WISCONSIN'S TOP 10 FALL FOLIAGE, COLOR SITES AND SPOTS:

Top ten Wisconsin Fall foliage and color places to see are located in the greater Belleville, Madison, Dane County area of South Central Wisconsin offering numerous Technicolor day trips in every direction from the Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn. Visit from late September to early November for area Fall color. The Uplands Area offers hills and valleys in the unglaciated area of Wisconsin with majestic scenic pleasures at every turn of the highways. It is often referred to as God's country. We call it Cameo Rose country. And, every season is a reason to visit the Cameo Rose.

# 1 = In the Beginning there is Belleville which means beautiful village in French. The Village of Belleville was founded by the French who know beauty when they see it. Belleville is the center of South Central Wisconsin offering Wisconsin Fall color at the scenic 120 acre Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn bed and breakfast and more scenery within an hour of the inn in every direction than in any other area of Wisconsin. Belleville has tree lined streets and scenic Lake Belleview and is the gateway to the new Badger Trail with its 1800's tunnel and the beautiful Ice Age Trail and all the fall color along the way.

Visit Madison Wisconsin and 101 area attractions. Madison Fall foliage is offered in the city of lakes with beauty in every neighborhood, the State Capitol, Monona Terrace and all around Madison in every area community.

Mount Horeb - Visit Blue Mounds State Park for hill top tower views and Cave of the Mounds for scenic wonders, and Little Norway in it's valley beautiful.

# 2 = Baraboo - Bluff Country surrounds you in Baraboo. Devil's Lake State Park is Wisconsin's most beautiful State Park. Hike around the lower Lake path with full color blooming or hike a bluff. Take the area Mid-Continent Railway Museum fall color tour through the Baraboo countryside. For the color of all the world's cranes, visit the nearby International Crane Foundation. Nearby Aldo Leopold Legacy Center offers education about the area and environmental opportunities.

# 3 = AREA BIKE TRAILS - Cameo Rose is ideally located to host all the area bike trails for bikers or hikers. The Badger State Trail can be seen from our front porch and will connect you to the nearby Capital Trail, Sugar River Trail and Military Ridge State Trail.

#4 = BREWERY AND WINE COUNTRY: Pick a brewery or a winery for tours and tastings:

Botham Vineyards near Barneveld offers beautiful scenery and fine wines.

Capital Brewery in Middleton

Minhas Craft Brewery in Monroe makes Berghoff, Huber and other beers.

The New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus is famous for it's Spotted Cow brew.

Primrose Winery in New Glarus on First Street offers wines made mostly of Wisconsin Grapes.

Wolldersheim Winery in Prairie du sac is a truly scenic splendor along the Wisconsin River bluffs. It offers a great tour and a large tasting area of its fine wines.

#5 = GREEN COUNTY: Enjoy Fall color at Browntown Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area - offering beach area, boat launch, nature trails with educational signs, an osprey nesting and shelter house. Highway 11 east of Browntown, 608-966-3777.

Green County is also home to New Glarus - America's Little Switzerland offering the color of fall in the hills and valleys of New Glarus WI. The village is itself a colorful getaway in the style of Switzerland.

New Glarus Woods State Park is located along Highway 69 just south of New Glarus - 608-527-2335. The New Glarus Woods State Park offers over 400 acres of old growth forests (some trees are 250 years old), prairie, hilly terrain, six trails wind throughout ranging from .2 miles to 4.2 miles and total 7.3 miles.

# 6 = IOWA COUNTY - Take a scenic trip to Botham Vineyards - surround yourself with hills of grapevines and travel on to Mineral Point, home to several Cornish and lead ore mining historic places.

# 7 = LAFAYETTE COUNTY - offers

Cheese Country Trail - a 47-mile multi-use trail that runs from Monroe through Lafayette County to Mineral Point in Iowa County. It runs thru the Uplands area of South Central Wisconsin; and Pecatonica Trails offer trails that run throughout Lafayette County.

Yellowstone Lake State Park offers 4 miles of trails around Yellowstone Lake and through the forests. (888) 947-2757.

# 8 = VERMONT TOWNSHIP - Just North of Blue Mounds and Mount Horeb (20 minutes from Cameo Rose) is Vermont Township. Take the back roads and you will swear you have entered Vermont with wooded hills and beautiful valleys. A little white church is just around the corner surrounded by colorful Fall foliage.

# 9 = WISCONSIN DELLS - Take a Duck Ride or River Ride through the colorful foliage. The best way to see the beauty of the Dells is on a boat or duck ride.

# 10 = WISCONSIN RIVER DRIVE: For Fall color take a drive along the Wisconsin River from the Merrimac Free Ferry - to Prairie Du Sac and Wollersheim Winery- to Mazomanie and Bottoms State Natural Area to Spring Green and Taliesin and on to the Mississippi River and historic Prairie du Chien.

Wisconsin Fall Color Report

FALL FOLIAGE, WI COLOR BED AND BREAKFAST INN GETAWAY, HOTEL LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS, PLACES TO STAY, RESORT, RETREAT, VACATION RENTAL:

Visit Wisconsin Color and Fall Foliage from a country Madison Wisconsin Bed and Breakfast - Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn offers romantic Madison WI Fall Color Foliage bed and breakfast lodging accommodations, 101 area attractions and things to do, luxury and beauty on 120 scenic resort retreat acres 10 minutes South of Madison.

For an affordable luxury and beauty Fall Foliage hotel, getaway to Cameo Rose - rated "One of the prettiest bed and breakfast hotels in the country" (WSJ) and best places to stay. Enjoy the "Best breakfast in the Midwest" per Arrington's. Escape to Fall Color hotel accommodations at Cameo Rose.

For Fall Color Wisconsin lodging, Madison's Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn is centrally located to enjoy Fall foliage in Madison and all the best of South Central Wisconsin within an hour of the inn. Stay a week and see all the splendor of Southern Wisconsin Fall Foliage. Lodging is for area vacation travel to vibrant Madison, Mount Horeb (Little Norway), New Glarus (Little Switzerland), Spring Green and Wisconsin Dells. Make Cameo Rose your Fall Foliage Color bed and breakfast inn and travel Southern Wisconsin vacation rental headquarters.

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