Offering a guided wagon tour amongst the farm's buffalo herd. Available from May through October. Visitor's
experience
is tailored to each groups interest. Located 6 miles south of Winona.
On a ridge top, overlooking the Mississippi River and Winona, Rockie Hill Bison Farm offers visitors a visually beautiful rural adventure.
By appointment only. Can accommodate families to multiple busses. Fee based on group arrangements.
Winona is the second home port of the Julia Belle Swain steamboat. Starting mid-June through mid-October, the boat is offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner cruises, sunset sightseeing, and private charters from Winona's Historic Levee Park.
Located east of the bandshell in Lake Park, this is one of the nicest rose gardens in the area. The rose garden, founded in 1957, features over 500 plants and about 50 varieties presenting a marvelous display of color. Extensive site work done in 1995 - 1996.
This historic site towers 500 feet over what used to be the main channel of the Mississippi River (now Lake Winona). The unusual formation was once a landmark for early river pilots. Indian legend has it that the mountain represented the cap of Chief Wa-pah-sha transformed into stone. Actually, early quarrymen are responsible for Sugar Loaf, which towers more than 85 feet above the remainder of the bluff. It has remained that way for over 100 years. Various civic groups and individual citizens sponsor lighting Sugar Loaf at night.
From observation locations at Locks 5 & 6 (upriver and downriver from Winona), visitors can watch the large barge tows and recreational vessels lock through. Locks and dams of this region are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge
This refuge straddles the continent’s greatest waterway for over 260 miles. Visitors enjoy fishing, boating, hiking, birdwatching, hunting, etc. There are hundreds of birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and amphibians who make the refuge home. In fall migration, some of this country’s largest concentrations of bald eagles, tundra swans and canvasback ducks rest and feed in the marshes and backwaters.
Julia Belle Swain Steamboat
C. A. Rohrer Rose Garden
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge
