For Participants and Spectators
Evansville Golf Club
This 18-hole course features 6500+ yards
of rolling terrain, well-maintained bunkers and fairways,
tour-quality greens, water on 11 holes, and mature trees.
This course challenges golfers of all skill levels.
Practice green and driving range also available.
The golf club is open to the public and
welcomes corporate and group outings. Banquet
facilities are available, as well as a full-service
restaurant with a Friday Night fish fry. Members share
reciprocity with several country clubs in the area.
For tee times,
please see the golf course website
or call (608) 882-6524.
Home Talent Baseball - Evansville Jays
The Home Talent Baseball League is Wisconsin's largest adult
amateur baseball league and is one of the oldest in the United
States. The league started in 1929, and now has grown to 44 teams
in south-central Wisconsin. Local area communities such as
Stoughton, Oregon, Albion and Orfordville all have teams.
Evansville had many Home Talent teams dating back to the
1930s with the latest franchise, the Jays, starting in the
2005 season. Our baseball team provides free
entertainment to the community on Sunday afternoons and
Thursday nights during the summer months. Our team also
provides an outlet for our Evansville area residents (no age
limits) who enjoy playing competitive baseball. For schedule and info, please see
Evansville Jays
website……
Bowling
Evansville Bowl (108 East Main Street) has eight
air-conditioned lanes and has men's, women's, mixed and
junior leagues as well as open bowling. Bar & grill.
Call (608) 882-5210 for more information.
Runs
The annual Gibb’s Lake Gallop is a 5k run/walk in the
beauty of Gibbs Lake County Park on Memorial Day morning,
finishing in time for the Memorial Day parade and services.
The run benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Since 1995, Aunt Leota’s Grove Chase has been part of the
Fourth of July Celebration. Depending on your skill
level, it offers a 1 mile walk, 1 mile kids run, 5 k
run/walk, and 10k run.
Bicycling
Rock County offers over 200 miles of bike trails on paved
county roads. The bikeway is signed, with easy routes
on low traffic county roads. Signed bike paths in
Evansville link the parks, downtown, and residential
neighborhoods.
In nearby Albany, the Sugar River Trail is a 23-mile
recreational trail used extensively by bicyclists.
This crushed limestone trail follows a former rail corridor
and allows a relaxing ride through beautiful pastoral
settings. For a map and more on the Sugar River Trail,
please click here……
Horseback Riding
Bridle trails at Gibbs Lake and Magnolia Bluff County
Parks provide convenient opportunities for horseback riding.
All trails are open to the public every day in season from
dawn to dusk.
The Gibbs Lake Park bridle path is 3.8 miles in length.
Parking for horse trailers is permitted in the equestrian
parking lot only. No horses are permitted in the
lake or picnic area. This trail provides an easy ride.
For a map and more info on Gibbs Lake Park,
please click
here……
The Magnolia Bluff Park bridle path is just less than
three miles. It was made possible through the efforts
of the Tri-County Riders Club and is also open for walking,
providing due respect is given to horse riders and horses
encountered while on the trail. The trail starts and
ends in the upper area of the park. It is marked with a
starting sign and universal marking signs on red posts.
This trail should be ridden in a counterclockwise direction.
For a map and more info on Magnolia Bluff Park,
please
click here…..
Snowmobiling
Snowmobile routes wind throughout Rock County's
countryside and are maintained by various snowmobiling
clubs.
