Wisconsin State Parks, Forests and Trails Fun Facts and Trivia

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1. What is the oldest state park?

2. What is the largest state park in Wisconsin?

3. What park is the site of the fourth highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains?

4. Which state park has the only Olympic-size swimming pool in the Wisconsin State Park System?

5. Which three state parks were created from land purchased and donated by a wealthy Minnesota businessman?

6. What two state park properties have covered bridges?

7. What is the annual attendance for all nature programs in Wisconsin State Parks?

8. What famous landscape architect wrote a report in 1909 recommending the creation of a state park System?

9. Which park property is actually an outdoor museum that houses 25 historic Wisconsin structures?

10. Which state park has the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage in the world that may be rented for a weekend?

11. Which park property now known for its sandy Lake Michigan beaches and walk-in campsites was named for a long gone logging/lumber community?

12. What park property was the original Nelson Dewey State Park - named after Wisconsin's first governor?

13. What is the total number of hours per year that volunteers donate as campground hosts, tree planters, nature guides, visitor services and maintenance helpers?

14. What park was first owned by H. J. Thordardson, a wealthy Icelandic immigrant and inventor who built the park's natural stone buildings?

15. What trail was the first abandoned railroad to be converted into a recreational trail?

16. Which state park features an 18-hole golf course?

17. Where can you find "the Old Man in the Dalles" and other spectacular rock formations?

18. Which state parks have designated "pet" beaches?

19. Which county has the most state parks (five) in the state?

20. What Wisconsin State Parks are located on "ghost towns"?

21. Which spring in the southern unit of the Kettle Moraine Forest used to be the site of spring water bottling company and "health" resort?

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