The Area

Fishing and Boating
Flambeau River
Miller Dam
Chippewa River
Holcombe Flowage

  

Hunting
Big Rock Hunting Reserve
Little Hills Hunting Reserve
Chequamegon National Forest
Krug's Northwoods Game Birds, Inc.

Recreational
Perkinstown Winter Sports Area:
Cross-Country Skiing, Snow-Boarding,
Snow Tubing

Old Abe State Trail:
20 miles of abandoned railroad grade connecting two State Parks from Chippewa Falls to Cornell. A multi-use trail for bicyclist, snowmobilers, hikers, and horse back riders.

Snowmobile/ATV Trails:
Taylor County features 300 miles of well groomed snowmobile and ATV trails

  

Festivals
Taylor County Rodeo
Gilman June Dairy Days
Jump River 4th of July Celebration & Tractor Pull
Ladysmith Mardi Gras
Lublin Days Celebration
Gilman Fall Festival
Jump River Labor Day Tractor Pull
Gilman Snieg Fest

 

Rivers and lakes combine with federal, state, and county forests to offer the finest in year-round recreation. The area is noted for excellent small game, deer and waterfowl hunting. Game fish and panfish are plentiful with almost 100 lakes in the area. Providing unlimited opportunities for hiking, canoeing, camping, bird and wildlife watching, fishing and hunting.
An excellent forest and park system offering some of the best camping, picnic areas, swimming and fishing in the state. Cross-country ski trails abound and over 300 miles of snowmobile trails, professionally groomed by the County Snowmobile Association available for winter recreational use.

The Jump River is located in Taylor County, Wisconsin. It offers an abundance of recreational activities to include world class: fishing, camping, canoeing, paddling down the river and more. The Jump is formed at the confluence of the North Fork Jump River and the South Fork Jump River in southwestern Price County, Wisconsin. From there it flows approximately 25 miles through Rusk, Taylor and Chippewa counties, emptying into the Holcombe Flowage and joining the Chippewa River, and eventually the Mississippi. Communities along the river are Sheldon, Jump River, and Prentice.