59 state parks and recreation areas in Wisconsin
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- Amnicon Falls State ParkThe Douglas Fault split the rock here, and the Amnicon drops through the break in a run of falls and rapids…
- Aztalan State ParkA palisaded Middle-Mississippian town stood on the Crawfish between about A.D. 1000 and 1300, and enough…
- Belmont Mound State ParkThe mound tops out at 1,400 feet, and the reason to climb it is what you can see from up there. Wisconsin's…
- Big Bay State ParkSandstone bluff and four miles of Lake Superior shore on Madeline Island, out in the Apostles and reached by…
- Big Foot Beach State ParkA hundred sites and five miles of trail on the Lake Geneva shore, 34 of them wired for power, with a dump…
- Blue Mound State ParkNothing in southern Wisconsin stands higher, and there is a swimming pool at the top of it. Twenty-odd miles…
- Brunet Island State ParkThirteen hundred acres where the Fisher runs into the Chippewa, with still lagoons and channels made for a…
- Buckhorn State ParkEight thousand acres of peninsula reaching into the Castle Rock Flowage, shared with two state wildlife…
- Cadiz Springs State Recreation AreaDriftless country, so the ground rolls and the streams run from springs instead of lying in bogs and kettles…
- Capital Springs State Recreation AreaMinutes out of downtown Madison, with a launch on Lake Waubesa, campsites, and ski and walking trail. The…
- Chippewa Moraine State Recreation AreaKettle lakes and moraine mark where the ice stopped, and the Ice Age trail runs 23 miles across them. An…
- Copper Culture State ParkOld Copper Complex people buried their dead on this ground four to six thousand years ago, and it is their…
- Copper Falls State ParkLava flows laid down long ago, gorges cut into them, and waterfalls on the Bad River — with Civilian…
- Council Grounds State ParkA bend of the Wisconsin River beside ground where Native American encampments stood, with a landing onto Lake…
- Cross Plains State ParkMeltwater cut a gorge through this ground, and from the ridges you can see driftless country on one side and…
- Devil's Lake State ParkFive-hundred-foot quartzite bluffs stand over a 360-acre lake — the busiest park in the state, and the best…
- Fenley State Recreation AreaTwo hundred and eighty-seven acres of upland hardwood and steep bluff over the Mississippi in Grant County…
- Fischer Creek State Recreation AreaBluffs rise 40 feet straight off the Lake Michigan shore, with grassland and wetland behind and about a mile…
- Governor Dodge State ParkFive thousand acres of driftless hill, bluff and valley, holding two lakes and a waterfall — among the…
- Governor Nelson State ParkTen thousand acres of Lake Mendota with the Capitol dome in view, and a sand beach, launch and fish-cleaning…
- Governor Thompson State ParkTwenty-eight hundred acres of woods with six miles of frontage on the Caldron Falls Flowage and a beach at…
- Harrington Beach State ParkSeven hundred and fifteen acres holding a mile of Lake Michigan beach, a white cedar swamp, restored ponds…
- Hartman Creek State ParkA hundred and three sites on the Chain O' Lakes, with swimming, horse and mountain-bike trail and clear Marl…
- Heritage Hill State ParkTwenty-four buildings brought together on one site in Green Bay, each from a different Wisconsin decade: 1762…
- High Cliff State ParkThe Niagara Escarpment breaks off in a limestone wall along Lake Winnebago's east side, and this is the only…
- Hoffman Hills State Recreation AreaSeven hundred acres of restored hill, wetland and prairie with nine miles of walking and ski trail through…
- Interstate ParkSet aside in 1900, the first ground Wisconsin kept as a park, above the gorge the St. Croix cut through the…
- Kinnickinnic State ParkA wide sand delta divides a quiet river valley from the busy main channel where the Kinnickinnic meets the…
- Kohler-Andrae State ParkDunes and long golden beach on Lake Michigan behind whispering pine — one of the last stretches of this shore…
- Lake Kegonsa State ParkBeach, reservable shelters and a launch all lie within a mile of the campground on a 3,200-acre lake. Trails…
- Lake Wissota State ParkSheltered sites above a 6,300-acre reservoir northeast of Chippewa Falls, with walking, cycling and horse…
- Lakeshore State ParkGreen ground on the downtown Milwaukee waterfront beside the festival grounds, with a small beach and paved…
- Lizard Mound State ParkTwenty-eight conical and linear mounds survive here, among the best-preserved effigy groups anywhere in the…
- Lost Dauphin State ParkNineteen acres on the Fox River just below De Pere, with rolling walking trail and a picnic ground. Small…
- Menominee River State Recreation AreaSeven thousand acres following the Menominee for miles through northeast Marinette County, past tall pine…
- Merrick State ParkSites on the Mississippi backwaters where you can tie a boat up or fish from where you sleep — every island…
- Mill Bluff State ParkBluffs stand alone above the plain, left when meltwater stripped the ground from around them, and they belong…
- Mirror Lake State ParkThe water is often so still it holds a whole reflection of the sandstone walls above, some of them 50 feet…
- Natural Bridge State ParkWind and water weathered a sandstone arch 25 feet high and 35 across, and the last glaciers went round it. A…
- Nelson Dewey State ParkA 500-foot bluff over the Mississippi, named for the state's first governor, whose house stands here beside…
- New Glarus Woods State ParkFour hundred and thirty-five acres of camping, walking and picnic ground below New Glarus, with primitive…
- Newport State ParkEleven miles of Lake Michigan shore and 30 miles of trail across 2,300 acres, the quiet end of Door County…
- Pattison State ParkBig Manitou drops 165 feet, further than any other fall in the state and fourth-furthest east of the Rockies…
- Peninsula State ParkThe most complete park Wisconsin keeps, and its busiest for camping: 468 family sites over five campgrounds…
- Perrot State ParkBluffs 500 feet high stand where the Trempealeau runs into the Mississippi, and the walking trails are laid…
- Potawatomi State ParkTwelve hundred acres of rolling upland over Sturgeon Bay, edged with steep slope and limestone cliff. Named…
- Rib Mountain State ParkQuartzite a billion years old, some of the oldest rock anywhere on the planet, with Wausau and the Wisconsin…
- Richard Bong State Recreation AreaNamed for the air ace, on ground abandoned as a fighter base three days before they were to pour the runway…
- Roche-A-Cri State ParkA rock 300 feet high with a stairway up it, and petroglyphs and pictographs at the foot under a wayside…
- Rock Island State ParkTwo ferries out, and no vehicle of any kind is allowed once you land — the season runs from late May to…
- Rocky Arbor State ParkA mile and a half from the Dells and about as unlike it as ground can be: 89 wooded sites among pine and…
- Sauk Prairie State Recreation AreaDuring World War II no munitions plant on earth was bigger, and it kept working through Korea and Vietnam…
- Straight Lake State ParkTwo undeveloped lakes in 2,000 acres of glacial country, crossed by a length of Ice Age trail the DNR rates…
- Tower Hill State ParkMolten lead was dropped down a shot tower into water here to make shot, and the works are still standing…
- Whitefish Dunes State ParkA day-use park guarding the dunes on the east side of the Door Peninsula, with trail through sand and forest…
- Wildcat Mountain State ParkA ridge climbing steeply from the Kickapoo, among the oldest parks the state keeps and the one built for…
- Willow River State ParkWillow Falls drops through a gorge, and that is what most people come for; behind it lie 2,800 acres and…
- Wyalusing State ParkPitch a tent 500 feet up, on blufftop overlooks where the Wisconsin runs into the Mississippi, in one of the…
- Yellowstone Lake State ParkLakes are scarce in this corner of the state, which is much of the point — camping, swimming, fishing and…
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