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    Mirror Lake State Park

    4.1 (40 reviews)
    Open 6:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Playground, volleyball court, and beach.
    John R.

    Close to Lake Delton and Wisconsin Dells. Lots of nice campsites with lot of nice trails for exploring. Trails and some campsites available for snowshoeing and cross country skiing in winter. Lake is a little murky near the shore but looks good for paddling. Kayaks, canoes, stand up paddle boards, and pontoon boats available for rent. Firewood available to purchase. Campground is only about a mile from the highway so you can hear the vehicles. This park has a cabin designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that you can actually rent. They also do tours of the cabin a couple times a month.

    Melissa B.

    Spent the weekend in the Dells mid-November, and were lucky enough to have good weather. We stopped here for a hike, to give our livers a break, and had a great time. Despite the fact we were there during hunting season, parts of the trails were still open, and we enjoyed our still lengthy self guided hike. The trails were well maintained and the scenery absolutely beautiful. The Dells has a lot to offer, but it was nice to take a break and enjoy nature for a bit.

    Summer Trail Map (front) of Mirror Lake State Park. (May, 2023).
    Laura S.

    This review is based only on our visit to Mirror Lake State Park to do some hiking in May, 2023. The park also has campgrounds, an amphitheater, and boating, that we did not use. There are also large sections of the park that we have yet to visit. Admission. Wisconsin State Parks require a daily or annual admission sticker for admission to all state parks and forests. The daily fee for this park for vehicles with WI license plates is $8 or $11 fir out-of-state plates. Annual is $28 or $38 respectively. You can purchase either at the state park. Hiking. Per the website of the Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources, there are over 19 miles of hiking trails at the Park. (In winter snow season, these are groomed for cross-country skiing and hiking is not allowed). We created our own 3.3 mile-ish loop trail by combining established trails. We started at the parking lot near the park office, taking the Newport Trail (1.0 mile) which travels next to the lake and by the beach picnic area. We particularly liked this segment as the view was picturesque, there were occasional benches and picnic tables. and there were parts where the trail was comfy wood chips. We then walked along the short Lakeview Trail (0.2 miles) and walked over to see the boat launch/boat rental area*, and the accessible fishing pier. From the parking lot there (which is also close to the Sandstone Ridge Campground and the Cliffwood Campground), we picked up the Echo Rock Trail (0.6 mi total of which 0.4 mi is accessible). On this trail, you can walk around the Echo Rock for a view of the Ishnala Supper Club. From here, we started heading back. We veered right near the bridge, picking up the Clifford Coulee Trail (0.8 miles. Easy but a lot of roots), and finally part of the Pioneer Trail (0.7 mi of 1.6 mi) to return to our car. Overall, we characterize this loop as "easy". We always wear hiking boots for traction when hiking, and I had hiking poles, but neither was necessary. The trails on the water side are better maintained and easier walking (wider, fewer roots) but all are in good shape. *We were disappointed that there weren't kayak rentals on a Wednesday in mid-May. However, there was a telephone number "for mid-week rentals" on a sign. Observations. Pros: easily accessible from the Wisconsin Dells area. Nicely-maintained trails, with occasional benches, picnic tables, etc (especially in the lake side). Easy to create shorter or longer hikes depending on interests and abilities of your group. Good trails map given at office. Mostly good trail markings (see 'cons' below). Availability of restrooms (including in the campgrounds). Many miles of easy (and a bit of moderate) walking of hiking. Appropriate for kids. Plentiful free parking. The park also felt safe. We saw a fair number of other hikers on the trails. Cons: steady traffic noise from I90/94. There a few intersections on our hike wherein we were a bit confused by the signs, and there were no blazes on the trees.

    Pups allowed!
    Franchesca S.

    Mirror lake camp ground is very clean and there are plenty of trails to keep busy. Camp sites- electric campsites for RVs available, no water hookup. Noise- very accessible from the main highway, but unfortunately you can't escape the highway noise. Restrooms- are clean and hot showers are available, no coins needed RV Dump station- 2 dump stations, one was completely full and was leaking out ... so gross. Trails- very well maintained with signs and maps available at ranger station. Lake Activities- you can rent kayaks which is pretty cool and there is also a little beach for kids. Lakeside benches, picnic tables and grills are also available. My favorite activities here are to go hiking with the dogs and sit on the benches lakefront. This park is abundant with trees and plants, a great escape from the city. Less than a mile you will also find restaurants and hotels if camping isn't your thing.

    Marilyn B.

    Camp Here If You Love Highway Traffic Noise Pros: nice trails, Echo Rock, Amphitheater, camp host's hummingbirds, kayaking is easy, bathrooms are clean, interesting birds. Cons: Pit toilets are the worst, heavy traffic noise, Hag's Crag is closed, screaming kids, wild parsnip burns, Ishnala Supper Club. Depends: sites are a bit close together, beach is small. Details: There are some paved trails and some dirt trails, so you get to take your pick, they were all nicely wooded. Echo Trail and rock were very beautiful. The Amphitheater is something you can tell they spent A LOT of money on and the polka band that played there Saturday night was terrific. The camp host had three hummingbird feeders set up and it was fun to watch them compete for the nectar. Kayaking is easy on this lake/river and it's got some pretty scenery, but unfortunately the highway noise kind of ruins it. The main, big bathrooms are wonderful - clean and well lit. However, we nicknamed the pit toilets Hell's Maw because they stank really, really badly, and there were hundreds of flies down in the pit and when you sat down, they flew upwards and landed on your butt and from between your legs. So disgusting, I took one look and never used them. My friends gave me that description. Why don't they put lids on the toilets??? We saw many interesting birds, as we are avid birdwatchers, so that was nice. I'm not a huge beach fan, but my friends told me they considered this beach small and when you waded in, it was very mucky. They took us to Castle Rock beach instead. The campsites are pretty nice and level, I thought. My friends said they were not as level as they would have liked. We had 28 and 30. Number 30 was a little gravelly, so we chose to stay on 28. But number 30 has a trail leading directly to the nice bathroom (the others don't have a trail), and it's the furthest away from the traffic noise. I've stayed in parks where the campsites are too close to each other, and some where you're far away from other campers. This was in the middle. Close enough to hear and see screaming children, but you aren't literally right next to them as you would be in say, an RV park. The Ishnala Supper Club is nearby and looks great from the lake, but when you get on the grounds, you kind of wish you hadn't come, for a wide variety of reasons. Hag's Crag is listed on the trail maps, but not on the map they give you when you arrive. Turns out it's been closed for three years and no one knows why--we asked. Avoid touching wild parsnip as it can give you a blistering chemical burn. All in all, I'm glad I visited here, we did have fun, but I see no reason to return. There are lots of other state parks and I'd like to visit as many as I can.

    The pond.
    Craig G.

    A Beautiful natural reprieve from the tourist glitz & chintz of the Wisconsin Dells. The many trails lead through tranquil pine forests and near clear fresh lakes.

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    Dick B.

    Perfect base camp for Wi Dells and Baraboo Rec Areas Most recent stay was 7/17/16 thru 7/22/16 - I'm "late" in posting my review The layout of the campground is such that the restroom/shower buildings are easily accessible from your campsite, but not immediately adjacent. One restroom/shower building serves about 15 campsites. They have 2 each 2 shower stalls, sinks, and toilets. Push button/auto shut off showers so- you gotta keep pushing to get more water. We've camped here 8 seasons now [family reunion getaway occupying 7 sites] and sad this this year they removed the paper towels [only air dryers] as we used them to clean up our area around the sinks when done. Now they stay messy longer as they're cleaned only once per day. Each stall is private with locking door and large enough to use to dry off. There is 1 hook on the inside of door but now where else [wish there were more] also there is a long bench just outside of the shower stalls which is handy but no shelves for your stuff. Reasonably priced park considering it's near the tourist vacation destination area.. All campsites have gravel pads but the interior roadways are paved. Sites are very roomy with lots of vegetation between sites for privacy and all among many trees for welcomed shade during hot summer months. Some sites are dry camp others are electric only no sewer hookups, but there is a dump and potable water fill station near park entrance. Also water spigots are in every loop and is no problem getting water. Lot's to do all around and Wi Dells is only minutes away - Google Wisconsin Dells and you'll see it truly is a vacation destination - boasts to have more waterslide parks than anywhere else in the USA.

    Marie H.

    My husband and I were pleasantly surprised at how clean and tidy this campground was. Our Camp Host was very welcoming and did frequent drives through camp. We stayed in the Blue Bay Area (seemed to be the nicest too). Flush toilets and showers were some of the cleanest I'd ever seen compared other State parks we've stayed at. 4/5 because the water stopped working! There was a few hours where the flush toilets and showers were out of service due to no water!!

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    Love the park but roadway repair makes many areas inaccessible at this time. Will be great once work is completed.

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    It's an easy distance from where we live in Milwaukee, as it's in close proximity to the Wisconsin Dells.

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    Governor Dodge State Park - hiking trails

    Governor Dodge State Park

    4.2(56 reviews)
    40.3 mi

    Every year my family goes on a big camping trip, and this year we visited Governor Dodge! A first…read morefor us. Looking back, I'd say overall it was A-OK. We booked a double site as we had two RVs and multiple tents. It sure was plenty spacious! However, we all had noted it would have been great to see photos of the site when booking so we could know more that to expect. It was 100% full sun, and truly not chance for shade. Most other sites at this park had lots of tree coverage, which we would have loved and likely swapped to giving the chance. Being in a wide open space in the dead of summer can be tricky. The grounds are massive and well-kept, with tons of great hiking trails. Overall stunning views and vast green spaces. There's two large lakes with options to kayak, canoe, fish, ,etc. Concession stand with tasty ice cream, and a handful of convenience-store type items. Oh and we also definitely enjoyed the playground area with the kiddos. On the bad side: the shower-houses were pretty terrible. At least the one nearest to our site. It was to the point that half of us chose to forego showering all together just to avoid it. We also had a bummer experience at one of the beaches. We arrived around 10am and were all swimming for a few hours (along with tons of other visitors), when the rangers arrived and promptly closed the beach due to dangerous water bacteria. The closing wasn't the issue, but instead allowing 50+ folks to swim and fish in it before doing so. We'd all wished this water testing was done before the beach 'opened' for the day, as it left us fairly nervous having the quickly be rushed out. Overall, plenty of positives to this gorgeous state park - we made some great camping memories! Just hope those few shared pieces of feedback could help for future plans/changes.

    What an absolute 'Sconi gem!…read more Anything other than 5-stars is insane! Awesome trail system with great views. The trails are wonderfully maintained. If you just want to laze about on a lake-beach, you can do that too! I have family that live less than an hour from here and they haven't been in 10+ years, that is CRAZY!

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    Pope Farm Conservancy

    5.0(6 reviews)
    36.2 mi

    I read about Sunflower Days in a recent summer piece on Madison, and was happy that my Madison…read morevisit coincided with opening weekend of this year's sunflower bloom. The sunflower bloom is definitely worth the trip and parking lot traffic and walk up the hill- it's simply amazing. Over 500,000 sunflowers will bloom in a one week period! There's a bit of an uphill climb to get from the parking areas to the sunflowers and the farmland, so expect that. This is a free event, so feel free to donate to the conservancy, cheapskates! There's as much or as little walking here as you want. Get a few pics of the sunflowers and go home, or walk around the whole sun field, walk past the oak savannah and prairie, or walk around the whole farm (which is quite a hike)! Bring water, bring a blanket, bring a picnic!

    Free, just minutes outside of Madison, and having all the sunflowers your heart could desire. This…read morefarm is a lovely spot during Sunflower Days when thousands of sunflowers are in bloom. There are a couple of parking areas for your convenience and plenty of volunteers around to guide you into your spot an along the route next to the field. There are also shadier areas with some lovely views and wildflower growth bordering the sunflowers. Photos are encouraged, though do be sure not to touch the flowers. We went on what was likely one of the busiest days of the Conservancy's year, so I'm looking forward to returning when there aren't hundreds of other people clamoring for their own shot of the golden beauties.

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    Indian Lake Park

    Indian Lake Park

    4.6(14 reviews)
    27.4 mi

    I have been going to Indian Lake for several years. I love that it's a short drive from Madison and…read morehas some nice, moderate inclines for hiking. The trails are mostly shaded too which is great, especially when it's super hot out! There are several variations to check out. I typically follow the outer loop trail which is about three miles. I rarely run into people while on the trail; however it has definitely become more popular in the last couple of years. If you want an extra bonus, check out the short trail to the little church and lean about the history while enjoying the view. This gem is worth visiting!

    Great place to take medium to larger dogs. There is ample space for them to run. The woods offers…read moreexcitement for them and the lake side is a great place for them to cool off on warm days. This is the best dog park we have ever used. There is a fee for those out of town folks who may wish to run their 4 legged friend. All the dog owners we have encountered are great. This is the place to socialize your dog, do not keep them on a leash because they can feel trapped when meeting other dogs. The dogs figure out how to relate to each other. The only mark against this place are the walkers who don't have dogs who choose to walk thru the park. They seem to be annoyed that dogs run up to them. I don't care because they have acres and acres of amazing paths in the woods to trek, the dogs only have this one smaller place. I say if you don't like dogs then don't walk thru THEIR part of the park!

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