Hill Annex Mine State Park

Scott Fillman

Excellent staff and beautiful scenery. Very interesting to learn about the history of the area.

Luke Gorski

The park is closing down, sadly enough. It's gonna be open for the rest of 2022, but the guy I talked to said the place was closing next year. Anyone who is interested in geology and history should go to this park however. The guy who I talked to seemed to be very enthusiastic about the place. The city of Calumet will keep the part of the park that's still open however. It's hardly ever open and gets very little traffic.

Sasha B

Showed up during a time that was listed as "Open" online. Park was closed.

Ben Cedarberg

We took the fossil 'tour' which involved a short bus ride to an exposed hill face where volunteers with a paleontology project gave a very brief explanation then let the group look for fossils on the ground among the stones for an hour or so. Be prepared for muddy knees and bottoms. Our family with 3 and 5 year olds lacked the patience and understanding to know what they were looking at... they just wanted to go for a hike. Others in the group had better luck and found some ancient shark teeth and shells. We were disappointed this tour didn't allow us to see any part of the mine. The small visitor center and museum were interesting. We will visit again for the historic mine tour. There are no hiking trails or other activities to do in the park. There is a nice playground and picnic are right outside the park gate. Tours are only Friday and Saturday, ending Labor Day weekend.