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Roche-a-Cri State Park & Roche-a-Cri
Mound State Natural Area
This 605-acre state park is dominated
by a 300-foot-high rocky butte that
once stood as an island surrounded by
the waters of glacial Lake Wisconsin.
There is excellent interpretive information
about the rock at the foot of the
303-step wooden stairs that takes you
to the top. Once at
the top, you’ll get a
bird’s-eye view of the
flat Central Sands
plain that unfolds
before you. Turkey
Vultures use the high
mound as a roost
site. Below, a long
and steep talus slope
and small rock shelter contains Native
American petroglyphs (rock carvings).
Don’t forget your camera!
Directions: From Friendship, go north
on Hwy 13 two miles to the park
entrance.
Gazetteer: Page 52, D-2.
Phone: 608/565-2789.
Web site: Roche-a-Cri State Natural Area
Signature species: Turkey
Vultures and Bald Eagles.
Rare species: Common Raven,
Winter Wren and Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher.
Parking: Parking lots.
Nearest food & lodging:
Friendship.
Fee: Park fees apply. |
