Our first visit to Devils Lake State Park Wisconsin
April 24, 2009 - Friday - Plentiful Sunshine
Lite Winds - Temps in high 70`s to low 80s!
First Stop - DL SP Ranger Station - North Shore Visitor Center
Seen various snakes, a stuffed bear, stuffed deer head (Tiny)
Looked at a wall of (seasonal before & after) photos of the state park.
It appears that DL state park was hard hit last spring when the rain hit
Plus they had 100 inches of snow during the 2007-2008 winter season.
Drove around the lake area and took a few pictures. DL is a beautiful park.
Would love to return during the summer months and/or fall foliage season.
Federal passes as well as Wisconsin state park admission stickers are honored. There are two beaches totaling 3,300 feet in length, each with a bath house. There is a boat launch at each end of the lake. Camping is available. (fee)
The park is a unit of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve.
Prehistoric Indians once inhabited the park and constructed a number
of effigy mounds in the shape of birds and animals. In more recent times,
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians had a summer fishing village along the
north shore of Devil's Lake and a winter camp on the southeast shore.
Devil's Lake State Park, established in 1911, is one of Wisconsin's oldest state parks and was one of the first four areas landscape architect John Nolen recommended tobe set aside when he began planning the state park system in 1909.
dnr.state.wi.us
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Stopped to look at a historical Marker and statue commemorating the CCC
(Civilian Conservation Corps) Camp at Devil's Lake State Park in Wisconsin.
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1ZFJ