Calumet County Parks

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Calumet County, Wisconsin maintains three county parks and two harbors.

1 Ledgeview Nature Center
2 Calumet County Park
3 Becker's Lake Park
4 Brothertown and Stockbridge harbors
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Ledgeview Nature Center

Nature Center at Ledgeview Park

Ledgeview Nature Center is located two miles south of Chilton, Wisconsin. The site was purchased from Zimmermann in 1969. The nature center was built in 1981, and an addition was constructed in 1986. In 1998 the Frisch Family exhibit hall was constructed.

Visitors can walk or ski trails, or visit a nature center which explains the geology of the area, including the drumlins, Niagara Escarpment and other post-glacial features. There are several caves that visitors can tour by appointment. There is a tower where visitors can view the countryside and Chilton.

The park features three natural solution caves, the only caves in Eastern Wisconsin.

Every spring the park has a large fundraiser called Maple Syrup Sunday, where visitors can enjoy a pancake breakfast with 100% maple syrup. Volunteers demonstrate tapping, collecting, and boiling the syrup.

In summer the park hosts a fundraiser called the Escarpment Bicycle Tour. There are bicycle tours from 10 to 100 miles.

Every autumn the park hosts the Fall Spectacular near the peak of the fall leaves.

[edit] Calumet County Park

WORS drivers climbing the ski hill at the Calumet County Park

Calumet County Park is located approximately four miles northwest of Stockbridge, Wisconsin along the east shore of Lake Winnebago. Visitors can camp in the summer, walk trails in the summer, and downhill ski in the winter. The Niagara Escarpment is prominent in the park. The park contains a post-Civil War brickyard. There are several native American effigy mounds in the upper campground portion of the park. The park is on the List of Registered Historic Places in Wisconsin.