Happy Valentine's Day! If you're still looking for romantic ideas that involve getting outdoors (or almost getting outdoors!) we've got some suggestions for you... 1. Go For A Hike (Parfrey's Glen is a great choice!). It will be slick out…
It’s not uncommon for visitors to Devil’s Lake to think that all of this fallen rock means that the whole park was once a quarry. While there were quarries within the park borders at one time, the fallen rock you…
Just after Halloween, we took advantage of the late-season warmth to ride the Elroy-Sparta State Trail north from Kendall, Wisconsin up to the first of 3 historic train tunnels which are some of the main attractions on the Elroy-Sparta. Of…
You may see news articles or posts today (11/28) telling us that the deer gun season has ended in Wisconsin, but don't put away your bright colors just yet! While the most popular "deer gun" season ended yesterday, muzzleloader season…
Check out who we met on our Devil’s Lake hike yesterday! It’s a cute little opossum! (Not to be confused with the critter in Australia called a “possum”.) Our opossums got their name from the Algonquian word 'apasum', meaning white…
This will be the weekend to enjoy the fall colors at Devil's Lake State Park. Is it "peak"? Well, it sort of depends on where you look. Thing is, the weather forecast is calling for sunny days and temps in…
It's not peak, but it's getting nice out there with lots of colors all around Devil's Lake State Park and the Baraboo Hills. At A Glance When you approach the Baraboo Hills from any direction this week you can see…
When visitors to Devil's Lake State Park are asking where and when to see "fall colors", sometimes what they are really asking is where to see, "RED" leaves. This is because the red color doesn't happen everywhere and in fact,…
It's time again to kick off our annual Fall Color Reports! While it's great to start out with Wisconsin's Fall Color Map it doesn't really tell you what's going on here in the Baraboo Hills with our mix of unique…
Well, it's a little early to start chasing fall colors here in the Devil's Lake State Park region, but it won't be too long. Here are a couple of photos taken this week along the Merrimac Preserve hiking trails on…