Sites and Settlements Along the Trail Kohler Is the Home of Kohler Co., the World’S Leading Plumbing Manufacturer
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KOHLER Sites and Settlements Along the Trail Kohler is the home of Kohler Co., the world’s leading plumbing manufacturer. With the SHEBOYGAN Harbor Centre Riverfront Midwest’s only AAA Five-Diamond resort hotel and Sheboygan, ranked among the best metropolitan Riverfront Drive numerous other amenities, it has become the most areas in the entire country in which to live (Money Old restored fishing shanties, a converted ware- acclaimed resort destination in the Midwest. magazine), offers festivals, cultural and sporting house and attractive contemporary structures events year ‘round, a developing recreational house unique shops and restaurants, charter fishing The Shops at Woodlake trail system, and unique shops, restaurants, and services, a motel and other amenities along County Road Y and Woodlake Road overnight lodging. Sheboygan’s Riverfront. This collection of elegant shops offers gourmet groceries, fashionable men’s attire, women’s and Harbor Centre Downtown John Michael Kohler Arts Center children’s clothing, leather goods and gifts, sporting North 8th Street and adjacent areas North 6th Street at New York Avenue goods, antiques and collectibles, unusual toys, art Sheboygan’s Harbor Centre Downtown, an old Ranked in the top five percent of the nation’s arts galleries, restaurants, home furnishings, and home town with a new romantic character, offers centers and museums, the Arts Center features design services. a full array of shopping, dining, overnight eleven galleries of contemporary American art accommodations, and other services. (free). Kohler Design Center 101 Upper Road The Wreck of the Lottie Cooper Stefanie H. Weill Center for the Performing Arts The Kohler Co. showroom features designer kitchen 821 Broughton Drive 826 North 8th Street and bath vignettes, product displays, a ceramic art Take a self guided tour through a three-masted Restored to its early 20th century splendor, the gallery, and displays of historic Kohler Village and lumber schooner built in 1876 and lost off theatre hosts a variety of performances. Kohler Co. (free). Sheboygan Harbor in 1894 (free). Lake Michigan Fishing The American Club North Point Recreational Trail Nothing can compare with the excitement of Great 419 Highland Drive Broughton Drive Lakes sport fishing, Coho and Chinook Salmon, The Midwest’s only AAA Five- The two-mile North Point Recreational Trail offers Rainbow, Brown, and Lake Trout are all plentiful in Diamond resort hotel pro- spectacular views of Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan. About 35 licensed captains provide vides casual elegance and charter service out of Sheboygan and pier fishing is complete resort facilities. Farmers Market also popular. Call (920) 457-9495 for location The Walderhaus Fresh vegetables and fruits and specialty items are Maywood Environmental Park 1100 West Riverside Drive available at the Farmers Market in downtown She- 3615 Mueller Road This “house in the woods” boygan from early morning until approximately An ecology center, walking trails, and a prairie reflects the spirit and archi- 2:00 pm every Wednesday and Saturday (weather garden provide opportunities for people to interact tecture of the Bregenzerwald, permitting), June through October. with the natural environment at the 119-acre park Austria (free). (free, fee for some activities). Harbor Centre Marina/Deland Park Kohler Golf Courses 821 Broughton Drive Sheboygan County Museum Blackwolf Run, located in Kohler Village, and Sheboygan’s Harbor Centre Marina and adjacent 3110 Erie Avenue Whistling Straits, located on the shores of Lake Deland Park feature a new full service marina, an A stately brick house, built in the 1850s on its Michigan near Haven, are regarded among the best attractive marina present site, houses the museum collection. courses in the nation. facilities building, Relocated to the site are one of the last remaining boat launch ramps, log cabins in the county, a barn which houses SHEBOYGAN FALLS a community cen- antique farm machinery and large implements, and Picturesque Sheboygan Falls offers renovated ter, youth boating an 1867 cheese factory which displays dairy-related historic and downtown districts, a walking trail on center, a beach items (free). the Sheboygan River, a championship golf course, and beach house, and attractive riverfront parks. picnic shelters, Indian Mound Park tennis courts, mar- 5000 South 9th Street itime theme play- Effigy mounds dating back more than 1,000 years grounds, and a scenic breakwater promenade. and a beautiful nature trail make the Park a “must see” while in the area. This is a self-guided tour Jaycee Quarry Park (free). 3401 Calumet Drive Picnic areas and shelter, mountain biking, swim- ming, 18-hold disc golf course, hiking trails, fishing. Historic Research Center City Park Road Trail, the popular trails of the Kettle Moraine 518 Water Street Highway 67 and Suhrke Road State Forest-Northern Unit, and the Ice Age A research library, housed in the historic Mill Located near the Old Plank National Scenic Trail intersect. House, containing thousands of books, genealogical Road Trail, Plymouth’s materials, county historical documents, and military wooded City Park has a Parnell Tower service records (donation). bandshell, pavilion, picnic County Road U off County Road A area, playgrounds, swimming This 60-foot high observation tower offers Historic Sheboygan Falls Walking Tour pool/aquatic center, baseball panoramic views of the 110 Pine Street diamond, and tennis courts. Kettle Moraine State Forest This 1-1/2 hour self-guided tour features more than and Sheboygan County, 30 significant homes, churches, commercial, and ELKHART LAKE and is the head of a 4.5- municipal buildings. The Cole District and the Elkhart Lake is a charming resort village on the mile hiking trail. Downtown Historic District are listed on the largest natural lake in Sheboygan County. National Register of Historic Places (free). Kettle Moraine State Broughton Sheboygan Marsh Park Forest—Northern Unit PLYMOUTH W7039 County Road J The Kettle Moraine State What originated as a stagecoach stop on the This park and wildlife area, a recreational haven for Forest offers 61.4 miles of wilderness road from Sheboygan to the interior of a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts, includes over hiking trails, including a 33- the state, is now the “antique capital of Sheboygan 13,000 acres. Most of the area remains as wilder- mile segment of the Ice County.” This charming community is filled with ness; however, a 30-acre developed county park, Age National Scenic Trail, quaint shops, cozy inns, inviting restaurants, and open year 58 miles of groomed year-round recreation opportunities. ‘round, includes snowmobile trails, 33 miles a tavern and of bridle trails, and 28 restaurant, a miles of cross country ski trails, as well as, party/meeting picnicking, hunting, fishing, primitive camping, facility, picnic mountain biking (on the Greenbush and New Fane areas, a play- Trails only) and sightseeing (Wisconsin Department ground, 64 of Natural Resources state park sticker required). campsites, canoe and boat rentals, Ice Age National Scenic Trail a launch ramp, The Ice Age Trail, which meanders across and fishing piers. Wisconsin’s glacial landscape for a thousand miles, Snowmobile trails connect with the County’s 228- intersects with the Old Plank Road Trail in The Plymouth Center mile trail system. The state’s tallest wooden Greenbush, where it joins the Kettle Moraine State 520 E Mill Street observation tower also calls the Marsh home. It Forest hiking trail (Wisconsin Department of This cultural center, based in a restored 1930s stands 80 feet tall. Natural Resources state park sticker required). automobile dealership in downtown Plymouth, houses a historical museum and art gallery. Gallery Elkhart Lake Depot Museum Wade House and Wesley Jung Carriage Museum 110 North features mixed-media changing exhibits, 104 South East Street W7747 Plank Road art classes, and performances. The historical muse- This quaint museum, housed in a railroad station Built in the 1850s by early settlers Sylvanus and um features an Indian artifact and arrowhead ex- nearly 100 years old, is listed on the National Betty Wade, the landmarked frame building was hibit and early upholstery shop display. Gallery and Register of Historic Places (free). formerly a museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon stagecoach to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. Closed Mondays Road America inn. Also on and holidays (free). Highway 67 the grounds Road America, are the Visitor Center/Chamber of Commerce North America’s home of 647 Walton Drive longest and finest Wade’s Information available on lodging, restaurants, natural road daughter stores, everyday living & city demographics. racing facility, fea- and son-in- Walk up information available 24/7. Office hours tures four miles law, the are Monday through Friday 8 to 4 p.m. and 14 turns on Jung 525 rolling, wood- Carriage Antoinette, Cow Monument ed acres (fee). Museum, Highway 67 and Mill Street one of America’s finest carriage collections, and the This fiberglass statue stands 20 feet high and GREENBUSH Herrling Sawmill. The site is operated as a State of weighs over 1,000 pounds. It commemorates Greenbush is the western terminus of the Old Plank Wisconsin Historical Site (fee). Plymouth’s ties to the cheesemaking industry. Road Trail, and the point at which the Old Plank .