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Things to do in Platteville, Wisconsin
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items Here are some things to do if you live in or are visiting Platteville, Wisconsin
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Parks & Recs
Dining & Drinking
Shopping
Hotels and Lodging
Activities
Parks & Recs
Platteville is full of fun parks for family fun!
Pickleball courts, Playgrounds, Trails & Camping
You cannot even begin to imagine the fun of this park! My grandkids love all the fun colorful playsets here. There is areas for kids with disabilities. There is gliders, swing sets, monkey bars and so much more plus an area for picnics and parents to...
Smith Park | Platteville Wisconsin
Mound Park offers a camping ground, playground for the kids, trails to hike and sometimes has the annual Easter Egg Hunt! Take your dogs on a walk down the beautiful nature trails! And the trees there are amazing in the Fall!
Mound View Park & Campground | Platteville Wisconsin
This is a really beautiful trail that runs through Platteville. This little section is called Katie's Garden in tribute to Katie Vaassen, a dedicated volunteer and Chamber staff member who passed away in 2004. They always have things going on here wh...
Katie's Garden - Platteville Regional Chamber
Legion Park has a lot going on too! From pickleball courts, to baseball fields, a playground for the kids and this is where they do fireworks and have the annual Milk Days Carnival.
Legion Park | Platteville Wisconsin
Chalk & Cheese in the Park is held at the Platteville City Park each year. Artists come out and do really cool 3d drawings on the sidewalks in chalk. Anyone can pick a square on the sidewalk to color!
Chalk and Cheese Festival - Platteville Main Street Program
Pride in the Park _ At Platteville City Park annually. There is food, craft booths, dancing, a drag show and lots of rainbows and beautiful people!
Platteville City Park - Pride Picnic - Music in the Park & Chalk Art
Make sure to come down to Music in the Park in Platteville, Wisconsin! Local bands playing, food trucks lining the streets and lots of people having fun dancing and chilling in their lawn chairs!
Music in the Park - Platteville Main Street Program
A long pretty trail that runs through Platteville and some of it's fun sites like the dog park, Katie's Garden and other fun scenic views along the stream.
Rountree Branch Trail | Wisconsin Trails - TrailLink
The dog park is Platteville is great! There are three secure areas so you can seperate your dogs into their own space if you want to. It is along the trail that runs along the stream that runs through Platteville. So you can sit at the picnic tables ...
Dog Park | plattevillearboretum
If you are looking for a little park for the kids to play at to burn off some energy, or maybe some fun volleyball courts, this is your park! Plus lots of space for kids to turn around in!
Harrison Park | Platteville Wisconsin
About a 15 minute drive from Platteville is a very unique grotto that was hand built by Father Mathias Wernerus between 1924-1930. It's a must see!
The Dickeyville Grotto in Wisconsin
Dining & Drinking
Time to eat, where to go? Here is a list of restaurants in Platteville from casual to good ambience.
A fun bar with delicious food! You can sit outside here if you want on a nice day or go inside and play darts, pool or the slots! This is my favorite local pub.
Profile for Red N Deb's
The China Buffet is a nice place to go after a day of thrift shopping! Family friendly and a fun atmosphere and a buffet full of good food! My favorite is the crab bake and the shrimp dish! Oh, and can't forget the yummy stuffed mushrooms! The grandk...
CHINA BUFFET, Platteville
Platteville's very best food truck! Downtonw BBQ. They have a facebook page you can follow to see where they will be parked everyday. Nice local folks and the best BBQ around!
Downtown BBQ LLC - Platteville WI - Facebook
A cool place with a cool ambience. Looking for some fancy mac n cheese, fish n chips or a BBQ Bundle? Then stop in here!
Beastro Se7en
Fun ambience, a notch above a casual diner with fun food such as sandwiches like reubens, specialty burgers, fun appetizers like fried tortellini or how about some lobster mac n cheese? Located right downtown.
7 Hills North | Platteville Wisconsin
Come check out Culvers. A great casual family friendly restaurant that serves butter burgers, Cod dinners and lots of yummy frozen custard!
Culver's of Platteville, WI - E BUS Hwy 151
A charming little coffee shop you can sit down and relax in with your coffee, order to go or shop for coffee gifts.
Badger Brothers Coffee - Platteville
There are three good Mexican Restaurants in Platteville. My personal favorite is Los Amigos because of their casual atmosphere, authentic Mexican food and the staff there is soooo nice. Plus they have a little shop attached!
Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant - Platteville, WI
Another nice Mexican Restaurant in Platteville that allows you eat indoors or outdoors next to the stream that runs through Platteville.
Fiesta Cancun - Authentic Mexican RestaurantFiesta Cancun
A nice Mexican restaurant with a nice ambience that has good food and an outdoor deck you can sit out on.
Las Palmas Authentic Mexican Restaurant - Platteville, WI
Shopping
Platteville is full of fun shopping! Just walk along Main St downtown and you will find them all!
If you like thrift shops, this is a fun one! Upstairs is more high end clothes, purses and children's clothes. Then you can go down in the basement and there is a whole floor full of handmade gifts by the locals!
Change of Seasons: Home
As you can tell, love resale shopping! This little gem is full of clothes, furniture, kitchen needs and does fun auctions with vintage or high end donations.
Platteville Thrift Shop
Another fun resale shop in Platteville which has donations from Land's End. So you can find brand new winter coats, clothes and comforters!
Bargain Nook - Platteville Main Street Program
Ok, last resale shop, I swear, but for those of you who like ot thrift, there is a ton of fun shops i Platteville to do that. Probably because we are a college town so people buy furniture then need to find somewhere to put it when they leave for the...
Platteville - Goodwill of South Central Wisconsin
The Underground in Platteville is a little shop in downtown, in the basement under Jimmy Johns, that has all your vaping, disc golf, knick knack souvenir needs!
The Underground - Platteville Main Street Program
A cool shop for video gaming and trading card geeks! My grandkids love this shop!
Deals N Dragons
A fun little popcorn and candy shop in downtown Platteville that pops it's own corn and has shelves full of chocolates and candy!
Popcorn Kernel. llc - Platteville - Facebook
A cute little organic market downtown Platteville that has organic food, a small kitchen that makes daily lunches and has a floor upstairs that sells local arts and crafts.
Driftless Market & Deli
For you crafters our there! You have to stop by and check out this quilting shop!
Hidden Quilts LLC-Platteville, WI
Bridal Boutique in Platteville has gorgeous dresses and personal service for you while planning your wedding.
Bridal Boutique Wisconsin | Over 35 Years of Beautiful ...
Fun flower shop and gift shop full of liitle gifts and knick knacks right in downtown Platteville.
Erschen's Florist: Send flowers to Platteville or Dickyville WI ...
A great litlte organic discounted groceries shop in downtown Platteville.
Profile for 12 Baskets: Discount Groceries - Facebook
Hotels and Lodging
Here is some suggestions whether you are looking for a nice hotel or an airbnb to stay in.
If you are coming to visit your college student for the weekend there is this Holiday Inn right on Main St downtown. They have a pool and are walking distance to all the activities, shopping and restaurants downtown. Plus it's right next door to the ...
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Platteville - IHG
Book your stay now if you are planning a trip to Platteville, Wisconsin.
Vacation rentals near Mining Museum - Platteville - Vrbo
A nice little hotel to stay at when visiting friends and family in Platteville,
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson Seattle-Tacoma ...
Check out the best rates at hotels in Platteville on Trip Advisor. As someone who lives here, they are all pretty nice!
THE BEST Hotels in Platteville, WI 2025 (from $93) - Tripadvisor
Activities
There are lots of fun things to do in Platteville, Wisconsin!
Check out the parks, the activites, restraunts and movie theatres!
Stop in and visit the local art gallery! I usually have a painting hanging there myself!
Rountree Gallery
This museum was started in 1964, They have lots of dioramas and artifacts to look at. They also give tours of the lead mining care there. And doing special events they give the kiddos a lttle train ride! Once I even saw a “bat” presentation there. Al...
The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums: Home
The grandkids have had so much fun at the Platteville Pool Right now at the moment it is closed down for repairs but Platteville is working on getting this all mended. It's a fun pool with a little toddler area in the pool, a big water slide for olde...
Platteville Family Aquatic Center
The Platteville LIbrary is awesome! Newly built, it has two floors full of books. The top floor is a play floor for kids. There's all sort of activities and toys for kids. This is where my grandkids always want to go when I have them for the weekend!...
Platteville Public Library – Platteville, Wisconsin
Platteville has amazing Pickleball courts for those who like to play! There's also a playground nearby for the kids and bathrooms at the Legion Hall.
Sanders/Trine Pickleball Complex | Platteville Wisconsin
If you want a fun movie experience then stop by this movie theatre in Platteville!
Millennium Cinema Movie Showtimes & Tickets | Platteville
A little historic movie theatre in Platteville, Wisconsin that offers good movies at bargain prices. Once during Covid, they let our family rent out the theatre for one of my grandkid's birthdays! The owner even came and gave us a little history less...
Avalon Cinema Movie Showtimes & Tickets | Platteville
If you need a good workout then visit Anytime Fitness. And when you are done, China Buffet is across the street!
Anytime Fitness | Your Local Gym & Fitness Destination
The Platteville Golf & Country Club is an 18 hole golf course laid out in the rolling hillsides of beautiful Southwestern Wisconsin. And don't forget to check out their breakfast buffet!
Platteville Golf & Country Club Restaurant | Bar & Grill ...
If you like to play disc golf, there are a couple courses here in Platteville. One by the college. Sometimes the summer they have fun activities for kids too put on by the folks who own the Underground in Platteville which is also a disc golf shop.
Platteville, WI | Disc Disc Golf Course Directory