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12 hills in Wisconsin, split evenly between a county or city and the state

Sledding Hills in Wisconsin: Every One an Agency Names

Every hill below was named for sledding by the Wisconsin agency that runs it, on a page linked beside it. What it costs, whether it runs tubing, a tow or lights, and the agency's own words.

12
Hills a public agency names
in 2 towns
The state
Most of them named by
6 local, 6 state, 0 national forest
5
That print no charge
Wisconsin State Park System vehicle admission pass may be needed to park
0 / 0 / 1
Tubing, tow or lights
0 publish hours, 0 a conditions page
The answer

Whose website to open first in Wisconsin

Wisconsin has 12 hills that a public agency has named for sledding in writing. Of those, 6 are run by a county, metro or city park department, 6 by the state.

  • County, metro or city: 6
  • State park or forest: 6
  • Wisconsin splits its designations evenly between a county or city and the state, so neither one is the single website to open first.
  • 5 of the 12 print no charge and 7 print a fee or a parking charge.
  • Wisconsin sells a Wisconsin State Park System vehicle admission pass, and where one is required it is a parking permit rather than a charge for the hill.
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Grouped by who named it

All 12 Wisconsin hills

Each card opens with the agency’s own words, because that sentence is the reason the hill is on the page. Everything under it is an attribute the same agency published on the same page. Where an agency adds guidance of its own, it is quoted whole and nothing is added to it.

Named by a county or city6 hills

Elver Park Sledding

City park

Elver Park. Madison. Run by Madison Parks

The steep hill at Elver Park is generally monitored for snow cover and offers lighting at the top and sleds available to rent or purchase from the staff warming shelter.
Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Lit after darkRent by the hour $2, Purchase $20 (sleds)the department monitors this one for snow cover, and says the rest of its hills are not monitored

Sleds Price Rent by the hour $2 Purchase $20

Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison

Warner Park Sledding

City park

Warner Park. Madison. Run by Madison Parks

Warner Park Sledding
Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Madison Parks publishes this with the hill: “Madison Parks offers many hills perfect for winter sledding with good snow cover. This page provides many suggested locations that are not monitored.”

Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison

Olbrich Park Sledding

City park

Olbrich Park. Madison. Run by Madison Parks

Olbrich Park Sledding
Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Madison Parks publishes this with the hill: “Madison Parks offers many hills perfect for winter sledding with good snow cover. This page provides many suggested locations that are not monitored.”

Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison

Garner Park Sledding

City park

Garner Park. Madison. Run by Madison Parks

Garner Park Sledding
Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Madison Parks publishes this with the hill: “Madison Parks offers many hills perfect for winter sledding with good snow cover. This page provides many suggested locations that are not monitored.”

Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison

Aldo Leopold Park Sledding

City park

Aldo Leopold Park. Madison. Run by Madison Parks

Aldo Leopold Park Sledding
Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Madison Parks publishes this with the hill: “Madison Parks offers many hills perfect for winter sledding with good snow cover. This page provides many suggested locations that are not monitored.”

Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison

Hiestand Park Sledding

City park

Hiestand Park. Madison. Run by Madison Parks

Hiestand Park Sledding
Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Madison Parks publishes this with the hill: “Madison Parks offers many hills perfect for winter sledding with good snow cover. This page provides many suggested locations that are not monitored.”

Sledding, Madison Parks, City of Madison

Named by the state6 hills

Twin Valley Beach hill

State park

Governor Dodge State Park. Governor Dodge State Park. Run by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

The Twin Valley Beach hill is a popular spot for sledding.
Winter Recreation, Governor Dodge State Park, Wisconsin DNR, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

A vehicle admission sticker is required.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources publishes this with the hill: “Pit toilets are available at the Twin Valley Boat Landing.”

Winter Recreation, Governor Dodge State Park, Wisconsin DNR

Sledding hill at the Woods Lake Day-Use Area

State park

Governor Thompson State Park. Governor Thompson State Park. Run by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Warm up in the warming shelter located at Woods Lake Day-Use Area, and bring the family to sled at the day-use area's sledding hill.
Winter Recreation, Governor Thompson State Park, Wisconsin DNR, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

A vehicle admission sticker is required.

Winter Recreation, Governor Thompson State Park, Wisconsin DNR

Sledding hill off the Brown Trail parking lot

State park

Kinnickinnic State Park. Kinnickinnic State Park. Run by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

There is a sledding hill easily accessed from the Brown Trail parking lot.
Winter Recreation, Kinnickinnic State Park, Wisconsin DNR, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

A vehicle admission sticker is required.

Winter Recreation, Kinnickinnic State Park, Wisconsin DNR

Sledding hill at the Nordic trailhead

State forest

Kettle Moraine State Forest, Southern Unit. Palmyra. Run by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

A warming shelter is open every day and convenient parking, vault toilets and a sledding hill are also available at the trailhead.
Winter Recreation, Kettle Moraine State Forest Southern Unit, Wisconsin DNR, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

A vehicle admission sticker is required.

Winter Recreation, Kettle Moraine State Forest Southern Unit, Wisconsin DNR

Sledding hill at the beach area

State park

Lake Kegonsa State Park. Lake Kegonsa State Park. Run by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

A sledding hill is available at the park's beach area.
Winter Recreation, Lake Kegonsa State Park, Wisconsin DNR, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

A vehicle admission sticker is required.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources publishes this with the hill: “When using the sledding hill, please be aware of the surface conditions. Icing will occur after moderate use. Steering is difficult under icy conditions.”

Winter Recreation, Lake Kegonsa State Park, Wisconsin DNR

The number 17 fairway

State park

Peninsula State Park. Peninsula State Park. Run by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

The number 17 fairway at the park golf course is a favorite sledding spot.
Winter Recreation, Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin DNR, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

A vehicle admission sticker is required.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources publishes this with the hill: “The hill is steep. Adults must supervise children at all times. Pets, toboggans, skis and snowboards are not allowed on the sledding hill.”

Winter Recreation, Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin DNR

Cost and parking

What sledding costs in Wisconsin

5 of the 12 print no charge and 7 print a fee or a parking charge. Nationally 140 of the 202 hills print no charge at all, and the ones that do are nearly always the two things that cost an agency money to run: a tubing operation that rents the tube, and a tow that carries you back up.

Wisconsin sells a Wisconsin State Park System vehicle admission pass, and where one is required it is a parking permit rather than a charge for the hill. That distinction matters at the gate: the permit is sold for the plowed lot rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require one and still publish that the sledding itself is free.

A yellow road grader with tyre chains clearing deep snow from a forest car park beside a small concrete restroom building carrying a green permit required sign, under a low grey sky with heavily laden conifers behind
What a winter parking permit buys. Nineteen states sell one, and on almost every hill that needs it the money is for the lot being graded here rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require a permit and still print that the sledding itself is free. The sign on the building is the whole transaction, and it is posted at the entrance rather than at the hill. “Plowing the Sno-Park on OR 58”, OregonDOT, CC BY 2.0

Wisconsin sledding questions

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Sledding hills in other states

Wisconsin first snow datesWhen the first measurable snow has historically arrived, which is when a hill starts to be worth the drive.Wisconsin snowpackHow much snow is actually on the ground right now, from the automated stations that measure it.Wisconsin plow trackerWhether the road to the hill has been plowed, from the state that plows it.Wisconsin cross country skiingThe groomed trail systems, which is what most state agencies publish instead of sledding.

Wisconsin read September 23, 2026 from the agency pages linked beside each hill. Hours, fees and winter parking permit prices are set season by season and a hill opens on snow rather than on a date, so the agency page linked beside each one is the thing that governs on the day. Every state is on the sledding hills hub.