Located between 500-foot bluffs and the lazy Mississippi River north of Fountain City, Merrick State Park has something for everyone. The park offers camping, a nature center, scenic vistas, boating, fishing, canoeing, 3 hiking trails and 2 cross-country ski trails to choose from. River waters offer great fishing for summer and winter anglers.Catch a glimpse of an egret, heron, muskrat or otter in the marshy back waters.