To me "real" camping means not paying for a spot. No public toilet or electricity options and no overbearing rules. I grew up real camping where I'm from but since I've moved to WI all I can find are designated campsites and almost all of then say you can't even have your dog off leash. That isn't gonna work for me so does anyone know of anywhere in Wisconsin or nearby (say, a day's drive) where you just hike into the forest for hours and when you find a spot you like you can just set up there . I have a very energetic rhodesian Ridgeback and I want to spend some time in the outdoors with him. Give him good exercise. I'm hoping this state caters to those kinds of things at least somewhere

Thanks in advance to any who reply!

Also, I'm not putting down other people's form of camping. If you like the kind of camping that I don't like that's fine and god bless 🙏

The native American name for Devil's Lake is Tewakacak (Tewakącąk). I've searched everywhere but I can't find any reliable pronunciation out there. No videos of anyone saying it and different phonetic spellings will tend to disagree. I'm really curious how it's pronounced so I thought I'd throw it out here and see if anybody had any clue or knew anybody who would have a clue.

So I’m back in my home state for a few more days and want to see new parts of this beautiful place I never got a chance to explore while living here. I want to do a day-trip somewhere this weekend or possibly one night stay somewhere I can see some gorges, do some swimming/hiking and use my kayak. Preferably somewhere that’s not too far up north (south of Door County, SE, SW, or central WI preferred). I’ve done Door County so many times, same with the Dells. Never been to Devils Lake or Lake Geneva but from what I’ve read on here it’s a FIB circus on the weekends lol. Somewhere similar to those places that’s not totally overrun would be nice!

Suggestions welcome