Activities
Spring Green, Wisconsin
Coffee
Convivio - espresso drinks, beans for sale.
Cathryn’s Market - (Dodgeville) espresso drinks, drip beans for sale.
Arcadia Books - espresso drinks, drip.
General Store - drip, beans for sale.
Hedge Meadow - tearoom with seasonal specials, coffee and traditional espresso.
Victoria Sterling Antiques- Wonderstate Coffee Beans for sale.
Food
Check hours online for seasonal changes and closures
Frozen Local - local ingredients when possible - incredible ice cream.
Spring Green Farmers Market - Saturdays, check schedule.
Cathryn’s Market - (Dodgeville) excellent cafe with coffee, espresso drinks, soda fountain and pastries, small locally-sourced market with excellent products from meats, cheeses, breads, baked in-house sweets and more! Catering menu available.
Savor the River Valley - local food alliance, resources on their webpage about foods in the area.
Reunion Family BBQ - restaurant serving locally focused food. Semi-casual dining cold beer, wine, cocktails. Family friendly. Indoor and outdoor seating.
Taliesin's Riverview Terrace Cafe - incredible view of the river in an historic building just a stone's throw away from Elderflower Retreat, catering menu available.
River Valley Market - new iteration of our local grocery store, ever-improving and home to more and more local products and your basic needs.
Hedge Meadow - tearoom with seasonal specials, coffee and traditional espresso drinks, pastries, house-made herbal sodas and syrups, matcha, chai and more.
Hiking
Phoebe’s Point - most “bang for your buck,” this is a short hike with amazing views, somewhat of a steeper climb, kid-friendly
Welsh Hills Trail - gorgeous sights of Taliesin, a fairly flat, rolling trail
Weaver Road Trail - check trail alerts (esp Nov-Dec) What a sight! Limestone rocks galore and a pine relict. Park right at the corner and walk along the field to get to the trailhead.
Knobs Road Trail - check trail alerts (esp Nov-Dec)
Spring Green Nature Preserve - Our own desert right here in WI, start in an oak savanna, meander up a steep hill through the woods and come out on a bluff overlooking the entire valley. Worth the time and effort.
Governor Dodge State Park-can’t say enough about this awesome park. Great for swimming (two beaches), hiking, walking, horse back riding, paddle boarding, snow shoeing and cross country skiing.
Local Artists & Shopping
Famous Foods from the Area
Uplands Pleasant Ridge Reserve -world famous
Cates Family Farm Grass-Fed Beef
Things To Do
American Players Theater (May-Oct)
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin-Tours (April-Nov)
Rural Musician’s Forum (June-Sept)
Savanna Institute Farm Tours and Events (May-Oct)