I go to early morning work outs and have made a wonderful group of people and made friends. I enjoy…read morethe 8:15 A.M. Exercise Class as well . I love the size and all the great machines to work on. The staff is wonderful and always helpful

Great place to work, great place to work out, great place to swim, a great place all around! Always…read morea smiling face to greet you on your way in and out. The Y will always be here for ya!

Parking lot, visitor center, Canadian geese, roaming deer, drinking water fountains, well…read moremaintained trails, boardwalks, a lake, varying lengths of trails and its level. A+ for all of that! Trails were appropriate for young, old, healthy, physically challenged and weekend walkers.

Easy walk, good signage, varied landscape, well cared for. Beautiful reserve and pleasant…read moreatmosphere.

We camped here on our road trip back to MN. It was a great experience! I was a little nervous given…read moreall the cuts to funding lately and stories of state parks not having enough staff to keep the parks clean and safe but that was not the case here. The staff were all very friendly and available to help throughout the weekend. There was running water, bathrooms, and showers available. We would definitely stay here again.

Black River State Forest is chock full o' awesome things to do!…read more You can bike, hike, snowshoe, ATV, ride horses, dive, swim, camp, paddle, fish, among many other options. The staff at the main office at the Castle Mound Campground are friendly and helpful regardless of where you may be camping or recreating. I frequently camp with my paddling groups at Castle Mound prior to paddling the Black River. The sites are well laid out, and if you reserve sites 12, 13, or 35, you are closest to both the outhouses and the wood house. Racks of wood are available for $3. Just load up the handy rack located next to the shelter, and deposit your $3 in the collection box. Each site has a fire ring with a cantilever grill grate. Be sure to bring some aluminum foil if you want to cook right on the grate! The showers located near the main office are fairly clean and easy to use compared to those at many other state parks. They have a good potable and non-potable water station you can hit on your way out for the day's activities. The group campsite at the north end of the State Forest is very spacious. They only allow a relatively small amount of people to camp there, considering the space could host a county fair. It used to be a horse camp. Now it hosts group sites with large pads for RVs and campers. The rangers we dealt with at this location were very friendly, and the one high school kid who was assisting was a great help in finding where to access some of the local trout streams (a challenge in this watershed because almost every stream is in a box canyon). The only drawback to camping at the group camp, the East Fork Campground, or the indoor group camp (which I want to try this winter) is that they are pretty far from the paddling locations we use. It's a hefty drive from the Interstate to the north end of the State Forest. If you're in the area and the timing is right, stop in at the Ho-Chunk Pow Wow which takes place on the northwest edge of the State Forest. It's quite an experience, and the announcer is hilarious: "We're doing the same thing tomorrow. The same... damn... thing."

We had fun! 3…read moregenerations ages 5 to 76 rented 2 large kayaks and brought 2 of our own and 2 tubes. We are 6 adults, and four little girls ages 5-7 We range from beginner to experienced with kayaking. Just before we went out, the weather changed so we came back in after half an hour. We ate in the restaurant while it poured, and then went back out for another 90 minutes. We got out on sand bars to visit and play. The staff couldn't have been more accommodating and helpful. This is a special place. This is our second visit. .

We rented a pontoon for a day via Adventure Outfitters Lakeside online and prepaid for it. When we…read morearrived the morning of our rental, they helped us get our cooler & fishing gear on the boat and checking in was easy. A staff member provides a comprehensive review of the boat and it's features, and then you are free to cruise the blue-green waters of the Chain O' Lakes all day. The pontoon (20' Hydrotherapy) was clean and comfortable, the canopy kept us shaded when the sun was hot, you have swim stairs in case you want to stop at a sandbar and cool off, and there were no issues at all with the motor. Plus they give you a map showing the lakes in the chain, detailing which ones are no-wake so the day was relaxing and trouble-free from start to finish.

RECREATION PARK in Tomah, WI has a recreation building for banquets and weddings, an Adventure…read morePlayground with a playground, zip-line, giant saucer, and barn-themed play structures, and an ice rink for ice hockey and open skating. RECREATION PARK is also the site of the annual Tractor Pull, and the annual Monroe County Fair. The address of this park is 1625 Butts Avenue. Please also keep in mind, that Tomah is eight miles north of another destination-of-choice in America's midwest, namely, the annual Cranberry Festival in Warrens, WI. I've attended the Tractor Pull and the Cranberry Festival in Warrens, and I've also performed on stage (with a clogging group) at Clark Country Fairground in Kahoka, MO. The Tractor Pull provides majestic machines taking the form of customized tractors, and customized trucks. These machines have multiple engines, which together produce horsepower about 100-times greater than that of a typical family car. To view the numbers, one of the competition tractors can have 4 to 6 super charged V-8 engines, or 2 or 3 Allison aircraft engines, or 3 or 4 turbine engines. These engine combinations produce between 9,000 to 12,000 horsepower. The advantages of attending a tractor pull include, the sheer eye candy of these customized tractors, experiencing at close range the exciting noise and puffing smoke of one of the competition runs, the freedom to mingle around parked tractors before the competition event, and simply being in a crowd in the grandstands where everybody is on edge and excited. Attached are a few of my photographs from one of the tractor pulls in Tomah, WI. My motivation for writing this review includes the following. When I was a teenager, I attended a drag race in Fremont, CA where I saw Don Garlits and Tommy Ivo do the quarter mile with a top speed of just over 200 mph. More recently, I attended a drag race in Sonoma County, where the engines were all rear-mounted, and where the top speed in the quarter mile was just over 300 mph. Over the years, I have attended custom car shows in Oakland Coliseum, in Seattle, in New York City, and at Petersen Automotive Museum in L.A. And then, there are the many drawings of dragsters that I made, between the ages of ten and 16 years of age.

We kept stopping on our way down but it was still a good time. Once you're able to go faster it is…read moremuch more fun.

Sylvan Hill is a public park for winter tubing. The 2016/2017 season runs until March 5th. Check…read morewith the facility for specific hours. Many times it closes from 5 PM until 6 PM. Locals and visitors are welcome. Sunday nights are reserved for private events. Tubes are provided. Parking is free. The field house serves as a warming center with a large fireplace and snacks available to purchase. The menu offers items such as chips, candy, granola bars, hot dogs, mac & cheese, nachos, pretzels, pizza, etc. You are welcome to bring in your own snacks sole long as you consume them in the lower level. There are two slopes with a total of six runs. All of the runs end at the same central location (bottom of hills). Tubers are then pulled via cable back up the slopes. Tubers can hook up with each other for a faster ride. Some employees frown on this practice and limit you to four hookups. Other employees don't seem to mind if you expand. Logically, if more people go down the hill together it leaves less people waiting at the top. Overall, I recommend Sylvan Hill if you are in the Wausau area. It's a good value and you'll have a good time.

The owner is very rude and discriminatory. This is not a safe place to go to if you are anything…read moreother than white. I felt uncomfortable by the looks we were getting and the way the rules were enforced to only specific people on our campsite. It's a very cool place, but the staff are sticklers and we felt like we were constantly being watched when the owner personally drove past our campsite dozens of times. The owner needs an attitude check and a lesson in customer service etiquette.

We have a blast halloween weekend! My kids enjoyed the arcade and playground! Loved that the extras…read morelike mini golf were included. One negative was our campsite flooded with over 5 inches of water during a storm. They had a pump in the back corner of our site but it wasnt working. Definitely a few really low sites, but they were quick to bring an extra pump to remove the water, but it took all night to dry out. Do not recommend site 101 if rain is forecasted. ​