Governor Nelson State Park #35

Governor Nelson State Park is a day use park offering a sand beach, boat launch, fish cleaning facility and playground area. It is located on 10,000 acre Lake Mendota and has great views of hte capitol and downtown area. There are 8.4 miles of trails, that wind around effigy mounds, through wetlands and prairies, and forests. This is a popular park for visitors who boat and fish on the lake.

We visited on a sunny September morning, and were surprised (as we actually frequently are), that there weren't any other visitors to be seen. We hiked over to the beach, out onto the pier to enoy the view (G was camera shy today). There is a great playground there that G loved, and as you may have guessed, refused to leave. So, it was yet another park where we carried him out of the playground area under an arm, while he exercised his right to yell...very loudly. Next stop, Merrick State Park!