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Blue Mound State Park is a state park in Wisconsin, United States, located atop the largest hill in the southern half of the state, near the village of Blue Mounds.The 1,153-acre (467 ha) park features a pair of observation towers affording views of the Wisconsin River valley and Baraboo Range to the north, the mounds, buttes, and rolling forests of the Driftless Area to the south and west ...
The trail largely parallels US Highway 18 (US 18) and US 151 between Dodgeville and Fitchburg. The crushed limestone-surfaced trail runs along the southern borders of Governor Dodge and Blue Mound state parks. The land around the trail is primarily agricultural, but also includes woods, wetlands, prairies, villages, and small cities.
Blue Mounds State Park was the scene of a murder May 20, 2001, when Carrie Nelson, then 20, was beaten to death while working alone in the park office. A coroner said the wounds to her head appeared as if she'd been struck with a rock. The killer apparently stole about $2,000 from the park coffers.
The Military Ridge State Trail, a 39-mile (63 km) bicycle trail built on a former railroad right-of-way, runs through the village of Blue Mounds. Each year the village is the starting point for the Horribly Hilly Hundreds bike ride along area roads that ends in a long, tough climb to the top of Blue Mound State Park. Riders can choose either a ...
And he sees lots of South Dakota license plates near the new seven-mile bike trail around Luverne that connects to the State Park. I-90, he said, is truly a two-way street.
The state park system in Wisconsin includes both state parks and state recreation areas. Wisconsin currently has 51 state park units, covering more than 60,570 acres (245.1 km 2) in state parks and state recreation areas.
Every Christmas season, letters to Santa flood in from kids around the world — but in Santa Claus, Indiana, volunteers become Santa’s elves to ensure every child gets a reply.. This small town ...
Located on over 548 acres bordering Governor Dodge State Park, operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [3] Blue Mound State Park: Blue Mounds: Dane: Southern Savanna: 1,153 acres (467 ha) Brillion Nature Center: Brillion: Calumet: Central Sands Prairie: Located on 40 acres within the 4,800 acre Brillion Wildlife Area [4] Cable ...