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Balanced Rock Trail - Winter

Be Careful on the Trails This Weekend!

The forecast for Saturday is looking pretty sweet with some sun and temps near 50 in the Devil's Lake State Park region. However, the popular bluff trails are snow covered, icy, and will be hazardous in many areas. https://youtu.be/9uepNipRz2Q A…

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Virtual First Day Hike

Happy New Year! Let's hope 2021 brings us all a happy and healthy new year! For anyone who can't get outside today or doesn't live near us, here's your First Day Virtual Hike on Devil's Lake State Park's Roznos Meadow…

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Ice on East Bluff Trail

Be Careful Out There!

It's a winter wonderland at Devil's Lake State Park! And it's a good time to remind you that the park does not maintain hiking trails in the wintertime. Be careful! All of the park's trails are snow-covered and slippery. The…

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Fall Hiking

A Hiking Window?

Wisconsin's Gun Deer season has ended as of November 29th, so hikers who are concerned about hunting can feel free to get back out on Wisconsin's State Park trails... Well, sorta... Muzzleloader So, while the major gun deer season has…

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Fall Color - Ice Age Campground

Fall Color Report Oct 22 to Dec 31st.

This will be our last Devil's Lake / Baraboo Hills fall color report for 2020. We are well past peak color season now. That said, you can still find some nice color in little patches here and there around the…

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Art on the Great Sauk State Trail

Have you had a chance to walk or bike on Wisconsin's Great Sauk State Trail? The paved trail follows a former railway from Sauk City through the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area, and will eventually run through Devil's Lake State Park…

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Fall Colors

Fall Color Report. Oct 8-15

OK, so we're in for a crazy, busy weekend at Devil's Lake State Park. While it won't quite be peak color, it will be peak weather, so if you want summer-like conditions with amazing colors all over the place this…

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earth water sky

Earth, Sky, Water

"Earth, Sky, Water" is a new art installation that will soon be going up on Ho-Chunk Nation land along the Great Sauk State Trail. The trail located on the southern border of Devil's Lake State Park in an area we…

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Cardinal Flowers

How’s Your Plant ID Skills?

Below we've posted photos of a dozen plants you'll see right now out on Devil's Lake State Park's Steinke Basin Trail, featuring their flowers, berries, and seeds. How many can you name? Extra points if you can ID that green/orange…

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Rock Stacking

Leave No Trace, Is Dead.

I photographed this amazing rock stacking artwork at Devil's Lake State Park just a few years ago. It is cool, isn't it!? Today, talking about rock stacking is a "triggering" event. I mean, everyone's triggered these days and that's part…

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