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Baraboo (/ ˈ b ɛər ə b uː / ⓘ BAIR-ə-boo) [6] is the county seat of Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, located along the Baraboo River. [7] The population was 12,556 as of the 2020 census .
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 ]
Devil's Lake is a lake in the South Range of the Baraboo Range, about two miles south of Baraboo, Wisconsin, in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.It has no surface outlets, so by some definitions, it is endorheic; however, it possibly drains by underground channels into the Baraboo River, which would make the lake cryptorheic. [2]
U.S. Highway 12 (US 12 or Highway 12) in the U.S. state of Wisconsin runs east–west across the western to southeast portions of the state. It enters from Minnesota running concurrently with Interstate 94 (I-94) at Hudson, parallels the Interstate to Wisconsin Dells, and provides local access to cities such as Menomonie, Eau Claire, Black River Falls, Tomah, and Mauston.
The area around Baraboo was first settled by Abe Wood in 1838, and was originally known as the village of Adams. [13] In 1846 it became the county seat of Sauk County after a fierce fight with the nearby village of Reedsburg. [14] In 1852, the village was renamed "Baraboo", after the nearby river. It was incorporated as a city in 1882. [15]
US 12 – Wisconsin Dells, Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport: Western end of US 12 concurrency: West Baraboo: 92.9: 149.5: US 12 east / WIS 136 west – Rock Springs, Madison: Eastern end of US 12 concurrency; western end of WIS 136 concurrency: 93.4: 150.3: WIS 136 east / Bus. US 12 west / CTH-BD north (Pine Street)
US 12 west – Baraboo: Western end of US 12 overlap: 251B: Parmenter Street: Exit numbers follow US 12; westbound exit only: Madison: 252: Greenway Boulevard: 253: Old Sauk Road: 254: CTH-M / CTH-S (Mineral Point Road) 255: Gammon Road: 257: Whitney Way: 129.1: 207.8: 258: US 18 west / US 151 south (Verona Road) / Midvale Boulevard – Dodgeville
Devil's Lake State Park is located in the Baraboo Range, south of Baraboo, and covers 9,217 acres (37.30 km 2), [53] making it the largest park in the state. [54] The state park also includes the 500-foot-high (150 m) quartzite bluffs surrounding the lake, and 11 miles (18 km) of the Ice Age Trail. [55]