Elizabeth

This was a delight! So glad we have this amazing free public art park in the Upper Midwest! Happy that we made this part of our trip to Minneapolis. I would highly recommend!!

Glad we took the time to stop and visit this museum. My daughter is a real afficianado of Russian art and chose this for our family during our visit to Minneapolis. We weren't sure if we would like it as much, but it was great. The docents were very welcoming. What a shock to learn that it's the only museum of Russian art in North America. The museum shop was so filled with beautiful crafts, jewelry, textiles, art cards, prints, and soooo many books.

Nice little park. Well maintained and nice shade with seating and I often see birds here enjoying the trees. The clock tower is lovely and adds to the nice view of the river here. There is a historical marker about the history of the river here. There is also a dog waste station.

I regularly hike the trails here because it is really the only place in Wisconsin Rapids that has anything hikeable. The trails are well laid out, bark chipped, primarily and it is nice to have a nature break at hand that's so readily accessable. Another way of enjoying the trails is by mountain biking, xc-skiing, or snowshoeing. It is also a nice place to walk with your dog, but be prepared to meet other dogs whose owners think that because their dog just "loves" everyone they are exempt from the leash regulation. "Well, I have my leash with me...." Doesn't help the wildlife etc. The Nepco Lake Shelter is beautiful. Highly recommend renting it for any events. There's nice bathrooms and kitchen prep area, serving area and tables and chairs to use.
There is a swimming beach, changing house and rest rooms, water pump, nice playground, double boat launch, and canoe and kayak launch as well, but the scenery at the lake had changed dramatically. When the first "cabins" went in l thought well, maybe it won't be so bad but now I hardly even want to hike along the lake. The idea seems to be to take out as much of the previous natural beauty and plop down the biggest building we can think of. It's hideous, but perhaps you like gazing out at the lake and the concrete beyond. Not my thing. I feel bad for the eagles that used to nest there and the river otters that you could watch play near by. Amazingly there are still geese and even a pair of swans that persist in the cattail marsh. Not likely they'll be there for too much longer because right at the boundary of the park is another development to come.