Wisconsin State Parks

Wisconsin's state-park system covers 48 units across the state, from the Lake Superior shoreline in the north to the agricultural counties along the Illinois border. The Wisconsin DNR manages parks alongside the state forest system; both are open to public recreation under uniform season and license rules.

Each park entry below pairs with the surrounding lakes. The state-park designation tells you what land is protected; the LakeGrade rubric tells you what water-quality condition the lakes inside or adjacent to the park are actually in. The Wisconsin DNR maintains the canonical per-park information at dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks. Each park entry on LakeQuality links to the DNR page where camping reservations, fee structures, and current closures are kept up-to-date.