Historic home w/modern conveniences and great view of peaceful valley and hills

Two of the perpetual joys of visiting this part of Wisconsin are the scaled-down pace and the sheer beauty of the surroundings. Bear Valley is in the Driftless Zone of southwestern Wisconsin, an area of rolling hills that were not touched by the last two glaciations. Across the street from our house is 750 acres of protected public land with nesting sandhill cranes and other species of birds, plus a good trout fishing stream. The valley is perfect for hiking and biking.

Five miles away is the 1000-acre White Mound County Park with a 100-acre lake for swimming and boating when it's warm and cross-country skiing when there's snow. Fifteen minutes west is a 24-hour Walmart and a Culvers and Goodwill. Twelve miles east is Straka's Meats and the Cedar Grove Cheese Factory. Twenty minutes north is the Carr Valley Cheese Factory. Ten minutes north of us is an Amish community with farm produce stands, craft stores, etc.

Area attractions include: American Players Theater, Taliesen, the lower Wisconsin River; House on the Rock, Gov Dodge St Park, Fall Art Tour, Oakwood Fruit Farm, Mineral Point, Villa Louis, the upper Mississippi, the Circus Museum, Devil's Lake St Park, the International Crane Foundation, the Wisconsin Dells, the Dickeyville Grotto, Museum of the Mississippi, Galena IL, Mt Horeb, New Glarus, Wollersheim Winery, Cave of the Mounds and Dr Evermore's Sculpture Garden.