Recently came here just because I wanted place to stop at to review since I've been to a lot of…read morerest areas around the Midwest. It's a pretty cool rest stop though I thought it'd be a little more scenic but this place is fairly well taken care of with plenty of walking around to do for your legs or a place for your pet to relieve themselves. Easily located right over the Border. Great vending machines as well. Easy access to the highway as well!

Welcome to Wisconsin as you cross over from Minnesota on I-90, this rest area is pretty good. I…read morelike that there is a complete 90 degree turn to enter and that should slow people down. The rest area has a nice "Wisconsin Welcomes You" sign for your state line selfie. Inside, the welcome center has tons of brochures and information on Wisconsin tourist attractions and lodging which would definitely be useful for visitors. The restroom is clean and the "you are here" map told me where I was. Note that there is only this rest area for eastbound traffic. The Minnesota Welcome Center is on the other side of the bridge. [Review 17170 overall - 182 in Wisconsin - 687 of 2022.]

Don't blink...you'll drive right past it. There is a small area to park, just careful pulling out.read more

Great piece of local history! Worth taking the time to stop and read about the cut...but be…read morecareful of you walk out into tje road to get a better picture because the xars can come up fast!

I met some ladies for cards Thursday. What a comfortable venue....& great acoustics. You didnt even…read morerealize there were 16 of us in the room because you didnt hear anyone elses tabletalk! There was enough natural light & overhead lighting fir comfort. No picture but a velcro'ed sign on a bathroom foor that read: if you have someone of a different gender in here, please turn sign over. No pictures but comfortable lobby chairs, spaciously set. Thanks HACC for an comfortable & inviting location for some ladies to get a few hours of cards & socialization in.

My second Mississippi lock and dam, the first was Number 22 down near Hannibal Missouri in May. The…read moreUpper Mississippi doesn't flow quite as easily as the Lower Mississippi which necessitated the construction of 29 lock and dam structures - a "stairway of water" that allows boats and barges to travel from Saint Louis to Saint Paul, a 420 foot drop in elevation from Minneapolis to Granite City. La Crescent is the furthest downstream of the locks in Minnesota with the next being in Winona. The next one downstream is in Alma. Number 7 was constructed in the mid-1930s and went into operation in April 1936. The embankment is 8100 feet long from the dam to French Island where there is a concrete spillway. It's not completely easy to see too much of it from ground level but from the I-90 river bridge, there's plenty to see. Interesting and unfortunately, there wasn't a ship transiting the lock when I visited. Maybe next time! [Review 20712 overall - 124 in Minnesota - 1693 of 2023.]

The facility is about 700 river miles up from the confluence with the Ohio. It was put in operation…read morein April of 1937 with a significant rehabilitation by the United States Army Corps of Engineers near the turn of the century. The concrete structure is 1050 feet long containing a 100 foot by 600 foot-long lock, five roller gates, and 11 tainter gates. An additional 10,000 feet of earthen dammage plus 1500 feet of concrete spillways complete the span to either side of French Island and the impounded water feeds Lake Onalaska above the dam. Because of its proximity to Interstate 90 in Minnesota Lock and Dam 7 is a pretty touristy spot on the Mississippi River. A large lot is accessed from the nearby rest are/visitor's center. Covered bleachers are available for any who wish to watch the river traffic or area wildlife; restrooms are open in season.