Water Recreation
Pursue your favorite form of outdoor recreation and enjoy and learn more about your Dane County water resources while you’re at it!
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Go on foot: Join one of the Wednesday Evening Upper Yahara River Watershed Walks sponsored by Holy Wisdom Monastery annually from Earth Week in April through Take a Stake in the Lakes Days in June -- visit
www.benedictinewomen.org/nature.htm or contact naturalist Nancy Schlimgen at the Monastery (608-836-1631, ext. 159;
nschlimgen@benedictinewomen.org) for the schedule.
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Go by bike: If biking is your thing, take a spin and follow one of the Bike Tours of the Lake Mendota Watershed
(http://danenet.wicip.org/bcp2006/mendota/) or the Lake Wingra Watershed Bike Tour
(http://danenet.wicip.org/fowingra/images/bikemap.pdf).
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Go by paddlecraft / boat: If you would like to learn fun cultural, historical and environmental facts from the water, use the Yahara Waterways Water Trail Guide
(www.danewaters.com/YaharaWaterTrail.aspx). Additional water trail information can be found at the website of Capitol Water Trails:
www.capitolwatertrails.org. If you want to join with others for an organized group paddle, check with the Mad City Paddlers paddling club:
www.madcitypaddlers.org.
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Go for a swim: Information on the City of Madison’s beaches can be found here:
www.cityofmadison.com/beaches/.
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Go to a Dane County park: Many of Dane County’s award-winning parks feature water resources for you to enjoy, be it for swimming, fishing, paddling, boating, sailing, or your favorite aquatic adventure. For park information, follow this link:
www.co.dane.wi.us/lwrd/parks/.
Boating
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