Butte des Morts, Wisconsin

About Butte des Morts

Set in the eastern part of Wisconsin, Butte des Morts is a small unincorporated community.

Butte des Morts holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.23 square miles.

📰 Butte des Morts News Today

• Lake Butte des Morts breakwall restoration project restoring eroded wetlands WLUK · Oct 9
• Butte des Morts, WI Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Aug 30
• High water continues to inundate parts of northeastern Wisconsin Spectrum News · Apr 27
• Fishing: Lakes Poygan and Winneconne Travel Wisconsin · Feb 25
• Is this swimming spot safe? Wisconsin DNR compiles list of advisories - The Post-Crescent The Post-Crescent · Jul 17

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What Makes Butte des Morts Unique

• The only place in America named Butte des Morts — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Wisconsin, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Moab trail · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Butte des Morts

• Larsons Trail Prairie State Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Oshkosh-Larsen Trail Prairies State Natural Area reviews ★
• Terrell's Island · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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