Southwest

Tower Hill State Park is a 77-acre (31 ha) Wisconsin state park which contains the reconstructed Helena Shot Tower. This historic shot tower along with a quiet woodland and scenic river location brings visitors to Tower Hill State Park. Visitors can hike to the unique shot tower and melting house and view a film and displays on lead shot making from the 1800s. Just two men, using picks and crow bars, tunneled 120 feet down and 90 feet horizontally through the rock.

Governor Dodge, in southwestern Wisconsin, is one of the state's largest state parks, with 5,270 scenic acres of steep hills, bluffs, and deep valleys plus two lakes and a waterfall. It is named after Henry Dodge, the first Territorial Governor. The glaciers of the last Ice Age bypassed this area and left intact valleys sculpted out of 450 million year old sandstone. Human occupation of the area dates back over 8,000 years. 5,000 scenic acres of steep hills, bluffs and deep valleys, plus two lakes offering swimming, fishing and boating (electric motors only).

This 23-mile trail traces the gentle meanders of the Sugar River between New Glarus and Broadhead. Part of the Ice Age National Trail. The Sugar River State Trail is a 23-mile (37 km) long, 265-acre (107 ha), recreation rail trail in Wisconsin. This trail connects four communities: New Glarus, Monticello, Albany and Brodhead. The limestone-surfaced trail is on an abandoned railroad bed, and is used for bicycling, hiking, and snowmobiling.

Located close to the Sugar River Trail, you'll find camping as it was intended, with drive-in or hike-in campsites of quiet solitude. A picnic area and playground. Nature trails lead to wildlife and the beauty of undisturbed woodland. The park also offers direct access to The Sugar River State Trail, a 23-mile, 265-acre, State Park trail surfaced with compressed limestone screenings, for bicycling, hiking, snowmobiling, rolling hills covered by a mix of forest and prairie, and, in some areas, hunting.

Swim, fish, boat on two spring-fed lakes in this day-use recreation area in Green County. Two reservoirs created by damming a spring-fed creek provide water recreation opportunities in the Driftless Area, a region with few natural lakes. Here the bogs, marshes and many lakes so characteristic of most of the state are replaced by rolling hills and spring fed valleys streams.

The park, established in 1917, features Indian burial mounds, a canoe trail, camping, excellent fishing, and great bird watching. Recreation opportunities including; Camping, Birding, Big Chief Bluff, Black Thunder Point, Yellow Thunder Point, Firefly Point, Sand Cave, The Knob, Council Point, Signal Point, Treasure Cave, Point Lookout, Passenger Pigeon, Monument and Lookout, Pictured Rock Cave, Spook Hill Mound, Group, Canoe Storage Rack.

Take in a panoramic view of the Mississippi River or relax in wooded campsites atop the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi. Walk in the hidden valleys or view the Mississippi River from the bluff tops. Visit Stonefield, home of Wisconsin's first governor, Nelson Dewey, and Stonefield Village, a reconstructed 1890 village. Open year round. Across the road, the State Historical Society operates Stonefield Village and the State Farm Museum.

Kegonsa means "lake of many fishes" in the Ho-Chunk language and indeed it is one of southern Wisconsin's most productive fishing holes. The White Oak Nature Trail's peculiar earthen structures are of mysterious origin. The woodlands, prairies and wetlands attract campers, hikers and skiers. Four miles of earthen path explore white oak woodlands, prairie restoration tract, and pine forests. One of the most visited trails is the White Oak Nature Trail, which leads to ancient effigies. Good populations of walleye, pike, muskie, and pan fish exist.

Blue Mounds, Wisconsin is in the center of the southern part of Wisconsin. Blue Mounds, Wisconsin is named because of the two blue hills that are the highest hills in the southern Wisconsin region. Conveniently nestled between Blue Mound State Park(listed as a National Natural Landmark) and Brigham County Park and having the Military Ridge State Trail running through the Village. Blue Mounds offers the best of small town life and easy access to outdoor activities.

Located between stately 500-foot bluffs and the lazy beautiful backwaters of the Mississippi River north of Fountain City. The park is bordered by the lands and waters of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. River waters are a haven for summer and winter anglers. Nature lovers find endless enjoyment paddling, wildlife watching and hunting.