Approximately 395,000 visitors came to Devil's Lake State Park in June of this year. 394,956 was the software estimate based on the number of cars that passed through the park's 3 main entrances on the north and south shore. (South…
Yes indeed, our area's super popular Parfrey's Glen & Pewit's Nest State Natural Areas which were closed in April of last year, are once again open. (The DNR this morning is giving out mixed messages.) The photo above, taken just…
We've received a lot of questions about the status of Parfrey's Glen & Pewit's Nest State Natural Areas which were closed due to COVID early in 2020. Now that Gibraltar Rock & the Dells of the Wisconsin River SNAs have…
Yes, the Ice Age Trail is open. What does that mean for us here in Sauk County where the IAT is intertwined with some of our favorite outdoor spaces including Devil's Lake State Park? Well, like everything, it's a little…
Early Saturday morning, I discovered a snapping turtle laying her eggs along the hiking trail at Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area. It was clear that not only could she get stepped on, but she could be a hazard to hikers…
Over the last few years, of ice caves, frozen waterfalls and ice floes around Wisconsin as just skyrocketed. Of course the most popular ice formations in Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Superior in Bayfield. Still, here in central Wisconsin…