Big Roche-A-Cri Creek, WI.

Photos & info on Roche A Cri Creek.

Big Roche-A-Cri Creek runs through 2 Counties, 6 Townships and forms 2 well known lakes plus feeds into Wisconsin’s 4th Largest Lake. It flows from the Northeast to Southwest through Plainfield Township in Waushara County then into most of Northern and Central Adams County, WI forming both Big Roche-A-Cri Lake & Arkdale Lake until it meets with Castle Rock Lake which is part of the Wisconsin Flowage System just south of Lake Petenwell.

Follow the Flow of Big Roche-A-Cri Creek!

Waushara County
- Plainfield Township – The creek starts with 2 small branches just west of I-39 / 51 southwest of Plainfield, WI. then join together about 1 mile down. There is plenty of Wisconsin DNR public land along the creek.

Adams County
- Leola Township – As Big Roche A Cri Creek enters Adams County from Waushara and becomes part of Big Roche a Cri Fishery Area which is open to the public and then continues flowing southwest.
- Colburn Township – It enters the farthest most northwest tip of this township for only about a ¼ mile.
- Big Flats Township – The creek keeps getting larger and flows a little faster the farther southwest it goes. It passes Trout Valley which is a one square mile development featuring Big Roche-A-Cri Creek.
- Preston Township – Then it cuts diagonally across the township and forms Big Roche-A-Cri Lake which is a 200+ acre all sports lake. After the water leaves the lake via a small hydro dam it turns into a trout stream.
- Strongs Prairie Township –Big Roche-A-Cri Creek then forms Arkdale Lake which is a small 50 acre body of water controlled by a regular dam then it winds down passed Crystal Brook Woods about 1 mile between in joins with Castle Rock Lake.