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Rush Creek State Natural Area PDF Print E-mail

 

Operated by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, this natural area is an example of a "goat prairie" and is an important habitat for numerous rare plants and animals. Access to the park is convenient from either Highway 35 (at the roadside) or from Rush Creek Road. Located only 3.5 miles from Ferryville. Access to the natural area is free.

Rare plants include purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens), hairy meadow-parsnip (Thaspium barbinode), broad beech fern (Phegopteris hexagonoptera), and Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioica). Rare animals include wing snaggletooth (Gastrocopta procera), Kentucky (Oporornis formosus) and cerulean warblers (Dendroica cerulea), Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus), and the gorgonne checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne gorgone). Rush Creek is owned by the DNR and was designated a State Natural Area in 1981.

Additional information available at the Wisconsin DNR website.

Rush Creek
 
Blackhawk Park, Corps of Engineers PDF Print E-mail

 

Blackhawk Park offers a playground, boat launch ramp and swimming in a setting a short way off of Highway 35 (Wisconsin's Great River Road).

 

Blackhawk Park (WI)
E590 CTY RD BI
Desoto WI 54624
 

Located 15 minutes north of Ferryville.

Blackhawk Park
 
Genoa National Fish Hatchery PDF Print E-mail

Genoa National Fish Hatchery raises over 10 species of fish to contribute to sport fish restorations, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, brook trout, rainbow trout, yellow perch, sauger, black crappie and bluegill. Lake sturgeon are also raised for stocking in Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin waters.

This facility is open Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Stop by for a self-guided tour. Group tours are available upon request for school and civic groups. Kids' Fishing Day is held in Spring - see VisitFerryville Events calendar for this year's date. The hatchery grounds is also noted by bird watching enthusiasts.

S5689 State Road 35
Genoa, WI 54632-8836
Phone: 608-689-2605

Located 20 minutes north of Ferryville.

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/genoa/