Cranberry Creek Landfill

Cranberry Creek Landfill is the large county landfill just outside Wisconsin Rapids where household and commercial trash ends up being buried. Regular residents dropping off bagged trash and local haulers with bigger loads both use the place. It’s the sort of site with a scale, an entrance booth, and big working faces of compacted earth and cover material.

Drive up Engel Road and you’ll see the entrance booth and a scale house; trucks are weighed coming in and again on the way out since tipping fees are based on weight. Pull up to the booth first for directions, then follow the internal road to the active tipping area - it’s open, dusty in dry weather and muddy or snowy in winter. The tipping face is large; expect to back up to a drop point and then move to the exit scale. Recycling bins or drop-off spots, if available, tend to sit near the entrance or administrative area rather than out by the working face.