Riverside Campground

The Great Outdoors

Kennedy County Park is just a few miles north of the Riverside Park campsites. It's a great way to experience the great outdoors and a sense of community when you are RV camping in New Lisbon. This county-maintained park features open green space, a boat launch, picnic shelters, a playground, drinking water, and pit toilets. Every year, it hosts the Wisconsin Bowhunters Annual Shoot with a wooded archery course, live music, vendors, and food and drink concessions.Buckhorn State Park is open all year round, and you can enjoy it when you camp in an RV near New Lisbon. The park and its adjacent state wildlife areas sit on over 8,000 acres on a peninsula surrounded by the sprawling Castle Rock Lake. There are miles of trails, including a nature trail with interpretive signage and an observation tower. Hand-held GPS units with pre-loaded geocaches are available. There is a beach with a marked swimming area with an all-sand bottom. Canoe, kayak, and bicycle rentals are available. Picnic areas offer shelters, tables, grills, playgrounds, and water pumps. Other recreational activities include fishing, hunting, trapping, skiing, and winter sports.The Black River State Forest is an hour's drive north of Riverside Campground. The forest has successfully re-introduced elk in the property and is managed to optimize wildlife habitat, native biological diversity, timber production, and soil and water quality, among other purposes. It offers miles of nature trails, some with interpretive signage. There are picnic areas with tables, grills, playgrounds, and pit toilets. Other recreational opportunities here include hiking, fishing and hunting, skiing and snow sports, and off-roading.

Exploring the Area

Visit the waterpark and theme park mecca of Wisconsin Dells with your New Lisbon camper rental. Noah’s Ark Water Park is generally acknowledged to be the largest water park in the country with over 70 acres of slides, rides, activities, and more. Other destinations to check out while you're here include Great Wolf Lodge, the Wisconsin Deer Park, the Kalahari Waterparks, the Mount Olympus Water & Theme Park, the Timbavati Wildlife Park, and the Riverwalk. Experience the region from the lake with a ride on a Duck water truck or take a scenic boat tour of the Wisconsin River. Special events that take place in and around the area every year include the Automotion Festival, the Wo-Zha-Wa Fall Festival, the Waterslide-athon, and the Wisconsin Dells Wine Walk. Check out the Wisconsin Dells Visitor & Convention Bureau, Wisconsin Dells Tourism Authority & Wisconsin Dells Visitor Website, and Travel Wisconsin for the latest in local news, happenings, and visitor guides.You’ll also be conveniently close to the city of Madison with your rental motorhome at the Riverside Park and Campground. As the state capital and home to the flagship campus of the state university, this is a diverse and sophisticated city with plenty of things to do and see, including exhibits, museums, galleries, presentations, performances, talks, and more. Some other highlights here include the Capital City State Trail, the Wisconsin Historical Museum, the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, the Henry Vilas Zoo, the National Mustard Museum, and shopping on State Street. Annual events that you may want to plan your trip around include Madison Winter Restaurant Week, the Dane County Fair, the Butterfly Ball, the Madison Winter Festival, the Art Fair on the Square, and Great Taste of the Midwest. Be sure to visit Destination Madison, the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce for up-to-date information on area attractions, events, and visitor guides.When it’s time to head out of the RV campground to enjoy the local eateries, you’ll have your choice of bar and grill fare, casual comfort food, pizza, burgers, frozen custard, and familiar fast-casual chains. And if you need to top off your fuel tank, you can find both gasoline and diesel fuel easily at any of the area truck stops, service stations, or convenience stores.