Belleville is a village in Dane and Green counties and is approx. 30 min from downtown Madison. Each year thousands of visitors discover Belleville’s unique charm, festivals, recreational resources and nature habitats. Belleville is a small community with friendly, warmhearted people always willing to share their downtown, trails and parks, and newly refurbished lake.
Moving to Belleville? Contact Audra Geldmacher at (608) 577-8318 or Wanda Roche at 608-212-2928 or email [email protected] with any questions that you have.
Resources
Schools & Education
School District of Belleville – Located 20 miles southwest of Madison, Belleville is a charming village that boasts a strong educational system along with a strong sense of family within the community. For a small city of just under 2,500 people, Belleville offers “big-school” opportunities for their students in a small-school atmosphere.
Restaurants
J & M Bar 127 W Main St Belleville, WI 53508 608-424-3441 | Borland’s 119 W Main St Belleville, WI 53508 608-424-3013 http://borlands.poi.place/ |
Belleville Ale House 7 W Main St Belleville, WI 53508 608-424-1911 | The Dam Bar 3 E Main St Belleville, WI 53508 608-424-9600 http://the-dam-bar.edan.io/ |
Lingonberry Llama 103 W Main St Belleville, WI 53508 608-424-0197 thellamacoffee.com | Corner Café 30 W Main St Belleville, WI 53508 608-424-1714 http://www.cornercafebelleville.com/ |
Area Highlights
- Lake Belle View and the Sugar River – offer a variety of recreational activities for all ages and abilities
- The Badger State Trail travels 40 miles between Madison and the Wisconsin-Illinois border while traversing farmlands, woods, rolling hills, scenic meadows, remnant prairies, ravines, glacial topography and several small communities. The Badger State Trail also connects to many local parks and the Capital City and Sugar River state trails.
- 1887 Stewart Railroad Tunnel south of Belleville is currently closed but now a part of the Badger State Trail.
- Library Park is the village green in Belleville, Wisconsin, platted in 1851, to which the two-story cream brick village hall was added in 1894. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.
- Duluth Trading Company Outlet – store in Belleville, WI, you’ll find clothing, and unique historical displays and a variety of other knick knacks.
- Belleville Public Library – currently closed for in-person browsing but you can put materials on hold and have express pickup.