.

The Wildlife Area includes the Grand River Marsh Grasslands and a 1446-acre lake in Green Lake, Marquette Counties, with a maximum depth of 7 feet, and visitors can access the lake from a public boat landing. Fish species include Panfish, Largemouth Bass, northern pike, and Walleye

There are many trails for bird watching and hiking and three boat landings for your canoe or kayak.

Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area

Adeline’s Grand River Marsh Wildlife Adventures

Within one and a half miles of Adeline’s, the Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area provides guests with fun adventures, from cross-country skiing and hiking in the winter to bird watching and canoeing in the spring to fishing and exploring in the summer to enjoying a refreshing nature walk in the fall. Adeline’s has bicycles and ample parking for trailers.

Another Popular Adventure is to nearby Amish Settlements

About the Grand River Marsh Grasslands

Encompasses Grand River Marsh State Wildlife Area and the western two-thirds of Lake Puckaway, the Grand River Marsh Grasslands is designated by the state of Wisconsin as an Important Bird Area (IBA) 

The Grand River Marsh Grasslands contain extensive, high-quality wetland habitats, including emergent marsh, sedge meadow, wet prairie, and open bog.  Oak barrens, oak forests, and planted grasslands are found in the uplands.

Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area bird watching

Grand River Marsh Grasslands Ornithological Importance

The Grand River Marsh Grasslands hosts good-priority grassland, wetland, and shrub bird populations.  Henslow’s sparrow, grasshopper sparrow, bobolink, Eastern meadowlark, blue-winged teal, sedge wren, American bittern, black tern, Forster’s tern, great egret, Virginia rail, red-headed woodpecker, willow flycatcher, brown thrasher, and field sparrow all breed here.  The site supports significant concentrations of waterfowl, shorebirds, waterbirds, and landbirds during staging and migration, including thousands of sandhill cranes and tens of thousands of swallows.