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Aldo Leopold Nature Center is an independent, non-profit nature center located in Monona, Wisconsin. Located on 21-acre (0.085 km2) and featuring self-guided hiking trails through reclaimed prairie, marsh and basswood forest, the Aldo Leopold Nature Center is adjacent to Monona-owned 20-acre Woodland Park and the City of Madison-owned 60-acre Edna Taylor Conservation Park.The visitor center features hands-on exhibits about wetland, woodland, and prairie ecosystems in the Nature Nook and the Climate Science Education Center features exhibits about renewable energy, climate science and sustainability. The Climate Science Education Center opened in 2012, with an exhibit about global warming that was donated to the center by the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C.The Aldo Leopold Nature Center's environmental education programs include Wonder Bugs (a safe and fun introduction to the natural world for preschool-aged children and parent/caregiver), Vacation Day and Homeschool programs, School Field Trip programs, Summer Camps, Scout programs, Family public programs, special events, and adult and teacher workshops. Nature Net, created by the Aldo Leopold Nature Center, is the Southern Wisconsin Environmental Learning Network of non-profit organizations that offer experiential, place-based environmental education. It offers resources for teachers and families to help connect children with nature. Established in 1994, the organization is named for Wisconsin conservationist Aldo Leopold and its mission is "to engage and educate current and future generations, empowering them to respect, protect, and enjoy the natural world."

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Ledge View Nature Center
Ledge View Nature Center

Ledge View Nature Center is a 105-acre (0.42 km2) park and interpretive center. It is located two miles (3 km) south of Chilton, Wisconsin. The facility is part of the Calumet County Parks system operated by Calumet County. The park features 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of hiking and cross country ski trails through field and forest; a 60-foot (18 m) observation tower; an arboretum; a butterfly garden; a rain garden; prairie; three natural solution dolomite caves accessible only by guided tour; and a quarry. The Ledge Views caves are one of two publicly owned park systems accessible in eastern Wisconsin with the other being Cherney Maribel Caves County Park in neighboring Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The nature center offers school programs in caving, sedimentary geology, maple syruping, and winter ecology on traditional wood-framed snowshoes. It also has exhibits which explain the geology of the area, including the drumlins and the Niagara Escarpment. The interpretive center has interactive exhibits on lake sturgeon, birds, bats of Wisconsin, and the Niagara Escarpment, in addition to some live animals.

Chilton Post Office
Chilton Post Office

The Chilton Post Office is a historic post office located at 57 E. Main St. in Chilton, Wisconsin, United States. The post office was built in 1938 and designed in the Georgian Revival style. The red brick building has a metal hip roof in the front and a flat roof in the back. The front entrance has a pair of bronze aluminum doors with white trim topped by a metal eagle. A Works Progress Administration mural by Charles Winstanley Thwaites, titled "Threshing Barley", is painted on a wall in the lobby.The post office was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 2000.

Chilton, Wisconsin
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Chilton High School (Wisconsin)
Chilton High School (Wisconsin)

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Calumet County Courthouse
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Gravity Park USA

Gravity Park USA is a off-road and Stock car racing facility near Chilton, Wisconsin in the Town of Chilton. It hosts weekly motocross races between April and October, featuring off-road trucks and quads. It also has a 1/3 mile stock car dirt oval which was enhanced in the middle of 2017. The world record for the greatest length traveled on a motocross track during 24 hours was set at the track.

New Holstein Municipal Airport
New Holstein Municipal Airport

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