Start planning your winter travel now.  Enjoy all that Sparta has to offer this winter!

With warm and welcoming lodging, quaint shops, quiet dining, and a wide variety of winter activities – You will love this not-so-far getaway!

Whether you are snowshoeing in our 60 acre Memorial Park or cross country skiing along the La Crosse River and Perch Lake, you will find that relaxing in Sparta is a great way to just get away. In the winter the entire park, including the Golf Course, is open for cross-country skiing. There are several nearby areas for getting out also. Call us at (608) 269-4123 for more information

Monroe Country has over 300 Miles of Snowmobile Trails
Get your sled and go. Sparta is the hub for the County. Book your stay at our friendly lodging facilities and explore the area while having a blast on our trails. There are several snowmobile clubs in the area that contribute to the grooming and maintenance of the trails. Check out www.monroetrails.com for current conditions.  For a copy of the trail map please click here

Ice Fishing
Perch Lake – Although Perch Lake is one of the principal features of the Golf Course, Memorial Park, and Fisherman’s Park the lake is also is a unique in its own right. It has 32 surface acres with a maximum depth of ten feet and a mean depth of five feet. It was created by damming the La Crosse River. Most of the land around the lake is owned by the city, except for one private home and a VFW clubhouse (open to the public). The Lake has a native fishery of warm water pan fish, large-mouth bass, northern pike, and some brown and rainbow trout, all of which is supplemented by stocking as recommended by fishery management professionals.