Golf in Mellen

Mellen is a small city in Ashland County, set in the forest country of far northern Wisconsin near the Penokee Range and the Lake Superior region. The surrounding landscape is heavily wooded and rugged, with the Penokee Hills, the Bad River, and Copper Falls State Park nearby drawing visitors to the waterfalls and forests of the area. Mellen lies in a remote, deeply rural part of the state, in country shaped by the timber and former mining industries. The area keeps a quiet, outdoor-oriented character. Golfers in the area find recreational courses set among the northern woods. With Ashland and the Lake Superior shore to the north and the Chequamegon forest surrounding it, Mellen offers a quiet base for golf in Ashland County, in the rugged forest country of far northern Wisconsin, where the Penokee Range, the waterfalls, and the dense timber define the landscape near Lake Superior.