5991. Go to Water Tower Park in Beloit

 Scanning Google Maps to find things for girls weekend, I stumbled about Water Town Park in Beloit. It is named for the old stone water town. After seeing the stone water tower in Whitewater, I was intrigued to see this one. 

Calling it a park may be a long shot. There is no easy way to get to the water tower. The water town sits on top of a hill. There is an apartment complex behind it with no public parking. The only street parking is below the water tower or across a busy intersection.

We ended parking in a small strip mall. The Dairy Queen might have been an option if it was open. We then hiked up the side of the hill. It was all very weird.

When we got to the top of the hill, there was a walkway around the Water Tower. It was slightly more accessible than the one in Whitewater. 

We could actually look into the water tower. It is falling apart but it was still cool to look at.

If you can find a place to park, it is definitely worth checking out. It may not be much but the history is always fun to look at.

5461. See the Starin Park Water Tower in Whitewater

The hubby had softball in Whitewater and I came with so we could go to Wedl's Hamburgers for dinner. It was not a pleasant day to sit outside so I spent most of the time in the car. Trying to figure out where to walk, I saw on Googlemaps, there was a water tower close by and it looked interesting. So that's where I headed.

Starin Park Water Tower is the second oldest operating municipal water tower in Wisconsin and located on the UW-Whitewater campus. It was built in 1889 out of limestone. It has an octagonal base that tapers as you go up. At the top of the 80 foot stone tower, is a 20 foot tall steel water tank.

It is quite impressive and was pretty easy to find especially since it is 100 feet tall. It is well kept in a beautiful park. I just didn't except is giant stone water tower in the middle of a college campus. Considering this is not my first time at UW-Whitewater for softball, I'm surprised I didn't find it sooner.

It was just over a mile round trip from the football stadium to the water tower and back if you walk the entire trail around the park. I definitely got my work out in with the hills. I am glad though it was not a nice day otherwise I'm sure the park would be packed with students hanging out and I would have felt weird wandering through to take a picture of a water tower.