State parks across Wisconsin are busy wrapping up projects preparing to welcome visitors this summer. Friends groups have been organizing weekend clean-up days to prepare trails and campgrounds for the millions of visitors planning to spend time at state parks. Peninsula State Park will get its fair share of those guests as Wisconsin's second-most visited state park with just over 1.3 million people. Park Superintendent Eric Hyde says that despite the lack of snow, there was plenty of activity over the winter and early spring months. In addition to cyclists exploring the park's new mountain biking trails, Hyde says they have been hard at work with $2 million worth of projects to improve the visitor experience.
Earlier this month, state officials announced that Potawatomi State Park's observation tower would reopen to visitors sometime in April. Wisconsin State Parks saw 19.8 million visitors in 2024, which was down from nearly 20.3 million in 2023.