The Skillet Creek Journal | Travel, Nature, Community | Baraboo, Wisconsin Dells, Spring Green, Reedsburg, Portage and beyond. Reserve Area Lodging.

Welcome to the heart of Wisconsin and the NEW Skillet Creek Journal! Here at the journal we invite you to look at our part of Wisconsin a little differently. We offer community & travel information leaning toward nature, outdoor recreation and the arts. We will help you explore the wonders of central Wisconsin from Wisconsin Dells to Spring Green and beyond from our base camp here in the Baraboo hills. We’ll share vacation ideas, tips, community information, camping & lodging ideas much more. We also provide an online reservation service for area lodging and local art print store as well. If you need help or have a question, please join us on Facebook for quick answers.. If you looking for some fresh reading check out our Bookmarks updated throughout the day on Delicious.

Lodging takes many forms; hotels, lake front vacation homes, rustic cabins, economy motels to high-end luxury bed and breakfast Inns. Choose “Featured Lodging” or Browse our Reservation service.

Featured Lodging | Reservation Service

The Baraboo hills area offers a wide variety of campgrounds for every taste including state & county parks as well as private camprounds. Some are rustic, some offer cabins, and some offer full hook-ups, paved pads and WiFi.

Click here for campground listings.

From the Sauk County Fair to the Faire on the Square we have your 2010 events information right here. We don’t cover every event, just the really fun ones! Did we mention the Cow Chip Toss? We’ll come back to that one…

Click Here to go to our events calendar!

Hey, We love Water Parks, but there’s much more to our part of the state. There’s farm markets, museums, historic tours, antique shops, bike trails and so much more. We’ve picked out many of our favorites to share.

Click here for area attractions!

Of course here at Skillet Creek, we’re all about the great outdoors. The big secret is that beyond just Devil’s Lake State Park, our area has hundreds of acres of public land just waiting for you to explore.

Nature lovers start here!

We live in the heart of a thriving arts community. Just mention Spring Green and your thinking “The Arts”. Now add the Fall Art Tour, The River Arts Center, all the local galleries and shops and you’ve got a lot to keep an art lover busy!