The Chippewa County landscape includes a 23-mile section of Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail, a recreational trail comprising sections of public and private land that denotes the southern edge of the state's last glacier. Glacial remnants of the 15,000-year-old deep freeze include the many kettle lakes and moraines that characterize the region today. Popular year-round outdoor pursuits include biking and hiking, water sports on 400-plus lakes and creeks and winter sports including cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and ice-fishing. Chippewa Falls, just a few miles outside of Eau Claire, is the county seat. The value of all farms, rural land, hunting land and other land for sale in Chippewa County, Michigan, recently was approximately $37 million, representing a total of 5,037 acres of land for sale in Chippewa County. Chippewa County ranks 59th out of 83 counties in Michigan for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. There were two properties listed as sold in Chippewa County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $250,000. Of all farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale in Chippewa County, Paradise featured the most land for sale. Government and state-level services are the main economic drivers in Chippewa County. Chippewa County is one of the ten largest counties in Michigan (2,698 square miles). It's located in the Upper Peninsula Michigan region of Michigan.