Join us for the Fall Art Tour in Baraboo! For nearly 30 years, I’ve been photographing Devil’s Lake State Park, the Baraboo Hills, and the landscapes around us. This Friday, October 16, we’ll open our home studio east of Baraboo…
This month, the Ice Age Trail Alliance is hosting the Mammoth Hike Challenge, a 46-mile trek on the Ice Age Trail, along with visits to three Ice Age Trail Communities. You can spread those miles across the entire month, hike…
Overview: There are a lot of acorns falling around Devil’s Lake and the Baraboo Hills this autumn. Folklore says a bumper crop predicts a hard winter. The science is much more interesting. Oaks periodically produce enormous crops of acorns in…
Overview: It’s that time of year when the fall color predictions start coming in, and for 2026 there are plenty of reasons to predict everything from an early, muted autumn to a late and colorful one. Wisconsin has had drought,…
Overview: Devil’s Lake State Park was recently ranked by WorldAtlas among the state parks with the highest tick-borne illness risk in the country, but the ranking needs some context. Sauk County does have a significant Lyme disease problem, and the…
We’re looking ahead (through the rain) at a couple of big events coming up at Devil’s Lake State Park this week. Thursday, Sept. 17 — Ho-Chunk Dance: Teewakacak Cultural Performance6:00–7:00 p.m. | North ShoreForecast: Cloudy and dry, around 72°F as…
As I sit down to write this morning, the Cornell Lab’s BirdCast Migration Dashboard estimates that about 481,000 birds crossed Sauk County overnight. That sounds like we should be able to walk outside and see the sky filled with birds…
We're heading into fall color season here in the Baraboo Hills! Peak color in our area generally arrives sometime between the first and third weeks of October, but it can vary dramatically from year to year depending on weather, rainfall,…
This is not a trail. It started years ago on the bluffs at Devil's Lake State Park, when someone decided that rather than walking down to the trailhead about 50 yards away, they could cut through the forest to get…
The Wisconsin DNR announced this week that a full reconstruction of the North Shore parking lots at Devil's Lake State Park is underway, starting in early August 2026. If you're planning a North Shore trip for the rest of this…