Fall Color Drive Through
The fall colors are changing fast this season at Devil's Lake State Park. If you're wondering what it's like right now or if you just can't get to the park this season, we've got a couple of videos for you!…
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Display, Virtually.
Yesterday was Indigenous Peoples' Day of course and many of us know of the importance of Devil's Lake to local indigenous culture and we may even know a bit about the effigy mounds within the park. What we often don't…
Mystery Critters?
It's time for a Critter Cam check! This time we checked out a couple cameras from the deepest regions of Devil's Lake's south bluff, AND what surprises we found. In fact, this is the first time we've ever captured the…
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…
Devil’s Lake Geology 101
Educators! We worked with Naturalist Sue Johansen-Mayoleth at Devil's Lake State Park to put together a virtual geology hike for Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland just last week and it's now available on the Girl Scouts Youtube channel. You can…
Daily Passes Sold Sept 4th
The Wisconsin DNR has announced today that Daily trail and park passes will be sold along with annual stickers at most Wisconsin State Park properties beginning Friday, September 4th. According to the release at least one of the following options…
Critter Cam Check!
Sometimes the hike out to our Devil's Lake State Park "Critter Cams" is quite the workout! But it's worth it! This week we pulled a camera that's spent the whole summer deep in the wilds of the park. There were…
September!
It's September! We made it through the summer! Now, the first question on everyone's mind (Besides, "How busy will it be on Labor Day Weekend?") is "When will we see peak fall colors?!?!??!" Well, not yet. Fall Colors Peak fall…
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…
Smash & Grab
There have been reports of broken car windows and items stolen from cars at both Devil's Lake State Park and Mirror Lake State Park over the weekend. Please keep this in mind as we head into fall. Keep Your Stuff…