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Click below for information on:
La Riviere Farm Park
Hoffman Hall
Charles
Wacouta Aquatic Park
City Park Shelter
Reservations
If you want to guarantee having a
park shelter on a certain date, the City now reserves the
shelters for a nominal fee. It is not required that a shelter be
reserved. But if you don’t make a reservation, then you take the
chance of someone else occupying it before you arrive.
Reservation Procedure
Complete the
Park Shelter Reservation Form
and return it to the City or contact the receptionist in the
City Administrator’s office (608) 326-6406 to reserve a shelter.
Residents pay a reservation fee of $25, non-residents pay $35.
The fee is per shelter, per day. For example, if you reserved
both shelters at Lochner Park for Saturday and Sunday, the cost
would be $100 for a resident. This fee is refundable only if the
reservation is cancelled at least two weeks in advance.
Upon payment of the reservation
fee, the shelter is considered yours for the reserved date. You
will receive a receipt for this payment. The City will put up
reservation signs on the shelter for you. If someone else is in
the shelter when you arrive, just show them your receipt which
shows you have paid to reserve it and they should leave. If they
don’t, the police will move them.
Reservations may be made up to
one year in advance.
City of Prairie du Chien
governmental and employee organizations, and groups of
employees, are exempt from paying this fee. The reservation fee
is also waived for non-profit organizations holding a
fund-raising event.
Rules Regarding Park
Shelters
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Glass beverage bottles are not be permitted in any park.
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Excessive use of alcoholic beverages is prohibited in all
parks.
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All
parks are closed to the general public from 11 PM to 6 AM.
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All
waste is to be thrown away. Where receptacles for trash are
not provided, all waste is to be carried away from the park by
the person responsible for it.
Park and Recreation
Facilities
LA RIVIERE FARM PARK
This sprawling 300 acre farm was donated to the City in 1977 by
Dan La Riviere who specified how it was to be used with an
emphasis on the public enjoyment of the natural habitat. The
park is administered separately from the City park system by a
City Council appointed La Riviere Farm Park Committee.
The Farm Park offers a Boy Scout
camp area, primitive group camping, a horse-camp area, and
marked hiking and biking trails. In the winter, cross-country
ski trails are marked, and there is a toboggan slope. The Farm
Park has electricity and running water at some locations, as
well as pit toilets. Toilets and many of the areas of the park
are handicap accessible. Recent improvements completed at the
Farm Park are the construction of a new picnic shelter with
provision for tying horses at the shelter, improvements and
expansion of both the equestrian and human hiking trails, and an
improved visitor’s display building.
The Farm Park’s large area,
varied and specialized usage creates a long list of needs.
Special attention to trails, trail maintenance, and equipment
and trail signs needed. Items to be added at the park include
flush toilets, hydrants and heat at the nature center, well for
the horse camp, and additional picnic areas. Buildings needed at
this park are a garage and storage shed. The park also needs
increased parking and picnic areas.
La Riviere Farm Park Brochure
HOFFMAN
HALL
This facility has an indoor pool, gymnasium,
wrestling/aerobics room, 500 lockers, and a lounge area with a
kitchen. There are also 4 fenced tennis courts located just west
of Hoffman Hall on South Wacouta Avenue. Tennis courts will be
lighted in the near future.
(608) 326-2985
Hoffman Hall Informational Brochure
Parks & Recreation Activity Guide
CHARLES WACOUTA AQUATIC
PARK
(Wells and Sixteenth Streets) – This community
park, covering approximately two acres, is the location of the
municipal outdoor swimming pool complex. The fenced in complex
includes a children’s pool, plunge pool with slide, and a
zero-depth swimming pool with diving hopper as well as bath
house and a picnic shelter. The complex is accessible to
handicapped individuals.
The park offers swimming for
enjoyment and organized programs. A volleyball area is also
located for pleasure and tournament use. The facility is staffed
by the City.
(608) 326-8071
Parks & Recreation Activity Guide
Fort Fun
A community built playground with several levels of activities
for the young and old. Fort Fun offers a shelter, four sand
volleyball courts and six Horseshoe pits. Fort Fun is adjacent
to the Wacouta Aquatic Park.
Lochner
Park
(Wacouta and Wells Streets) - This 6.3-acre
community park has two storage buildings, two backstops and
bleachers, two handicapped accessible flush toilets, a partially
open-sided picnic shelter, and a new shelter built in 1995.
Large groups use this park for
gatherings, picnics, fund raising events, Special Olympics
programs, independent soccer and the City’s organized summer
play and activity program.
O'Brien Park
A neighborhood park of .9 acres in size,
including some off-street parking spaces. The park contains a
play apparatus, a picnic shelter, and a basketball court.
Waterworks Park
(Wisconsin Street and Stuart Lane) –
This parcel of land, approximately one-half city block square,
is located next to the water pumping station, and owned by the
City. This neighborhood park primarily serves nearby elderly and
family housing complexes. The park has some playground equipment
and picnic tables.
Michigan and Park Street
Park
This .5 acre neighborhood park property is
surrounded by a chain-link fence and includes a basketball
court, playground equipment, and a sand volleyball court. This
park was improved in 1997.
Cecil F. Smith
Memorial Ball Park
(Taylor and Michigan Streets) – This
2-acre property is a major softball and baseball field serving
the community. The park has two buildings, four dugouts,
scoreboards, 10 sets of ballfield lights, two backstops,
bleachers, as well as piped water to the field area, and flush
toilets.
Old
Rock School
(Marquette Road and Campion Boulevard) – The
one-acre plot includes the historic Rock School built in 1858 in
the Greek Revival style, which is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. It is the oldest existing example
of a public school building in the area. The first floor of the
two-story building has been renovated and is used for public
meeting and gatherings. There is playground equipment at this
site, serving as a community park. The Veterans Memorial is
located at this site.
Lawler
Park
A park located on the west side of St. Feriole
Island along the Mississippi River existed as a community park
before the floodplain relocation project. Lawler Park continues
to have separate identity from the other recreational facilities
on St. Feriole Island. This park covers approximately four
acres, offering enjoyment of the river and scenic views.
Lawler Park
The park has a storage building
and two large picnic pavilions, playground equipment, electric
service, handicapped accessible restrooms, and a public parking
area. The park has a rock wall on the river which includes a
public boat ramp.
Washington Street Park
(Washington and Main Streets) – This neighborhood park
covers approximately 3 acres, located on the mainland along the
slough opposite St. Feriole Island. Residential relocation in
connection with the floodplain project resulted in this open
space. The location is subject to periodic flooding, but the
park provides water recreation access and scenic views.
St. Feriole Island Marina
A city-owned, full service, privately operated,
pleasure boat marina is located on the east side of St. Feriole
Island at along the slough. The Marina provides docking for
approximately 100 vessels and storage facilities for watercraft,
gasoline and supplies, toilets, and access to the main channel
of the Mississippi River. The north end of the marina has a boat
ramp open to the public. (608) 326-8032.
Saint Feriole Park
This is a regional park covering
most of the island of the same name located in the Mississippi
River. Much of this island was developed property, including
residences, located in the Mississippi River floodplain. A Corps
of Engineers floodplain relocation project has resulted in
approximately 240 acres of land cleared of buildings. Five
picnic shelters, tables, and running water are available at St. Feriole Park and its related Lawler Park along the river.
The island’s potential for
tourism abounds based on its historical significance, and its
location for recreational use of the river and surrounding
environment. Several distinct and separate recreation facilities
exist on the island including Villa Louis, Lawler Park, a marina
and bike trails.
Click here for more information on St.
Feriole Island Parks
St. Feriole Island
Ballpark
This newly built facility features two
lighted softball fields and one lighted baseball field. A large
concession stand and handicap restrooms are available for games
and tournaments. A shelter is available near the complex.
Rock
Building
This newly constructed building is built
overlooking the Mississippi River. Decorative stained glass
windows adorn the building. The building will be an
interpretation center for the City of Prairie du Chien.
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