Southern Kettle Moraine – Paradise Springs Nature Center...

Since the 1800’s, what was once a resort and a horse-race track, people have been drawn to this bubbling spring. The parks centerpiece is a four walled, roofless springhouse, built with colorful fieldstones that have darkened with age. The springhouse was originally built with a copper dome roof to protect the five feet deep spring, which churns out 500 gallons of water per minute at a constant 45-degree temperature.

Water from the spring cascades out of the house into a shallow trout pond stocked by the Wisconsin DNR for catch-and-release trout fishing.

At the edge of the pond is a small dam and another crumbling stone structure and rusted metal pipes alongside a small waterfall. Copy from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sunday, October 12, 2014.

Images copyright by Richard Bublitz.

Views from along the pathways.

Bog just inside the entrance area.

These images were made on Sunday, October 12, 2014 during the Art's Camera Plus Meetup at the Paradise Springs Nature center.

Don't drink the water!