Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin · Nature Preserve · Accessibility score 4.7/5
Address: 401 North Hamilton Street, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024
Phone: 715-483-2274
About
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway protects long stretches of the St. Croix and Namekagon rivers in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Visitors use the riverway for paddling, boating, fishing, picnicking, visitor-center exhibits, ranger information, river landings, and scenic stops. Because it is a linear river park with many separate access points, accessibility varies by landing and facility; the official National Park Service accessibility page gives the clearest high-level planning guidance.
NPS states that the St. Croix Visitor Center at St. Croix Falls and the Namekagon Visitor Center at Trego are both accessible. Both visitor centers are described as having exhibits, restrooms, and a movie. For the movie, open captions, audio descriptions, and assisted-listening devices are available, making the primary orientation experience more usable for visitors with hearing or vision needs.
The official park map and brochure are available at visitor centers when open and in several accessible formats, including braille, audio description, and text-only. The park also lets visitors request a paper copy by mail. This matters for a riverway because trip planning often requires choosing landings, picnic areas, and services in advance rather than simply arriving at one central campus.
Outdoor access is site-specific. NPS says many picnic areas at landings have accessible picnic tables and vault toilets. Osceola Landing, across the river from Osceola, Wisconsin, is specifically identified as having accessible picnic shelters, paths, drinking fountains, and toilets. This listing does not assume that every landing, shoreline route, or river access point is accessible; visitors should contact Riverway staff for the specific landing or itinerary they plan to use, especially if paddling access, transfer assistance, or vault-toilet approaches are critical.
Accessibility
NPS states that the St. Croix Visitor Center in St. Croix Falls and the Namekagon Visitor Center in Trego are both accessible and include exhibits, restrooms, and a movie.
The visitor-center movie offers open captions, audio descriptions, and assisted-listening devices. The official park map and brochure are available in braille, audio-description, and text-only formats, and paper copies can be requested by mail.
Outdoor accessibility depends on the landing. NPS says many picnic areas at landings have accessible picnic tables and vault toilets. Osceola Landing is specifically listed with accessible picnic shelters, paths, drinking fountains, and toilets.
Because the Riverway covers many river miles and access points in Wisconsin and Minnesota, visitors should contact staff for route-specific details before choosing a boat landing, picnic area, or shoreline stop.
More accessible places in Wisconsin
- Olbrich Botanical Gardens (Madison)
- Milwaukee County Zoo (Milwaukee)
- Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Bayfield)
- Ice Age National Scenic Trail (Cross Plains)
- Peninsula State Park (Fish Creek)
- Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee)
