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Geneva Lake: Offers camping and fishing adjacent to a 100-foot (30 m) beach. [7] Blue Mound State Park: Dane: 1,153 467 1959 Ryan Creek: Contains observation towers atop the highest point in southern Wisconsin and the state park system's only swimming pool. [8] Brunet Island State Park: Chippewa: 1,225 496 1936 Chippewa and Fisher Rivers
Mirror Lake State Park is a 2,179-acre (882 ha) Wisconsin state park in the Wisconsin Dells region. The process of establishing the park began in 1962 and the park officially opened on August 19, 1966. [1] It contains Mirror Lake, a narrow reservoir with steep sandstone sides up to 50 feet (15 m) tall. The lake has a surface area of 137 acres ...
30 Wisconsin Dells Parkway S. Lake Delton: Small Georgian Revival municipal building built in 1928 with a bequest from Roujet D. Marshall, a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice from the area. The building houses a library, offices and a meeting room.
Sayner is home to the Vilas County Historical Society. The community is the birthplace of the snowmobile, with the first "motor toboggan" built by Carl Eliason in 1924. [5] Sayner is also home to one of the nation's oldest summer camps, Camp Highlands for Boys, founded in 1904, and located on the northeast end of Plum Lake.
The park also has areas designated for camping, swimming, hiking, and picnicking. [1] Although the park shares a name with the city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, that city is over 100 miles (160 km) to the west. Also, this park should not be confused with the Wisconsin Dells, an area with its own formations over 100 miles (160 km) to the south.
Star Lake, adjacent to Plum, was the end of the line for a northern Wisconsin branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul railroad. Until 1922, the only transportation into the area was by rail and water. Boys were dropped at Plum Lake Station by the "Camp Special" (originating at Union Station in Chicago) and ferried to the opposite shore.
Plum Lake is a town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 486 at the 2000 census. The population was 486 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Sayner and the unincorporated community of Star Lake are located in the town.
The Wisconsin Dells resort opened in May 2000. It has 756 guest rooms, making it one of the larger resorts in the state. The convention center was expanded from 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2) to 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m 2) in 2011. [9] The indoor water park at Wisconsin Dells is the largest in Wisconsin, at 125,000 square feet (11,600 m 2 ...