Go, See & Do: Activities & Attractions

GO, SEE, & DO

ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS

Find out more information about attractions advertised in the Driftless Explorer by visiting their websites, or go to: www.travelwisconsin.com Paddling on the Pecatonica is slow, easy and fun. Several local businesses offer kayak, canoe and tube rentals.

RIVER VALLEY AREA

Fireside Campground ...................................Page 7 Wisconsin Riverside Resorts .........................Page 8 Spring Green Arts and Craft s Fair .................Page 6

Additional Attractions:

• American Players Theatre • Battery Park • House on the Rock • Hyde’s Mill, Ridgeway • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin • Peck’s Landing • St. Anne’s Shrine and Grotto • The Springs Golf Course • Welsh Hills Trail at Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center • Westbrook Hills Golf Course

GATEWAY TO THE DRIFTLESS REGION

Festge County Park .....................................Page 12 Indian Lake County Park .............................Page 12 Nati onal Mustard Museum ........................Page 12

SUGAR RIVER AREA

Ice Age Nati onal Scenic Trail .......................Page 21 Schwoegler’s Sugar River Lanes ..................Page 20 Sugar River Outf itt ers .................................Page 16 Woods of Baladou ......................................Page 20

Additional Attractions:

• Badger Prairie County Park • Fireman’s Park Beach • Ice Age Trail – Verona Segment • Prairie Moraine County Park • Scheidegger Forest County Park • Sugar River Wildlife Area – Basco Unit • University Ridge Golf Club

Additional Attractions:

• Black Earth Creek • Lake Marion, Mazomanie • Matz Farmstead at the Halfway Prairie Wildlife Area, Cross Plains • Morton Forest County Park, Mazomanie • Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton • Pleasant Valley Conservancy – State Natural Area, Black Earth • Pleasant View Golf Course • Salmo Pond, Cross Plains • The Old Halfway Prairie Schoolhouse • Walking Iron Park, Mazomanie

Photo by Ann Lippincott Photo by Kristin Carlson

Get out and enjoy the Ice Age Trail; there are many segments that run through the Driftless area. The path winds its way along the side of the hills at Welsh Hills Trail at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center in Spring Green. Take in the beauty of nature at Pleasant Valley Conservancy –State Natural Area, Black Earth.

GO, SEE, & DO

ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS

Find out more information about attractions advertised in the Driftless Explorer by visiting their websites, or go to: www.travelwisconsin.com Library Park in Belleville, with the old Village Hall, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Photo courtesy of Belleville Chamber of Commerce

NEW GLARUS, MONTICELLO AND BLANCHARDVILLE

Blanchard Hall ............................................Page 34 Chalet Landhaus Inn/Swissland Mini Golf .....Page 27 Circle M Vintage Glampground ..................Page 34 Monti cello Chamber of Commerce ............Page 31 New Glarus Chamber of Commerce ...........Page 23 Pioneer Valley Outdoor Store .....................Page 25 Swiss Historical Village & Museum .............Page 22 • Brigham County Park • Cave of the Mounds • Deer Valley Golf Course • Donald County Park • Military Ridge State Trail • Norsk Golf Club • Stewart County Park • SW Wis. Grasslands & Stream Conservation Area • Tyrol Basin Ski & Snowboard Area • Wally Keller Tool Museum

Additional Attractions:

• Badger State Trail • Edelweiss Chalet Country Club • New Glarus Woods State Park • Sugar River State Trail • Yellowstone Lake State Park

MOUNT HOREB AREA

Cave of the Mounds ...................................Page 39 Drift less Historium ......................................Page 40 Hart House Guitar lessons ..........................Page 40 Mount Horeb Chamber of Commerce ........Page 38 Peg Ginsberg Watercolor Classes ...............Page 39 Spring Art Tour ...........................................Page 38

Additional Attractions:

• Blue Mound State Park

DODGEVILLE

Dodgefest ...................................................Page 52 Dodgeville Chamber of Commerce.............Page 51 Folklore Village ...........................................Page 53

Additional Attractions:

• Governor Dodge State Park • Tower Hill State Park

MINERAL POINT

The Mulberry Pott ery .................................Page 57

Additional Attractions:

• Cheese Country Trail • Mineral Point Railroad Depot Museum • Pendarvis Historic Site • Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts

Photo courtesy of the Mineral Point Chamber Photo courtesy of Marc Mickelson Photo by Sue Moen

The Mineral Point depot was built in 1856 from local materials and has survived to become the oldest depot in Wisconsin. Take your honey and golf a round or two at any of the Driftless area's many golf courses. Plenty of car shows for auto enthusiasts to display and enjoy in many communities throughout the Driftless area.