The Rustic Road system is a system of Wisconsin scenic roads. They differ from the main trunkline highway system in that they are not meant to be major through routes, but lightly traveled local access, and are to meet minimum standards for natural features. Rustic roads have lower speed limits than those on other highway systems. Each route is marked by brown and yellow signs, with the route number on a small placard below the sign. The letter "R" prefix is followed by the number designation. Wisconsin is the only state to have a system of rustic roads. Wisconsin has a separate system of scenic byways following the development of a national system in the 1990s.
Rustic Road 26 in autumn
Rustic Road 1, north of Medford
Taylor County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,913. Its county seat is Medford. It is mostly rural, lying roughly where corn and dairy farms to the south give way to forest and swamp to the north.
The Taylor County Courthouse in Medford
A crew hauling logs for the Fountain-Campbell Lumber Company in northwest Taylor County, 1909
Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area, in the Chequamegon National Forest, in the north-central part of the county
A farm in Taft in December