Grant Street (Former Put-in)
Sauk Creek - * UPDATE 2025.09.05 Sketchy wood, but doable * Conservancy to S.Wisconsin St. (1.18 mile or 0.3 mile PnH) (WI)
Gauge Conditions
Almost certainly too low (but you could check its stick-gauge for possible low-water minimums). (Stick-gauge under 13.9' is a total scrape.)
Description
For many years, the recommended put-in was thru woods just north of a house at 949 N. Grant Street.
THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR MULTIPLE REASONS!
1) The owners at 949 own these adjacent wooded lots so you are trespassing unless you knock on a door, find someone home, and get permission to access the creek from here. (That said, it's highly unlikely anyone will actually notice you if you quietly carry down and don't dally on shore before getting underway.)
2) More importantly, NUMEROUS deadfalls block shore-to-shore (between here and Krueger Falls)! You will be scrambling to get out to portage multiple times (in just a quarter-mile of creek, with no real whitewater action).
A few folks have expressed interest in trying to start further up (at Hwy.LL, or Mink Ranch Road). That would add only minimal gradient and rapids, and guaranteed plenty of additional deadfall encounters and necessary portages.
In short, don't bother trying to put-in here or anywhere upstream!
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (18)
Waterfall
III
Playspot
III
Playspot
II+
Hazard
N/A
Hazard
N/A
Hazard
N/A
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
American Whitewater