Waterfall Hikes Near Madison, WI

Madison sits amid glacially sculpted lakes and rolling drumlin hills, with river valleys and oak-hickory woodlands cutting through an otherwise gentle landscape; the city’s shoreline parks and suburban greenways give way to pockets of steeper ravine terrain. Within 50 miles a single moderate trail threads a narrow creek corridor and bedrock steps, providing seasonal cascades and a compact canyon-style scramble that is easily reached from nearby Middleton, Fitchburg and other suburbs.