Bay City (Wisconsin)

Pierce County

55-05325

Bay City is a municipality ( with the status of Village ) on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Pierce County in the western part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In the census in 2010, Bay City had 500 inhabitants.

Geography

Bay City is located at the headwaters of the Mississippi River, which forms the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The town lies on the northwestern end of Lake Pepin, a natural reservoir of the Mississippi.

Bay City is located at 44 ° 35'08 " north latitude and 92 ° 27'02 " west longitude and covers an area of ​​1.4 km ².

Neighboring towns of Bay City, Maiden Rock ( 12.9 km southeasterly direction downstream ), Salem ( 13.4 northeast ), Esdaile (4.7 km north) and Hager City (8.1 km in the west-north- westerly direction upstream ). On the opposite bank is located in Minnesota, the land via Hager City and Red Wing Bridge the city of Red Wing (12 km to the west upriver ).

The nearest large towns are the capital of Minnesota St. Paul ( 76.3 km north west ), Eau Claire ( 97.9 km ENE ), La Crosse (155 km southeast) and Rochester, Minnesota ( 85.6 km to the south).

Traffic

Bay City is located on the Wisconsin section of the Great River Road forming Wisconsin Highway 35, which applies to a number of minor roads in the town center.

By Bay City runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway, which runs along the entire reaches of the Mississippi.

2.8 km west of Bay City is the Red Wing Regional Airport.