Barnum Bay Boat Ramp
Barnum Bay Boat Ramp is a semi-private access point in Adams County, Wisconsin, providing access to Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake. It sits within the Petenwell Lake-Wisconsin River watershed.
Sourced from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources . Last checked against the source on July 7, 2026.
Boat ramps on Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake
We track 7 public boat ramps on Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake, including this one. If you're planning to spend your time on a different stretch of the water, one of the launch points below may put you closer to where you're actually headed than Barnum Bay Boat Ramp does — they're listed here in order of distance from this ramp.
- Chester Creek 3.7 mi away
- 3rd Street East 4 mi away
- Petenwell Wilderness Park 4.3 mi away
- Petenwell Park - 20th Drive 5 mi away
- Petenwell Flowage 6.2 mi away
- Veterans Park 6.5 mi away
Other boat ramps in Adams County
Adams County tracks 33 public boat ramps in total, spread across several different rivers, creeks and lakes — not just Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake. Each one below shows which waterbody it's on, so you can tell at a glance whether it actually connects to the same water as Barnum Bay Boat Ramp or leads somewhere completely different.
- Barnum Bay Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake less than 0.1 mi away
- Monroe Park Petenwell Lake 1.6 mi away
- Arrowhead Lake County Park Fourteenmile Creek - Arrowhead Lake 3.4 mi away
- Chester Creek Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake 3.7 mi away
- Petenwell County Park Petenwell Lake 4.5 mi away
- Petenwell Park - 20th Drive Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake 5 mi away