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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Devil's Lake Mounds Alternative Name: Devil's Lake State ParkCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 28.207 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Baraboo, WI
Latitude: 43.414722N Longitude: 89.713056W
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Devil's Lake State Park is a state park located in the Baraboo Range, just south of Baraboo, Wisconsin. It is on the western edge of the last ice-sheet deposited during the Wisconsin glaciation. The park has several American Indian mounds including effigy mounds built in stylized animal shapes.
Devil's Lake State Park is a state park located in the Baraboo Range in eastern Sauk County, just south of Baraboo, Wisconsin. It is around thirty-five miles northwest of Madison, and is on the western edge of the last ice-sheet deposited during the Wisconsin glaciation.[2] The state park encompasses 9,217 acres (3,730 ha),[3] making it the largest in Wisconsin.[4] The state park is known for its 500-foot-high (150 m) quartzite bluffs along the 360-acre (150 ha) Devil's Lake, which was created by a glacier depositing terminal moraines that plugged the north and south ends of the gap in the bluffs during the last ice age approximately 12,000 years ago. The sand at the bottom of Devil's Lake is thought to be deposited by glaciers.
There are many quartzite rock formations, such as Balanced Rock and Devil's Doorway, throughout the park. Effigy mounds are also located throughout the park. The park contains approximately eleven miles of the 1,200-mile (1,900 km) Ice Age Trail.[5] Its scenic beauty, along with its proximity to the Wisconsin Dells, has made it one of the most popular of Wisconsin's state parks for both day use and overnight camping; the park receives over three million visitors annually.[6] During the fall, the park's brilliant foliage makes it a popular attraction. Parfrey's Glen, Wisconsin's first state natural area, is managed by the Devil's Lake State Park and located just east of the park.
The original inhabitants of the area around the lake date back much further than when the European settlers first discovered the land. There is proof that humans occupied the land between 12,000 to 16,000 years ago, but Ho-Chunk historians speak of people living there longer than 300,000 years ago.[7] The area may have been inhabited originally between 12,000 to 16,000 years ago due to the fact that this was the time the last of the glaciers had receded from the area. Many Native tribes throughout Wisconsin inhabited the lands. They called the lake various different names, such as Tewakakak or Minnewaukan, which translate to spirit lake in various Native American Languages.[7]
In 1974, the National Park Service declared the Southern portion of the Baraboo Hills a National Natural Landmark. The Nature Conservancy also designated it as one of the "Last Great Places," one of only 77 such designations in the world.[4]
Mounds:
The park has several American Indian mounds. Across the parking lot from the nature center are effigy mounds built in stylized animal shapes, such as a lynx and a sparrow. In front of the concession building is a linear mound, one of several geometric mounds in the park. These mounds were used as ancient burial sites by early North Americans. The nature center offers courses on the history of the effigy mounds.[15][16]. Source: Wikipedia (see link below)
References:
1. Devils Lake State Park. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 29, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
2. Salisbury, Rollin; Wallace Walter Atwood (1897). "Drift Phenomena in the Vicinity of Devil's Lake and Baraboo, Wisconsin". The Journal of Geology. 5 (2): 131–147. Bibcode:1897JG......5..131S. doi:10.1086/607730.
3. Pick a Park – WDNR. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2009.
4. Regional & Property Analysis: Sauk Prairie Recreation Area. July 2012: 1–67.
5. Ice Age Trail: Devil's Lake Segment Hiking Trail, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Hiking Project. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
6. [Devil's Lake - What Do I Need to Know?] Devil's Lake State Park Area Visitor's Guide. Accessed 19 Sept 2019.
7. A Brief Human History of Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, WI. Devils Lake Climbing Guides. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
15. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (January 5, 2011). "Effigy Mounds of Devil's Lake". Archived from the original on June 6, 2010.
16. Wayside exhibits located by each mound
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
Wisconsin DNR: dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/devilslake
Directions:
From Baraboo, WI via Walnut St., 3.7 mi.
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