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Parfrey's Glen, located within Devil's Lake State Park, is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area. The glen is a deep gorge cut through the sandstone of the south flank of the Baraboo Hills. It was the first State Natural Area to be designated in Wisconsin. [1] The valley was named for Robert Parfrey. [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 ...
The Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program is a conservation program created to highlight and protect areas with outstanding natural or archaeological resources in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. There are currently 687 State Natural Areas (SNAs) encompassing almost 400,000 acres (160,000 ha). [ 1 ]
Prior to 1926, what is now US 10 was State Trunk Highway 18. However, WIS 18 initially (in 1917) only ran from Humbird, near where US 10 and US 12 (then WIS 12) cross, east to Manitowoc. State Trunk Highway 34 ran from Prescott to WIS 37 in Mondovi. The route between Mondovi and Humbird was not numbered until the early 1920s, when WIS 18 was ...
Montreal is a city in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 801 at the 2020 census. The neighborhood of Gile is part of the city; however, it still has its own post office and ZIP code: 54550. [5] Like Gile, the former unincorporated community of Germania has also been annexed by the city.
Glen Haven is a town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. According to the 2000 census, the town population was 490. According to the 2000 census, the town population was 490. The census-designated place of Glen Haven is located in the town.
Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest: Iron, Vilas and Oneida: 223,283 acres (903 km 2) 1925: Numerous lakes and streams: Peshtigo River State Forest: Marinette and Oconto: 9,200 acres (37.2 km 2) 2001: Peshtigo River: Pike Lake Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest: Washington: 678 acres (2.74 km 2) 1960: Pike Lake: Point Beach State ...
It is located on Wisconsin Highway 49 south of Elderon. The community was named for Charles A. Galloway, a partner in a Fond du Lac lumber company. The Galloway post office was established in May, 1904, with Aldolph Torgerson as the first postmaster. [2] The ZIP code is 54432. [3]