Table of Contents
Preface ix
1 The Big Picture: An Overview of Wisconsin's Geological and Natural History 1
2 The Rift Zone: The Northwest Corner 19
Pattison State Park 26
Amnicon Falls State Park 32
Big Bay State Park 38
Copper Falls State Park 44
Straight Lake State Park 52
Interstate State Park 55
3 The Driftless Area: The Southwest Corner 65
Perrot State Park 72
Wildcat Mountain State Park 79
Tower Hill State Park 83
Blue Mound State Park 88
Governor Dodge State Park 90
Wyalusing State Park 99
4 Carved by Water and Ice: South-Central Wisconsin 107
Devil's Lake State Park 115
Mirror Lake State Park 129
Rocky Arbor State Park 132
Mill Bluff State Park 137
Roche-a-Cri State Park 141
5 The Glacial Showcase: Southeastern Wisconsin 149
Aztalan State Park 158
Kettle Moraine State Forest 165
Kohler-Andrae State Park 174
Point Beach State Forest 179
High Cliff State Park 183
6 On the Bones of the Land: The Northeast Quarter 191
Rib Mountain State Park 198
Potawatomi State Park 203
Whitefish Dunes State Park 207
Peninsula State Park 212
Newport State Park 220
Rock Island State Park 226
Acknowledgments 235
Notes 237
Selected Bibliography 241
Index 243