Cable, WI

Cable is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The 2020 census counted 853 residents. The census-designated place of Cable and the unincorporated communities of Leonards and Radspur are located in the town. Telemark Lodge, a massive ski resort, was located in the township. The track for the American Birkebeiner is turned into a fat tire bike race once a year called the "Fat Bike Birkie". A newcomer can read Cable through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Cable comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Today the grounds are occupied by the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation. Cable is located 16 miles northeast of Hayward along U.S. Highway 63 at County Highway M. The Namekagon River, a tributary of the St. Croix River and part of the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, flows through the town.