Self storage near La Crosse, WI: 8x20 units at our Prairie du Chien facility
87 minutes from La Crosse — 59 miles by road on I-90 / US-14 / US-53. One unit size: 8′ × 20′ shipping container, about 1,280 cu ft. Same rate at every BSU facility — $65/mo on annual (saves $180/yr) or $80/mo month-to-month. 24/7 drive-up access from your first cleared payment.
Largest metro within delivery range; university and regional medical center drive year-round storage demand.
Getting to Prairie du Chien from La Crosse
Straight answer: eighty-seven minutes each way is close to three hours round trip, and we do not recommend it. Prairie du Chien should not be your storage facility — La Crosse has plenty of options closer than we are. The only version that works is something you genuinely will not touch for a year, and even then, call us before you book.
Route measured 87 minutes (59 miles) via I-90, US-14 and US-53 from the center of La Crosse to the facility address — not straight-line distance. Prefer we bring it to you? Portable storage delivered to La Crosse.
Storage in La Crosse, WI
The largest city in our range — and the one where we usually say deliver, don’t drive.
La Crosse is by far the largest place we serve, a metro of around 52,000 with close to 20,000 students across UW–La Crosse, Viterbo University and Western Technical College. Gundersen Health System alone employs somewhere near 9,000 people, and Mayo Clinic Health System is a major presence too. Between the student turnover and a constant flow of traveling medical staff, demand for short-term storage here never really switches off.
We will be straight about the geography: at 59 miles and roughly 87 minutes each way, our Prairie du Chien facility is a long way from La Crosse, and we do not recommend driving it for routine storage. What does work from here is delivery — a container brought to your address for a move, a renovation, or a construction or business job. If you were planning to drive to us, call first and we will tell you honestly whether it makes sense.
- County
- La Crosse County
- Population
- ~52,000
- Nearest units
- Prairie du Chien, WI
- Drive
- 59 mi · 87 min
What's open at Prairie du Chien right now
13 of 74 units are open at Prairie du Chien (82% full), so there is space for a La Crosse customer today. Reserving online holds one immediately — 24/7 gate access starts as soon as your first payment clears.
Counts come from our live inventory system and refresh hourly.
Storing in La Crosse? Pick annual.
If your storage timeline in La Crosse is longer than nine months, the annual rate wins. $65/mo locked for 12 months saves $180/yr compared to $80/mo month-to-month, and you won't hit a mid-year rate change. If you genuinely think you'll be in and out in under a season — say, between two moves — the month-to-month option is cleaner. We don't do hidden fees and we don't do introductory teaser rates that step up later.
One thing specific to La Crosse: at 87 minutes each way, run the numbers on trips before you commit to twelve months. If you'd realistically visit more than monthly, the $35/mo premium for a delivered container often costs less than the fuel and hours you'd spend driving.
Best for: home-to-home moves with no firm end date, ag/contractor seasonal storage, and college-cycle storage around La Crosse.
Best for: short bridge between moves, post-flood/renovation cleanup, job-site project of known duration.
Over 12 months versus month-to-month. The break-even is ~9 months — anything beyond and annual is straight money saved.
What La Crosse customers actually put in an 8x20
The unit is about 1,280 cubic feet — the contents of a 3-bedroom home with the appliances, or a full-size pickup with room to walk around it. Drive-up access means you back a trailer right to the door: no hallways, no lift, no booking a loading dock. What actually shows up varies by town, and in the Mississippi River corridor · UW-La Crosse it skews like this:
Student and traveling-professional storage between terms or contracts
Business inventory and construction materials for regional jobs
Household goods during a move across the metro
La Crosse is home to roughly 52,000 people in La Crosse County. Our nearest units sit 59 miles away in Prairie du Chien, WI — 87 minutes door to gate.
La Crosse is a little farther from us, but we still work with customers who want portable storage delivered to them or who need shipping containers for business and construction projects. For the right situation, the extra drive is well worth it.
Common questions from La Crosse
Depends on how often you'd go. At 87 minutes each way (59 miles), the drive is worth it for a long-term stash you visit a few times a year. If you'd be in and out monthly, price our delivered container to La Crosse instead — it usually wins on total cost once you count the trips.
Yes. 24/7 gate access starts the day your first payment clears. Same code, same gate, no time restrictions.
We standardize on the 8x20 shipping container. If you need significantly less space, an 8x20 may still be the right call — splitting belongings across two facilities usually costs more than slightly over-buying once.
If you'd rather we bring the container to you, see our portable storage in La Crosse page — $100/mo annual or $120/mo month-to-month, plus a delivery fee based on distance from our Prairie du Chien yard.
Reserve a unit at Prairie du Chien
$65/mo on annual · 24/7 access · no setup fee · sign electronically in 5 minutes