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High Cliff State Park
Nearby Parks:
Brillion State Wildlife Area
Killsnake State Wildlife Area
Holland State Wildlife Area
Lost Dauphin State Park
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| State Park Overview: |
 | High Cliff is the only state-owned recreational area on Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin's largest lake. The park has a marina, historic sites, a campground, picnic areas and shelters, a beach, watchable wildlife, an observation tower, and play areas. Many facilities including a specially-designed cabin, are accessible for people with disabilities.
High Cliff gets its name from the limestone cliff of the Niagara Escarpment, which parallels the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago. This ledge extends northeasterly to the Door County peninsula and on to Niagara Falls, New York.
A 125-acre area within the 1,147-acre park is designated as a state natural area, recognizing its excellent cliff environments, an undisturbed wet-mesic forest, and more than a mile of Lake Winnebago shoreline. Effigy mounds are important archaeological features. |
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One of our favorite parks
Awesome Park...we really enjoyed our time in this park.
(name not given)
21-Apr-2008
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Good place to enjoy the falls
The drive thru the Camp area and the surrounding area was the best to enjoy the Fall and beauty of the colors, very nice trails, beautiful lake view, more to explore...
Written by Giri
18-Oct-2008
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More Trails For Horses
Would love to see some trails for horses and a place for overnite camping with the horses! Thanks, Shelly Heider
(name not given)
8-Jan-2010
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Love the trails
Wished there were more trails for horse backriding, and being able to ride from high cliff to calumet co. park... and with that be said overnight camping with horses would be nice.
(name not given)
3-Jan-2010
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Horses Welcome, Good trails.
Beautiful horse trails go through woods and around open fields. They are great. This park could improve by providing overnight camping for people with horses. That service, plus more horse trails, would be a big draw for people from outside the area to use this beautiful park.
Written by Laura Steidl
7-Jan-2010
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Very nice park conveniently located
Would really like to see more horse trails established and horse camping available. Currently is a nice day trail though.
(name not given)
7-Jan-2010
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Horse back rider
Enjoy the trails for horse backriding.It would really be nice to be able to ride from High Cliff to Calumet Co. park. Overnight camping with horses would be icing on the cake!
Written by Jackie Pues
8-Jan-2010
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Horse Trails and Camping
Would be great if this park would add overnight camping for people with horses as well as more trails - possibly connecting to another park or just looping the trails as there are many horse people that ride and camp April-October. It would increase the number of people that would come to your park as a lot of other state parks are constantly booked full by people camping with horses.
(name not given)
8-Jan-2010
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Beautiful horse trails!
We visit High Cliff several times a year to ride the trails and just love them. It would be great to see more trails and overnight camping for horses!
Written by prmulcahy
8-Jan-2010
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Nice Local Ride
I live about a half hour away and High Cliff has always been a great day ride place to go to. The trails are sound and not very challenging for young horses since you can ride all the trails within 3 hours.
My suggestion would be to add more horse trails for those who like to ride for more than 4 hours and maybe add a few horse campsites for those who live further away in order for them to enjoy High Cliff too.
(name not given)
8-Jan-2010
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Love the trails.
Love your trails. Camping would make the time there longer as an overnight camping would allow two days to enjoy the area.
(name not given)
8-Jan-2010
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More Horse Trails - Longer Season
We would like to see more equine trails
and overnight camping areas for the horses.
Ride these trails often, new/expanded trails would be greatly appreciated.
Also winter riding would be nice. Thank you
(name not given)
8-Jan-2010
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Great place to take the horses
Lovely park and not so far from Milwaukee, all horse people should visit this park. Looking forward to our next visit.
Written by Swollen Creek Farm
11-Jan-2010
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Beautiful state park
I really enjoy riding the horse trails at High Cliff, although currently it is not permissible to camp overnight with our horses. I think it would draw more horse people to the park if overnight camping would be available. Also a trail connecting High Cliff State Park and Calumet County Park would be a fantastic addition to the existing beautiful trails, and I think it would draw in a lot of riders from all over the state.
Written by Jeanne
10-Jan-2010
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Great Park
Wish there was an area for horse camping. Would like to see more horse trails.
(name not given)
10-Jan-2010
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horse back riding and horse camping
i spend alot of my time in the spring summer and fall riding and camping and would love a new place to go. i have camped with my family and would love to go with my horses. my group of friends have looked into high cliff but the amount of trails is few more trails would bring me and alot of riders to the park thank you lori gottsacker
Written by lori gottsacker
11-Jan-2010
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A Great Park
More horse trails and overnight camping would be greatly appreciated.
(name not given)
11-Jan-2010
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Horse Trails
Hoping consideration for more horse trails and overnight camping with our horses might be in the future. This is a lovely place to visit.
Written by Nancy Brandt
11-Jan-2010
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Nice Trails
Love High CLiff! Nice place to ride horses....Hike...and or Picnic. It is pretty close so its nice just for a few hours or camping..
Written by Fran
12-Jan-2010
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Thanks for the Horse Trails
This is our favorite place to do a day ride during the summer. Nice cool breeze most days and very few bugs. Also with cost of gas this trail is very close for alot of people with horses. Would love to have more trails and a horse campground.
Written by Horse Lover
12-Jan-2010
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Fantastic Horse Trails!
We love the horse trails at High Cliff - go riding there a lot, but wish we could stay overnight with our horses. Hope that will be a reality in the future - would be great to connect to Calumet Co. trails as well.
(name not given)
12-Jan-2010
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Great park
Would LOVE to see extended trails & OVERNIGHT horse camping!!!!
(name not given)
13-Jan-2010
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no camping?
This park needs more trails and overnight camping for horses!
Written by Laurie
13-Jan-2010
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Horse Trails
Beautiful horse trails go through woods and around open fields. They are great. This park could improve by providing overnight camping for people with horses. We typically have to drive more than 2 hours to camp overnight with our horses. If this park had overnight camping, we would only need to drive 60 minutes! More horse trails would be a wonderful.
Written by Windyrock
13-Jan-2010
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Love new adventures
I absolutely love being able to make a weekend out of a horse adventure. Parks with great trails and campgrounds make that possible. Please provide more opportunities.
Written by equynelvr
13-Jan-2010
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overnight camping
We would love to see overnight camping for the horses. I love riding the horses trails currently available but would love to be able to camp or have more trails available.
Written by Dawn K
14-Jan-2010
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Beautiful Horse Trails at High Cliff
The horse trails are wonderful, along with the scenery and wildlife. Connecting the trails from High Cliff to Calumet Cty Park would add much more riding and much more interest and use of the park. Having horse camping available would be a benefit not only to the people, but to the park growth and status. There is alot of horse involvement in Wisconsin which brings in millions of dollars, and a horse camp should seriously be considered.
Written by Peggy Dahlin
14-Jan-2010
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Love the Place
Wonderful place to ride.Really a nice place to bring your family. Would like more horse trails and overnight camping!
(name not given)
15-Jan-2010
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Horse gal with lots of horse friends!!!
Park is great but wish there were trails for horses and overnight camping, we are always looking for new places to go with 30+ ladies in tow!!!!
Written by Cwgrlup
15-Jan-2010
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Horses
would like more horse trails and camping!
Written by autumn
15-Jan-2010
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More of the same!
Would like to enjoy more of the same trails, plus overnite accmodations.
(name not given)
16-Jan-2010
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Nice Horse Trails
It would be great to have overnite camping for us horse people and also more horse trails.
Written by Diane Sauer
16-Jan-2010
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Overnite camping
Overnite camping for horse and rider would be great!
(name not given)
18-Jan-2010
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Horse Trails are a true Blessing
We love to ride @ High Cliff! It is a great place to take our sons! I would like to see the trails grow,connecting into the Calumet system would be nice. The day parking is great. It would be great if there was a separate over-night camping area that allowed the horses as well.
Thank You for a beautiful park! Keep you the good work.
Written by Michele
18-Jan-2010
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over nite horse camping would be great
Having an overnite camping at high cliff would be a fantastic thing, it would get used lots, and more trails to ride would be a great thing also.
Written by Karen
19-Jan-2010
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Horse trails
I enjoy the horse trails at the park, but it would be really nice to have overnight camping. Seems like there is more than enough room and it would certainly generate more income.
(name not given)
20-Jan-2010
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keep horse trails going
(name not given)
21-Jan-2010
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Horse Trails
I love your horse trail, but feel you should have more of them. You could link them to another park. Overnight camping would also be great.
Written by Tanya
26-Jan-2010
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Camping w/ Horses
What a great location.....trails are amazing and would LOVE to see overnight camping for horses.
(name not given)
27-Jan-2010
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| Camping: |
| High Cliff State Park has 112 regular (family) campsites, 32 of them with electric hookups, and eight group sites. New for 2005, the park also has a specially-designed accessible cabin for people with disabilities.
Firewood is available at the park wood yard. Most necessities can be purchase at the Marina Concession, the High Cliff General Store Museum, and local merchants near the park. There are coin-operated laundries in Hilbert and Stockbridge.
Select your campsite and register at the park office before setting up. During the off season, use the self-registration station. |
| Picnicking: |
| High Cliff has four picnic areas with tables, grills, water, and rest rooms. Three open-air shelters and an enclosed pavilion may be reserved for a fee. |
| History of the Area: |
| The Niagara Escarpment, often called "the ledge," was formed by the settling and hardening of limy ooze at the bottom of the Silurian Sea, which covered much of Wisconsin nearly 400 million years ago. Later, the flat-lying dolomite was tilted downward to the southeast by earth forces, leaving its higher western edge exposed at the earth's surface.
Between 1,000 and 1,500 years ago, nomadic Siouan Indians built effigy mounds in what is now the park. There are four panther-shaped mounds, two buffalo-shaped mounds, conical mounds, and a linear mound.
As long ago as the 1880s, this area was noted for its breathtaking views of Lake Winnebago.
From 1895 to 1956, a limestone quarry and a kiln to extract the lime from the stone operated here. Workers drilled holes in the stone and used dynamite to blast it loose. The lime extracted in the kiln was sent throughout the Midwest for use in plaster and cement and to apply to soil to reduce acidity. Other limestone from the quarry was used for brick mortar and crushed into gravel. Horses pulled dump wagons of limestone to an area above the kiln until 1946, when they were replaced by a dump truck.
As many as 40 people worked at the operation, including drillers, a blasting specialist, stone crushers, teamsters, barrel makers, laborers, and a blacksmith. Many were recent immigrants from Hungary. In its heyday, the lime industry supported a small "company town" consisting of 16 houses for workers, a store (including a post office, telegraph office, and company office), and a tavern, all owned by the Western Lime and Cement Co.
The state bought the land in 1956 and opened the park in 1957. |
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| Directions: |
| High Cliff State Park is 9 miles east of Menasha on State Highway 114. (From Menasha, Highway 114 starts as US Highway 10 and branches off to the southeast.) Turn south off Highway 114 at Pigeon Road and go about 1.6 miles to the State Park Road. Turn left (east) on State Park Road to the park entrance.
To reach the park from the south, take US Highway 151 north from Fond du Lac about 18 miles. Continue north on Wisconsin Highway 55 to Sherwood. Turn left (west) on State Highway 55/114. Stay on Highway 114 for about 2 miles to Pigeon Road. Turn left (south) on Pigeon Road and go about 1.6 miles to the State Park Road. Turn left (east) on State Park Road to the park entrances. |
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