The La Crosse River is a 61.3-mile-long (98.7 km)[3] tributary of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin in the United States.

La Crosse River
La Crosse river running through a marsh in La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse River watershed map
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Grant, Monroe County, Wisconsin
• coordinates	44.1199632°N 90.5909671°W / 44.1199632; -90.5909671
Mouth	Confluence with the Mississippi River
• location	La Crosse, Wisconsin
• coordinates	43.8185774°N 91.2565261°W / 43.8185774; -91.2565261[1]
• elevation	633 ft (193 m)
Length	61.3 miles (98.7 km)
Basin size	Approximately 500 sq mi (1,300 km2)[2]
Basin features
River system	Mississippi River

Course

The La Crosse River rises in northern Monroe County and flows generally west-southwestwardly into La Crosse County, through the Fort McCoy military installation and past Sparta, Rockland, Bangor and West Salem. It flows into the Mississippi River at the city of La Crosse.[4]

In Monroe County, it collects the short Little La Crosse River, which flows for its entire course in Monroe County.

Downstream of Sparta, the river is paralleled by the La Crosse River State Trail.

See also

• List of Wisconsin rivers

Sources

• DeLorme (1992). Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-247-1.
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: La Crosse River

External links

• La Crosse River State Trail website