About Hayward
Hayward is a small town in northwestern Wisconsin with an estimated population of 2,587.
Officially, Hayward is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 3.73 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 694 residents per square mile.
📰 Hayward News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Hayward Unique
- Positioned in northwestern Wisconsin, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Wisconsin — one of 808 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Hayward
- Backroads Coffee (café)
- Coop's Pizza — pizza
- Lakewood Cafe — american
- Mi Mexico Lindo — mexican
- Riverstreet Family Restaurant — american
- The Ranch — steak house
- The Social — burger
- Caribou Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- Flat Creek Eatery — american
- Hayward Family Restaurant
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum · Museum
- National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame · Museum
- Scheer's Lumberjack Shows · Theme park
- Tony Wise Museum of the American Birkebeiner · Museum
- Art Beat of Hayward · Art gallery
- Giant Muskie · Attraction
- Hospital Road Trailhead · Attraction
- Olson Road Trailhead · Attraction
- Sawyer County Historical Museum · Museum
- Water's Edge Trailhead · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hayward
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Hayward
- Hayward Ctr for Individualized Learning
- Hayward High
- Hayward Intermediate
- Hayward Middle
- Hayward Primary
- Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa School
- Northern Waters Environmental School
- WOLI/Akii'gikinoo'amaading Environmental School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center ★★★★ (4/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.