mazo Beach. Wisconsin nude beach 22 miles from madison

[myrddinstarhawk]

Mazo Beach is a public nude beach in a park managed bye the wisconsin department of natural resources. its just off county road Y on law road just west of sauk city in wisconsin the parking is 1 mile from the beach along a gravel road thats set back about 100 yards from law road. keys to gate are available from the DNR to disabled people who are not able to walk the distance to the beach from the parking area. you'll need to send an application to steve in the dodgeville DNR office. you need to hav a state issues handicapped hangtag or handicapped plates for your vehicle to get the handicapped parking perit and key.

handicapped acess to mazo beach
dodgevill office
608-935-1914 steve
608-935-3368 DNR Front Desk

Mazo Beach is o the wisconsin river. ts waters run west from the middle of wisconsin to he missippi river 100 some miles west. when te river is low late in the summer there is a broad sandy beach at the end of a short boat ramp where the beach is a dark golden sand with black undertones. so it can get quite warm in the sun. Its a nice fine level sand without being powdery or silty.verry little mud in the area as its atop firm layer of bedrock. you can see a few outcropings at the ramp and steep hills and ridges on less than a quarter mile away on the north side of the River. the beach extends about 1/2 mile upstream and 1/4th mile downstream from the ramp. at low water the beach is about 80 to 100 feet wide leading to the watr thats about 2 feet deep acrost the river. at high water the beach is covered bye water a foot or so deep leading to 5 or 6 feet in the middle with a couple sand bars standing up out in the river. the area is serounded bye woods. onan average summer day there can be up to 100 ore more people at any given tme on th beach with 3 to 4 hundred visiting over the corse of the day. bicycles are very common means of geting from the parking lot to the beach area.

in recent years there have been some problems with people coupleing and wandering off into the woods for private encounters so there is often 1 or 2 park rangers on the beachand wandering through the woods to discourage this. there are often people playing vollyball on the beach or sandbars and there is even 2 yahoo groups dedicated to mazo beach.
mazo beach fans
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and mazo beach volleyball.
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its common for people tio drive from acrost the state or from neighboring states to visit the beach. there are a couple of campgrounds within a few miles of the beach entrance. look for campgrounds lose to mazomanie

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directions to the beach. from madison take the beltline "HWY 12" north from the west side aproxamatly 17 highway 78 just south of the bridge into sauk city. turn west and travel to highway Y. just past what looks like a semi truck repair shop. take Hwy Y 4.1 miles to Law Rd. take the 2nd turning on the north side acrost from a trailer park into the u loop. the entrance to the parking area is abour 200 yards on the west side. park along the Law Dr. outside the area or in the parking lot and walk or bicycle the last 1 mile into the beach.

go to (removed) and search for "Law Dr mazomanie Wi" to seehere the park is. the entry is on the western branch of the law drive loop

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