Devils Lake Wisconsin

About this spectacle

Devils Lake in Wisconsin's Baraboo Hills offers one of the Midwest's most dramatic landscape experiences. Quartzite bluffs rise nearly 500 feet above a glacially carved lake, their reddish and pink hues catching warm light at dawn and dusk. Visitors standing at the cliff edges look out over forest-fringed water, with the surrounding Baraboo Range forming a broad, ancient arc on the horizon. In autumn, the bluffs erupt in fiery foliage that reflects brilliantly on the calm lake surface. The park's rocky talus slopes create a rugged, almost otherworldly texture underfoot, while the calls of hawks riding thermals above the ridgelines add a sense of wildness. Trails wind through dense forest and emerge suddenly onto exposed rock faces with sweeping panoramas — moments of visual surprise that reward the climb.

When to go

May — Oct, peak Sep — Oct

Getting there

Nearest airport: MSN. Nearest city: Madison.

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