Houghton Falls Area

Washburn, WI

We often hike the trails at the Houghton Falls Nature Preserve just outside of Washburn, WI. The main trail heads from an access parking lot through a beautiful area to a nice sandstone “cliff” on Lake Superior (i.e,. Houghton Point). However, there are a few side trails that go down into the sandstone “dells” that are fun, especially if there is some water in the creek. The trails shown below are from a full day of exploring with Cash and include a side trail on the “other side” of the creek and an old road this is likely a snowmobile trail in the winter. Houghton Falls/Point is always a fun, quick hike.

Walk-Specific Map

Elevation Profile

Images

GPX Download

A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.

Summary Information

NUM trackID Primary Description Distance CumDist DeltaElev
1 WIHGTNF01 Houghton Falls Tr [Main] Houghton Falls access parking to Dells Spur 0.30 0.30 -18
2 WIHGTNF02 Houghton Falls Tr [Main] Dells Spur to Dells Spur 0.03 0.33 0
3 WIHGTNF04 Houghton Falls Tr [Main] Dells Spur to Dells Spur 0.05 0.39 -2
4 WIHGTNF06 Houghton Falls Tr [Dells] Main trail to Main trail 0.16 0.54 -20
5 WIHGTNF07 Houghton Falls Tr [Main] Dells Spur to Hougton Point Rd Tr 0.04 0.58 1
6 WIHGTNF07 Houghton Falls Tr [Main] Hougton Point Rd Tr to Dells Spur 0.04 0.62 -1
7 WIHGTNRD02 Houghton Point Rd Tr Houghton Falls Tr [Main] to Houghton Falls Tr [South] 0.09 0.75 1
8 WIHGTNF11 Houghton Falls Tr [South] Hougton Point Rd Tr to Houghton Falls Tr [South] 0.02 0.77 14
9 WIHGTNF12 Houghton Falls Tr [South] Houghton Falls Tr [South] to Lake Superior overlook 0.12 0.90 -80
10 WIHGTNF12 Houghton Falls Tr [South] Lake Superior overlook to Houghton Falls Tr [South] 0.12 1.02 80
11 WIHGTNF13 Houghton Falls Tr [South] Houghton Falls Tr [South] to Private Property 0.08 1.10 -2
12 WIHGTNF13 Houghton Falls Tr [South] Private Property to Houghton Falls Tr [South] 0.08 1.18 2
13 WIHGTNF11 Houghton Falls Tr [South] Houghton Falls Tr [South] to Hougton Point Rd Tr 0.02 1.21 -14
14 WIHGTNRD03 Houghton Point Rd Tr Houghton Falls Tr [South] to Gary Rd 0.44 1.65 -17
15 WIHGTNRD03 Houghton Point Rd Tr Gary Rd to Houghton Falls Tr [South] 0.44 2.09 17
16 WIHGTNRD02 Houghton Point Rd Tr Houghton Falls Tr [South] to Houghton Falls Tr [Main] 0.09 2.18 -1
17 WIHGTNRD01 Houghton Point Rd Tr Houghton Falls Tr [Main] to N Houghton Point Rd 0.06 2.24 -9
18 WIHGTNRD01 Houghton Point Rd Tr N Houghton Point Rd to Houghton Falls Tr [Main] 0.06 2.30 9
19 WIHGTNF06 Houghton Falls Tr [Dells] Main trail to Main trail 0.16 2.49 20
20 WIHGTNF05 Houghton Falls Tr [Main] Dells Spur to Dells Spur 0.10 2.59 -5
21 WIHGTNF04 Houghton Falls Tr [Main] Dells Spur to Dells Spur 0.05 2.72 2
22 WIHGTNF03 Houghton Falls Tr [Dells] Main trail to Main trail 0.05 2.77 -7
23 WIHGTNF01 Houghton Falls Tr [Main] Dells Spur to Houghton Falls access parking 0.30 3.07 18