Wyalusing State Park!

Camping weekends and hiking are what we love to do in Wisconsin. Once again, we chase waterfalls and visit all the state parks. We picked Wyalusing after we saw the pretty views online and good reviews about this park. We went on a short adventure with our friends, who came to explore with us for a day.

We hiked the Sand Cave trail (2.4 miles), and it took us approximately 1 hour to finish this loop.

Sand Cave trail travels past Big Sand Cave and Little Sand Cave. Both are washed-out areas of limestone with small waterfalls. Between the two caves, Black Thunder Point offers an excellent view of the Wisconsin River.

We both carried our adventure babies because we wanted to be done before the temperature warmed up and the mosquito attacked us. But We had so much fun on this hike; the trail was shaded all the way, it was more relaxed than we expected, we didn’t experience any bugs at all, and it was gorgeous.

The views from the campsites

Getting to this cave is very easy; the trail tends to be narrow as you keep going, follow the signs to the caves.

Use the map below. The state park has plenty of trails to hike for the weekend, but we ran out of time.

Click to access wyalusingmap.pdf

Dogs are allowed on all the trails. It’s family-friendly, with no signs of poison Ivy when I was there. Beautiful bluffs, woods, Rivers, and campsites are all shaded; they have extensive, clean showers. I can go on and on. You have to check it out. We went swimming by the river, which is only a 10 min drive from the park.

Yes, that’s a snake in the water!

What I love about my family is that we don’t sit around and wait for the disaster to happen; we keep going until we go to bed at night. What’s not to love about the outdoors? Raising a child that loves the outdoors was a dream of us.

We end the day with a gorgeous sunset and watch the moon and stars on the telescope. We had been camping before Armani was born, and not even a single day did we regret our decision to spend time outside playing and exploring. We hope to visit a few more state parks before the end of the year.