Birch Hill, WI

united states

Birch Hill is a small northern Wisconsin community of 313 people in Ashland County, surrounded by the dense forests typical of the Lake Superior region. Reach it via US Highway 2 or State Highway 13, then local county roads. Long-distance visitors typically drive three hours from Minneapolis or Green Bay, while locals use county roads to nearby Mellen or Glidden. The town sits in Wisconsin's Northwoods, where paper birch trees create the distinctive white-barked forests that likely inspired its name.