The Schlitz Audubon Nature Center feels like a (Wisconsin) state park that’s fully-funded. Located along Lake Michigan at the east end of Brown Deer Road in Bayside, this smallish park has a lot to offer. The location of the land itself takes up what’s known as Fox Point, which is not to be confused with …
Wildcat Mountain State Park has lots of trails. Most of them are intended for horses; that is, horseback riding. You can hike on them too, but many are long and stray far from the main road. We kept it simple on our first visit. We hiked the Starlight Trail loop (1.4 miles) that follows the …
Based on the (current) satellite shots of Governor Thompson State Park, I was kind of expecting a rather barren wasteland to hike through. It was anything but. While there isn’t a whole lot to see, other than green and mushrooms, the park is (currently) quite lush. We took the Whippoorwill Trail on this our first …
Copper Falls State Park is much closer to Ashland than I thought. Of course, that’s only relevant if you live or are staying in Ashland…which we were. It’s roughly half an hour south of Ashland, just north of Mellen. I was expecting a much rougher hike than the one we experienced. Just look at this …
This article chronicles our second visit to Amnicon Falls State Park. We visited it almost two years to the day after our first hike here. I didn’t “count” that first visit as part of the completion of our goal of hiking in all the Wisconsin state parks because I hadn’t conceived the idea at the …
This article chronicles our second visit to Pattison State Park. We visited it almost two years to the day after our first hike here. I didn’t “count” that first visit as part of the completion of our goal of hiking in all the Wisconsin state parks because I hadn’t conceived the idea at the time. …
Big Bay State Park is one of only two Wisconsin state parks that is not on the mainland. Rock Island State Park is the other. Rock Island is in Lake Michigan; Big Bay is in Lake Superior. So, to get to Big Bay, you must take a ride on a ferry. You’ll most likely want …
