Wisconsin State Parks, State Forests, and State Trails

---

Wisconsin State Park Planning Tools

Wisconsin State Park Daily and Annual Passes

Wisconsin State Trail Daily and Annual Passes

---

Wisconsin State Park Educational Resources

(See Even More Fun Activities Under the Charts Below!)

Wisconsin Explorer Program

• Wisconsin Explorers Booklet for Ages 3-5
• Wisconsin Explorers Booklet for Ages 6-8
• Wisconsin Explorers Booklet for Ages 6-8
• Wisconsin Explorers Booklet for Ages 9+

Wisconsin State Park Nature Discovery Booklets

• Nature Discovery Kit – What’s That Bird [PDF]
• Nature Discovery Kit – Focus on Frogs [PDF]
• Nature Discovery Kit – Jump Into Spring [PDF]
• Nature Discovery Kit – Clever Canines [PDF]
• Nature Discovery Kit – Terrific Trees [PDF]
• Nature Discovery Kit – Tracking Down Animals [PDF]
• Nature Discovery Kit – Life Under the Ice [PDF]

(See Even More Fun Activities Under the Charts Below!)

---

Wisconsin State Parks

Park Name	Location
Amnicon Falls State Park	South Range, WI
Aztalan State Park	Lake Mills, WI
Belmont Mound State Park	Belmont, WI
Big Bay State Park	La Pointe, WI
Big Foot Beach State Park	Lake Geneva, WI
Blue Mound State Park	Blue Mounds, WI
Brunet Island State Park	Cornell, WI
Buckhorn State Park	Necedah, WI
Copper Culture State Park	Oconto, WI
Copper Falls State Park	Mellen, WI
Council Grounds State Park	Merrill, WI
Cross Plains State Park	Cross Plains, WI
Devil’s Lake State Park	Baraboo, WI
Governor Dodge State Park	Dodgeville, WI
Governor Nelson State Park	Waunakee, WI
Governor Thompson State Park	Crivitz, WI
Harrington Beach State Park	Belgium, WI
Hartman Creek State Park	Waupaca, WI
Heritage Hill State Park	Green Bay, WI
High Cliff State Park	Sherwood, WI
Interstate State Park	St. Croix Falls, WI
Kinnickinnic State Park	River Falls, WI
Kohler-Andrae State Park	Sheboygan, WI
Lake Kegonsa State Park	Stoughton, WI
Lake Wissota State Park	Chippewa Falls, WI
Lakeshore State Park	Milwaukee, WI
Lizard Mound State Park	West Bend, WI
Lost Dauphin State Park	De Pere, WI
Merrick State Park	Fountain City, WI
Mill Bluff State Park	Camp Douglas, WI
Mirror Lake State Park	Baraboo, WI
Natural Bridge State Park	North Freedom, WI
Nelson Dewey State Park	Cassville, WI
New Glarus Woods State Park	New Glarus, WI
Newport State Park	Ellison Bay, WI
Pattison State Park	Superior, WI
Peninsula State Park	Fish Creek, WI
Perrot State Park	Trempealeau, WI
Potawatomi State Park	Sturgeon Bay, WI
Rib Mountain State Park	Wausau, WI
Roche-A-Cri State Park	Friendship, WI
Rock Island State Park	Washington Island, WI
Rocky Arbor State Park	Wisconsin Dells, WI
Straight Lake State Park	Luck, WI
Tower Hill State Park	Spring Green, WI
Whitefish Dunes State Park	Sturgeon Bay, WI
Wildcat Mountain State Park	Ontario, WI
Willow River State Park	Hudson, WI
Wyalusing State Park	Bagley, WI
Yellowstone Lake State Park	Blanchardville, WI

---

Wisconsin State Recreation Areas

Park Name	Location
Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area	Browntown, WI
Capital Springs State Recreation Area	Madison, WI
Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area	New Auburn, WI
Fenley State Recreation Area	Kieler, WI
Fischer Creek State Recreation Area	Cleveland, WI
Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area	Menomonie, WI
Menominee River State Recreation Area	Wausaukee, WI
Richard Bong State Recreation Area	Kansasville, WI
Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area	Baraboo, WI

---

Wisconsin State Forests

Forest Name	Location
Black River State Forest	Black River Falls, WI
Brule River State Forest	Brule, WI
Coulee Experimental State Forest	La Crosse, WI Barre, WI
Flambeau River State Forest	Winter, WI
Governor Earl Peshtigo River State Forest	Crivitz, WI
Governor Knowles State Forest	Grantsburg, WI Danbury, WI Wolf Creek, WI
Havenwoods State Forest	Milwaukee, WI
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Lapham Peak Unit	Delafield, WI
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Loew Lake Unit	Hartford, WI
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Mukwonago River Unit	Mukwonago, WI
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Northern Unit	Campbellsport, WI
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Pike Lake Unit	Hartford, WI
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Southern Unit	Eagle, WI
Northern Highland – American Legion State Forest	Woodruff, WI
Point Beach State Forest	Two Rivers, WI

---

Wisconsin State Trails

Trail Name	Location
400 State Trail	Elroy, WI Union Center, WI Wonewoc, WI LaValle, WI Reedsburg, WI
Ahnapee State Trail	Sturgeon Bay, WI Forestville, WI Algoma, WI Casco, WI Luxemburg, WI Kewaunee, WI
Badger State Trail	Madison, WI Fitchburg, WI Basco, WI Belleville, WI Monticello, WI Monroe, WI Clarno, WI
Bearskin State Trail	Minocqua, WI Hazelhurst, WI Goodnow, WI Harshaw, WI
Buffalo River State Trail	Mondovi, WI Eleva, WI Strum, WI Osseo, WI Fairchild, WI
Capital City State Trail	Madison, WI Fitchburg, WI
Cattail State Trail	Amery, WI Turtle Lake, WI Almena, WI
Chippewa River State Trail	Eau Claire, WI Caryville, WI Meridean, WI Durand, WI
Devil’s River State Trail	Denmark, WI Maribel, WI Francis Creek, WI Rockwood, WI
Eisenbahn State Trail	Eden, WI Campbellsport, WI Kewaskum, WI West Bend, WI
Elroy-Sparta State Trail	Sparta, WI Norwalk, WI Wilton, WI Kendall, WI Elroy, WI
Fox River State Trail	Green Bay, WI Allouez, WI De Pere, WI Rockland, WI Wrightstown, WI Holland, WI Greenleaf, WI Forest Junction, WI Hilbert, WI
Friendship State Trail	Forest Junction, WI Brillion, WI
Gandy Dancer State Trail – Northern Segment	Superior, WI
Gandy Dancer State Trail – Southern Segment	St. Croix Falls, WI Centuria, WI Milltown, WI Luck, WI Frederic, WI Siren, WI Webster, WI Danbury, WI
Glacial Drumlin State Trail	Cottage Grove, WI Deerfield, WI London, WI Lake Mills, WI Jefferson, WI Helenville, WI Sullivan, WI Dousman, WI Wales, WI Waukesha, WI
Great River State Trail	Onalaska, WI Midway, WI Trempealeau, WI
Great Sauk State Trail	Sauk City, WI Prairie du Sac, WI
Green Circle State Trail	Stevens Point, WI Plover, WI Whiting, WI
Hank Aaron State Trail	Milwaukee, WI West Allis, WI
Hillsboro State Trail	Hillsboro, WI Union Center, WI
La Crosse River State Trail	La Crosse, WI West Salem, WI Bangor, WI Rockland, WI Sparta, WI
Mascoutin Valley State Trail	Fond du Lac, WI Rosendale, WI Ripon, WI Berlin, WI
Military Ridge State Trail	Dodgeville, WI Ridgeway, WI Barneveld, WI Blue Mounds, WI Mount Horeb, WI Klevenville, WI Riley, WI Verona, WI Fitchburg, WI
Mound View State Trail	Platteville, WI Belmont, WI
Mountain-Bay State Trail	Wausau, WI Weston, WI Hatley, WI Norrie, WI Eland, WI Bowler, WI Shawano, WI Bonduel, WI Pulaski, WI Anston, WI Howard, WI Green Bay, WI
Newton Blackmour State Trail	New London, WI Shiocton, WI Black Creek, WI Seymour, WI
Nicolet State Trail	Tipler, WI Long Lake, WI Newald, WI Cavour, WI Laona, WI Wabeno, WI Townsend, WI Mountain, WI Suring, WI Gillett, WI
Oconto River State Trail	Oconto, WI Stiles Junction, WI
Old Abe State Trail	Cornell, WI Jim Falls, WI Chippewa Falls, WI
Pecatonica State Trail	Belmont, WI Calamine, WI
Red Cedar State Trail	Menomonie, WI Irvington, WI Downsville, WI
Saunders State Trail	Superior, WI Boylston Junction, WI Boylston, WI Borea, WI
Stower Seven Lakes State Trail	Amery, WI Deronda, WI Wanderoos, WI Nye, WI Dresser, WI
Sugar River State Trail	New Glarus, WI Monticello, WI Albany, WI Brodhead, WI
Tomorrow River State Trail	Plover, WI Amherst Junction, WI Scandinavia, WI Ogdensburg, WI Manawa, WI
Tuscobia State Trail	Park Falls, WI Loretta, WI Draper, WI Winter, WI Ojibwa, WI Radisson, WI Couderay, WI Birchwood, WI
White River State Trail	Elkhorn, WI Springfield, WI Lyons, WI Burlington, WI Dover, WI
Wild Goose State Trail	Fond du Lac, WI Oakfield, WI Juneau, WI Minnesota Junction, WI Clyman Junction, WI
Wild Rivers State Trail	Solon Springs, WI Gordon, WI Minong, WI Trego, WI Spooner, WI Haugen, WI Rice Lake, WI
Wiouwash State Trail – North Segment	Split Rock, WI Tigerton, WI Wittenberg, WI Eland, WI Birnamwood, WI
Wiouwash State Trail – South Segment	Oshkosh, WI Medina, WI Larson, WI Hortonville, WI
Wolf River State Trail	Crandon, WI Lily, WI Hollister, WI White Lake, WI

---

Other Wisconsin State Sites

Site Name	Location
Chippewa Flowage	Hayward, WI
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway	Prairie du Sac, WI – Prairie du Chien, WI
MacKenzie Center	Poynette, WI
Pike Wild River	Amberg, WI
Pine-Popple Wild Rivers	Florence, WI
Totogatic Wild River	Minong, WI
Turtle-Flambeau Scenic Waters Area	Mercer, WI
Willow Flowage Scenic Waters Area	Hazelhurst, WI

---

Even MORE Fun Wisconsin State Park Educational Resources

Invasive Species of Wisconsin Materials

• See Cella Chow!
• Aquatic Invaders Attack! Pack

Wisconsin Wild Cards

• Alien Invaders – Aquatic
• Alien Invaders – Terrestrial
• Aerial Insectivores
• Birds
• Fire Preventers
• Fish
• More Fish
• Herps
• Invertebrates
• Keep Wildlife Wild
• Mammals
• Plants
• Special Places
• State Forests

Wisconsin Wild Cards Educators Guide

• Poison Ivy Card Game
• Weed Watchers Card Game
• Beehive Solitaire Game
• Clear the Field Solitaire Game
• Cover Up Solitaire Game
• Leapfrog Strategy Game
• Lassst One Losesss Strategy Game
• Favorite Wisconsin Wild Thing
• Delicate Balance
• Upsetting the Pyramid
• Habitat Toss

Environmental Education for Kids!

• Eek! Games
• Eek! Puzzles
• Eek! Quizzes
• Eek! Activities
• Eek! Videos
• Engage With Your Community!
• Explore Wisconsin Ecosystems!

Eek! Lesson Plans and Resources

• Air, Air, Everywhere Teacher’s Activity Guide
• Climate Change: A Wisconsin Activity Guide
• Wee Recyclers Online Resources
• Preserve a Snowflake
• How to Plant a Tree
• Milkweed Biomonitoring Publications
• “Deer Talk” Activity
• Outdoor Explorer Backpack
• Adopt a Bald Eagle Nest
• Wildcard Activity Guide
• Who Are They and What Did They Do?
• Trees and Air Quality
• Critter Search
• Identifying Alien Invaders
• Maple Syrup Time Activities
• Milkweed Check-Up
• My Ton of Trash
• Hey! What’s this? Observing Wetland Habitats
• Save Energy and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Tracks!
• The Life of a Gypsy Moth
• Changing the Land
• Conduct a Fish Survey in Your Class
• Groundwater Study Guide
• EEK Alien Invaders
• Invaders of the Forest
• Climate Change Guide Introduction
• What is Climate?
• Causes of Climate Change
• Ecosystem Impacts of Climate Change
• Social and Cultural Perspectives of Climate Change
• Climate Change – What Can I Do?

Water Critter Keys

• A Key to Life in the Pond
• A Key to Life in the River
• Clave a los Macroinvertebrados del Rio
• A Key to Life in the Wetland

Wisconsin Wetlands Scavenger Hunts

• Scavenger Hunt for Younger Students
• Scavenger Hunt for Older Students

Wisconsin Great Lakes Education Materials

• Schoolyard Habitats How-To Guide
• Educators’ Resource Corner: Great Lakes
• Wisconsin Watershed Map Series
• Great Lakes Literacy Principles
• Great Lakes Food Web Diagrams
• “Nab the Aquatic Invader!” Website
• Exotic Species Compendium to Protect the Ecosystem: ESCAPE Compendium and Game Set
• Great Lakes Fishes poster
• Greatest of the Great Lakes Activities on CD
• Teaching with Great Lakes Data
• Great Lakes Invaders
• Inspector Lou’s Activity Book
• Great Lakes Image Collection
• TEACHer’s Corner
• Great Lakes: Environmental Atlas and Resource Book
• Lake Effects
• Stormwater Runoff
• Global Warming and Wisconsin
• Great Lakes in My World

• Great Lakes Formation and Physical Features
  • Healthy Beaches, Healthy Lakes
  • Dead Zones
  • Exploring Watersheds
  • Designing Habitat for Sturgeon
  • How long does it take water to flow through the Great Lakes basin?
  • Lake Levels Fact Sheet
  • Can you say ‘seiche?’
  • Build a Watershed; Just Add Water
  • Lake Superior Rocks
  • Great Lakes Geology and the Necessity of Locks
  • Is the Globe Warming? Is there Evidence in the Great Lakes Region?
  • What Evidence of Glaciation Exists in the Great Lakes Region?
  • How Fast Can a Shoreline Change?
  • How does water move in the Great Lakes basin?
  • What Causes the Shoreline to Erode?
  • Ooze Clues – Diatom Ooze
  • How Did Rocks and Rivers Shape the Great Lakes?
  • Density: Sea Water Sinking and Mixing
  • Your Great Lake!
  • More Than Just a Lake!
  • Making Great (Lakes) Connections
  • Water Quantity
  • How Well do you Know the Great Lakes?
  • How Does Stratifcation Affect Water Quality?
  • Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
  • The Incredible Journey
  • A Phenological Phenomenon
  • Going with the Flow
  • Boundary Waters Treaty

• Great Lakes Ecosystems
  • Dead Zones
  • Where have all the Lake Trout gone?
  • Fashion a Fish
  • Pour a Pond
  • Great Lakes Food Web
  • Beat the Barriers
  • Invader Species of the Great Lakes
  • A Superior Connection: Vertical Migration and the Lake Superior Food chain
  • Nitrogen Cycle Game: An Introduction to the Nitrogen Cycle
  • Food Chain Tag
  • Examining Scale, Proportion & Quantity Eating Fish: Bioaccumulation
  • Decoding Diatoms
  • Tangled Web
  • Being Productive in the Arctic Ocean

• Weather, Climate, and the Great Lakes
  • Lake Effect Snow
  • Climate Change in a Bottle Habitat
  • The Impact of Climate Change on Great Lakes Water Levels
  • How Does the Temperature of the Great Lakes Change Over Time?
  • What Happens to Heat Energy Reaching the Great Lakes?
  • How Do the Great Lakes Modify the Growing Season?
  • Snowmaking—Great Lakes Style
  • How is Coastal Temperature Influenced by the Great Lakes and the Ocean?
  • Implications of Warming in the Arctic

• Humans and the Great Lakes
  • Healthy Beaches, Healthy Lakes
  • Dead Zones
  • Exploring Watersheds
  • Becoming Scientists CSI: Fish
  • Great Lakes Fisheries and the Economy
  • What is the Great Lakes Triangle?
  • Where Should I Relocate in the Great Lakes Region?
  • Ojibway—Early Immigrants to the Great Lakes Region
  • What is the impact of beach litter?
  • Should chlorine be banned from the Great Lakes?
  • Where Do All the Toxins Go?
  • How Big is a Crowd?
  • Beach Mysteries
  • Hydropoly: A Decision-Making Game
  • Pollution Solution

• The Future of the Great Lakes
  • The Incredible Shrinking Cup Lab
  • Sweetness and Light
  • Great Lakes, Great Careers
  • I, Robot, Can Do That!

Animal Crossword Puzzle

Animal Crossword Puzzle Answers

Wisconsin Wildlife Quizzer

Air, Air Everywhere Activity Book

Climate Change: A Wisconsin Activity Guide

Wisconsin Groundwater Activity Guide

Invaders of the Forest Activity Guide

Ojibway—Early Immigrants to the Great Lakes Region

The Incredible Journey Activity Guide

Lake Effects Curriculum

Inspector Lou’s Activity Book

Great Lakes Invaders Student Edition

Great Lakes Invaders Teacher’s Edition

This page contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission from your purchases at no extra cost to you. These commissions help keep SPGFAN rolling! THANK YOU!!

Follow Us on Social Media!

Be Sure to Check Out Our Other Adventures Below!