Join the naturalist this Saturday, February 15th from 4 pm to 5:30 pm for a guided winter hike along the Steinke Basin Trail at Devil's Lake! We'll discover what's starting to wake up when day transitions into night. The hike…
There's about 10 inches of fresh snow in the park this week! Who’s planning to get out and break trail? Yesterday's snowstorm roared into the Baraboo Hills early in the morning (The video above was taken about 9 am.) and…
According to an article in the Baraboo News Republic, visitation at Devil's Lake State Park, "rose by about 30,000 from 2018 to 2019" Steve Schmelzer, Devil’s Lake State Park superintendent, estimated about 2.6 million visitors came through the park last…
Join the Friends & Staff of Mirror Lake State Park this Saturday, February 1st from 6 pm to 8 pm a Candlelight hike/ski/snowshoe. There will be two self-guided 1-mile torchlit trails, one for hiking/snowshoeing and one for skiing. They will…
Most of the time when someone asks what trail in the park is "flattish, easyish, shortish, familyish", especially in the winter, we'll point them to the Grottos Trail on Devil's Lake's south shore. It's ideal for snowshoeing this time of…
Author & environmentalist, Edward Abby wrote that the "idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.". Today, especially here in Wisconsin, the "pristine" wilderness he spoke of is mostly long gone. Our land, even our parks such as…
Get outside at upcoming Candlelight Hike events at both Devil's Lake & Mirror Lake State Parks! First up is Mirror Lake State Park's Candlelight Ski, Hike, and Snowshoe from 6 pm to 8 pm on Saturday, February 1st! Join the…
With the recent snow on January 12th, Devil's Lake State Park will now be loaning out snowshoes whenever the Nature Center is open! So what's it like out there right now? Well, here is a bit of video we captured…
With a major snowstorm rolling into our area as I type, it's a good time to talk about the Steinke Basin Trail and its fairly recent change to Multi-Use status and what that means. Background The Baraboo area has so…
