Visitors can hike to the unique shot tower and melting house and view a film and displays on lead shot making from the 1800s. Just two men, using picks and crow bars, tunneled 120 feet down and 90 feet horizontally through the rock. Open mid-April to October.
Location:
5808 Cty C, Spring Green Wisconsin 53588
Telephone
608-588-2116
Other Wisconsin State Parks nearby:
(Blue Mounds) Blue Mound State Park
(Monroe) Browntown-Cadiz Springs Rec Area
(Baraboo) Devil's Lake State Park
(Dodgeville) Governor Dodge State Park
(Waunakee) Governor Nelson State Park
(Stoughton) Lake Kegonsa State Park
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12/05 Coming to The Spring Green area
Dutch Days Festival Fulton IL May3-4 Arts and Crafts Vendors; Food and Concession Stands; Windmill Tours; Dutch Dancing and Costumes; Antique Tractor Display; Dutch Treasures Display; Heritage Canyon w/Early American Crafters; Hindeloopen Painting Demo and Sales; Stippling Display and Parade.
Montello's Fish-n-Fun Montello WI May3-5 Fly over the city in a helicopter, paddle down the Fox River like Marquette and Joliet in a guided canoe, munch on cotton candy between thrilling carnival rides, send the kids fishing with the pros on Montello Lake.
West Chicago Blooming Fest West Chicago IL May18 The City of West Chicago presents another colorful Blooming Fest, an annual downtown garden festival. It combines the West Chicago Garden Club's popular plant sale, with a craft show, children's activities, music, food and fun. Downtown merchants and restaurants get into the act with special promotions, in-store specials and sidewalk sales.
Marion Arts Festival Marion IA May18 the festival offers a high caliber, fully accessible cultural experience – a day of fine art and flip flops, families and connoisseurs, fun and education.
DubuqueFest Fine Arts Festival Dubuque IA May17-19 DubuqueFest's juried fine art fair features the work of over 70 artists and artisans from throughout the region offering the very best in fine art and fine craft. Meet the artists, learn about their process, and invest in hand-crafted pieces.
Prairie Arts Festival Schaumburg IL May25-26 Over 140 painters, sculptors, photographers, jewelers, potters - artists of every sort - will display their work outdoors on the landscaped grounds. Entertainment on three stages, a food court, children's art activities, as well as free parking and free admission round out the event.
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