
|
|
Print Version
GRANT COUNTY
INVITES YOU FOR THE PERFECT VACATION... ANYTIME!
Come enjoy and
have fun in historic Grant County...with its green hills and valleys,
precipitous bluffs, spring fed streams, bordered by the mighty Mississippi and
Wisconsin Rivers, where things to do and see make this the place for a perfect
vacation.
| FISHING |
Trout, bass and all types of panfish Mississippi, Wisconsin,
Platte, Blue and Green Rivers, Trout and Bass Streams. |
| ICE FISHING |
A very popular sport. |
| HUNTING |
Small game of waterfowl and wild turkey to white-tailed
deer |
| WATER SPORTS |
Excellent boating facilities.
Water skiing on the Mississippi. Swimming at pools and beaches.
|
| PARKS |
Wyalusing State Park, Wyalusing Nelson Dewey State Park, Cassville City and Village Parks
Roadside Parks 11 County Boat Landings Fenley Recreation Area
(Hiking trails and scenic view of the Mississippi River) Town of Jamestown
|
| ACCOMMODATIONS |
Numerous motels, hotels and
campgrounds. Bed and Breakfast Inns. |
| SCENIC HISTORIC DRIVES |
Great River Road. This scenic
parkway, winding along the sides of the Mississippi River, follows Routes 35 and
133 through Grant County. |
| HERITAGE TRAIL |
Four state historic and scenic
trails pass thru Grant County. |
| SNOWMOBILING |
214 miles of
public Snowmobile Trails |
| HISTORICAL |
Stonefield Village and Museum,
and home of Wisconsin's first Governor, Nelson Dewey, at Cassville. Old
Denniston House Old river hotel, built in 1836 at Cassville. Grant County
Courthouse at Lancaster, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Grave of Nelson Dewey at Lancaster. Jamison Museum in Platteville.
Boscobel Hotel, where Gideon Bible Society was founded, in Boscobel.
Rountree House at Platteville. Mining Museum at Platteville.
Cunningham Museum at Lancaster. Civil War Exhibit at the Courthouse in
Lancaster. |
| THINGS TO SEE |
University of Wisconsin Platteville Grotto at Dickeyville St. John's Mine at Potosi Castle Rock Mound Center, Sinsinawa Wilson State Tree Nursery at
Boscobel Tours of the power plant in Cassville Plus the rugged,
natural beauty of the unglaciated "Berkshires of Wisconsin" Car Ferry, Cassville Southwest Wisconsin Technical College,
Fennimore Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Potosi Brewey | |
|
|
|
|
|
|