This site is also the start of the four-mile (6.5 km) Foundation Trail, a signed hiking and bike path that circles the eastern part of the community.

Black River Falls is the focus of Michael Lesy's book Wisconsin Death Trip (1973), which used photographs and newspaper cuttings to highlight the harshness of life in the community during the late nineteenth century and the effects it had on the psychology of the inhabitants.

While the logging and lumber industry is still present in the area, the current economy leans heavily on agriculture and tourism.

Lake Arbutus, a 839-acre (3.40 km2) impoundment of the river, lies several miles northeast, as does the multi-use Levis/Trow trail system.

Black River Falls is home to a casino and hotel operated by the Ho-Chunk Nation.

[16] Black River Falls is the focus of Michael Lesy's book Wisconsin Death Trip (1973), which used photographs and newspaper cuttings to highlight the harshness of life in the community during the late nineteenth century and the effects it had on the psychology of the inhabitants.

Lesy drew on the work of Charles Van Schaick, a photographer in Black River Falls between the 1870s and 1930s.

Van Schaick made portraits of the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) people in the area in his commercial studio in downtown Black River Falls.

His photographs are now housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society and were the subject of a book, People of the Big Voice, published in 2011.

[17] The Black River Falls area is home to a large population of the endangered Karner Blue butterfly.

[18] The city celebrates with the Karner Blue Butterfly Festival held annually on the third Saturday of July.

The primary artery of transportation for Black River Falls is Interstate 94, which passes through the eastern edge of the city.

Black River Falls Area Airport (KBCK) serves the city and surrounding communities.

[20] Its predecessor, the Chicago and North Western Railway, formerly operated a branch line into the town to serve an iron ore mine.