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Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, WI

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Devil's Lake State Park

Devil's Lake State Park is an outdoor activity in Baraboo, WI. Cost: under $25.

S5975 Park Rd · Baraboo, WI

Why you should go…

Devil's Lake State Park is Wisconsin's largest state park, covering 9,217 acres of the Baraboo Range. Quartzite bluffs rise 500 feet above a 360-acre lake that formed when glacial moraines plugged both ends of a gap in the bluffs. You can climb to formations like Balanced Rock and Devil's Doorway, swim, paddle, camp and hike nearly 30 miles of trails, including a stretch of the Ice Age Trail. Effigy mounds are scattered through the park.

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