Ferryville
One road. One river. Six hundred feet of bluff overhead.
Ferryville is exactly what it looks like: a single road pressed between the Mississippi River and 600-foot limestone bluffs, with no room to be anything but a river town. Originally called Humble Bush, it became Ferryville when ferry service crossed to Lansing, Iowa.
The geography is everything here — expansive river views, direct water access, valleys running back from the river into the bluffs, and the particular quiet of a community of fewer than 200 people who mostly want it that way. For people drawn to rural living with honest river access, hunting, fishing, boating, kayaking, Ferryville delivers something genuinely hard to find.
Quick Facts
Population
190
Pressed between the Mississippi and 600-foot limestone bluffs
River and Bluff Country
Pressed between the Mississippi and 600-foot limestone bluffs
Annual Bald
Eagle Day
A free community celebration of the Eagle population each March
What You'll Find Here
Expansive Mississippi River views and direct water access from the village
Fishing, boating, waterfowl hunting, and kayaking on the Mississippi
Sugar Creek Bluff SNA and Rush Creek SNA -- bluff hiking with some of the best river overlooks in Wisconsin
Annual Bald Eagle Day each March -- live raptor programs, experts, free and family friendly
River Bluff Daze community festival each July
Two bar/restaurants overlooking the river
Local gas station with hard scoop ice cream, pizza, bait, and an exceptional cheese selection
Great River Road scenic corridor -- prime motorcycle route
20 minutes to Prairie du Chien for full services
Sugar Creek Park -- primitive camping