{"id":62,"date":"2024-04-05T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2025-06-28T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T13:42:59","slug":"things-to-do-in-madison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/things-to-do-in-madison\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry Vilas Zoo<\/a>
\n702 S Randall Avenue
\n(608) 266-4732<\/p>\n

Brittingham Boats<\/a>
\n701 W. Brittingham Place
\n(608) 250-2555<\/p>\n

Olbrich Botanical Gardens<\/a>
\n3330 Atwood Avenue
\n(608) 246-4550<\/p>\n

Wisconsin State Capitol<\/a>
\n2 East Main Street
\n(608) 266-0382<\/p>\n

UW Madison Arboretum<\/a>
\n1207 Seminole Highway
\n(608) 262-7888<\/p>\n

Picnic Point<\/a>
\n(Can be reached by Campus bus #80, by bike\/foot using Lakeshore Path, by parking a car in lots 129 or 130)<\/p>\n

Union South<\/a>
\n1308 West Dayton Street
\n(608) 890-3000
\n(Be sure to check out the\u00a0Lower Sett<\/a>\u00a0where there are bowling lanes, pool tables, and rock climbing available)<\/p>\n

Outdoor UW<\/a>
\n800 Langdon Street (Memorial Union, Lower Level)
\n(608) 262-1630
\n(Stand-up Paddleboards, Kayaks, & Canoeing available)<\/p>\n

Betty Lou Cruises<\/a>
\n1001 Arboretum Drive #204
\n(608) 246-3138
\nPrivate Charters and Public Cruises are available<\/p>\n

Budget Bicycle Center<\/a>
\n1230 Regent Street
\n(608) 251-8413<\/p>\n

Machinery Row Bicycles<\/a>
\n601 Williamson Street
\n(608) 442-5974<\/p>\n

Madison BCycle<\/a>
\nStations located throughout Madison
\n(800) 473-4743<\/p>\n

Monona Lake Loop
\n12 mile bike ride around Lake Monona (Machinery Row Bicycles is located on the loop)<\/p>\n

UW Madison Arboretum
\n4 miles of paved trail (Exiting on the north side of the trail will leave you near Henry Vilas Zoo)<\/p>\n

Southwest Commuter Path
\nUW Lakeshore Path
\nBegins at the Memorial Union and ends at Picnic Point<\/p>\n

Local favorites:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Great Dane
\n123 E Doty Street
\n(608) 284-0000<\/p>\n

Dotty Dumplings Dowry
\n317 N Frances Street
\n(608) 259-0000<\/p>\n

Ian\u2019s Pizza\u00a0(2 locations)
\n(608) 257-9248
\n319 N Frances Street
\n100 State Street<\/p>\n

I\/O Arcade Bar
\n720 Williamson St<\/p>\n

Basset Street Brunch Club
\n444 W Johnson Street
\n(608) 467-5051<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s Pelmeni
\n414 W Gilman Street
\n(608) 467-3234<\/p>\n

Espresso Royale\u00a0(2 locations)
\n650 State Street\u00a0(lower state)
\n224 State Street\u00a0(upper state)<\/p>\n

The Old Fashioned
\n23 N Pinckney Street
\n(608) 310-4545<\/p>\n

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Henry Vilas Zoo 702 S Randall Avenue (608) 266-4732 Brittingham Boats 701 W. Brittingham Place (608) 250-2555 Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 Atwood Avenue (608) 246-4550 Wisconsin State Capitol 2 East Main Street (608) 266-0382 UW Madison Arboretum 1207 Seminole Highway (608) 262-7888 Picnic Point (Can be reached by Campus bus #80, by bike\/foot using Lakeshore […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.union.wisc.edu\/soy2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}