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Camping
Seasonal Water Systems: At Tower Hill State Park, drinking water is available from Memorial Day weekend to Oct. 1 depending on the weather. There are 10 tent campsites at the Tower Hill State Park campground. The campground is open seasonally.…
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History
Tower Hill is in the part of southwest Wisconsin known as the Driftless Area that never was covered by the glaciers that swept across the northern United States. Consequently, the region's dramatic topography was formed by 400 million years of…
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Recreation
Tower Hill State Park provides a variety of recreation opportunities. Camping Camping at Tower Hill State Park Canoeing and kayaking Tower Hill State Park does not have a boat launch. The park borders the Wisconsin River and backwaters and is a…
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Nature
Straight Lake State Park is in the Forest Transition Ecological Landscape of Wisconsin. This landscape stretches from Polk County in northwest Wisconsin to Menominee County in northeast Wisconsin. Straight Lake is also located within the…
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Geology
About 1.1 billion years ago, the area that is now Straight Lake State Park was part of a mid-continental rift. Magma oozed out of the rift forming basalt, which can still be seen in several areas of the park. Many years later, during the last Ice…
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History
During European settlement, beginning in the mid-1800s, the two largest industries to come to this area were logging and land speculating. An old logging dam can still be seen off the Ice Age Trail in the Straight River. The dam was opened to allow…