Overlook · Wisconsin

Devil’s Lake

Quartzite bluffs over a glacial lake

TypeOverlook
StateWisconsin
Best seasonSummer (swimming) & fall color
How to visitState park; vehicle pass; bluff trails + beaches

Five-hundred-foot purple quartzite bluffs rising straight from a spring-fed glacial lake in the Baraboo Hills — Wisconsin’s most-visited state park and a gem of the Ice Age Trail. Scramble the talus to Balanced Rock and the East Bluff for the view down.

The shot

The lake from the East Bluff overlook.

Nearby & worth pairing

  • Baraboo
  • Ice Age Trail
  • Wisconsin Dells nearby
  • Parfrey’s Glen

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