06/15/2026
If your idea of a good time includes 500-foot bluffs, ancient petroglyphs, waterfalls crashing through lava rock, and beaches with dunes tall enough to make your calves question their life choices… Wisconsin understood the assignment.
You can rock climb above a 360-acre lake at Devil’s Lake State Park, stargaze in near-total darkness at Newport State Park (it’s the only wilderness-designated park in the state), or wander glacial kettles and eskers inside Kettle Moraine State Forest.
There are 60-foot observation towers, ferry rides to island cliffs at Big Bay State Park, waterfalls tucked into river gorges at Copper Falls State Park, and even a reconstructed 1800s shot tower at Tower Hill State Park.
Basically? 23 parks. Zero excuses.
