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. There was a total of around $35 million of land and rural real estate for sale in Chippewa County recently on Land.com. The total of all Chippewa County land for sale was 6,000 acres. Chippewa County ranks 58th in Michigan for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Among cities in Chippewa County with farms and rural real estate for sale, 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 the state.