On County Highway N, 0.5 miles west of Hannerville Road, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
Small rivers provide some of the most diverse wildlife habitat in Dane County. This site alone offers a wide assortment of terrestrial and aquatic niches -- dry sand, wet mud, shady forests, cattail marshes, sedge meadows, bushes and brambles, . . . — — Map (db m36985) HM
On County Road Y, 0.7 miles west of State Highway 78, on the left when traveling west.
When the last glacier melted some 10,000 years ago, the Wisconsin River swelled to more than 100 times its present size and carried billions of tons of fine sand and gravel on its way to the Mississippi River. As the meltwater decreased, it . . . — — Map (db m36984) HM
Near County Route F, 0.8 miles north of Cave of the Mounds Road, on the right when traveling north.
You are looking north from the Military Ridge toward Mazomanie, which lies in the Wisconsin River Valley. Beyond the Wisconsin River bluffs, on a clear day, the higher Baraboo Hills can be seen 35 miles away. These hills, with some of the oldest . . . — — Map (db m224707) HM
On County Road JJ, 0.1 miles west of State Highway 78, on the left when traveling west.
This once clear tributary to the Wisconsin River now carries tons of soil from croplands on ridges and slopes. Silver maples, willows and box elders grow on the soil deposited by erosion. The low peaty meadows on both sides of the creek serve as a . . . — — Map (db m36987) HM
Near Scherbel Road, on the right when traveling north.
You are looking across a deep preglacial valley. Once glacial meltwaters drained west to the Wisconsin River, depositing sand and gravel brought south to Middleton by the giant ice sheets. Today, winding through this unglaciated outwash plain is . . . — — Map (db m36988) HM
Near State Highway 19 at Matz Road, on the left when traveling west.
Indian Lake Park lies at the edge of the unglaciated or "driftless" area of southwestern Wisconsin. Here, features of both glaciated and unglaciated land are prominent. The steep slopes of exposed rock indicate that this valley was never completely . . . — — Map (db m36989) HM
On Fish Hatchery Road (County Road D) 0.5 miles south of County Highway M, on the right when traveling south.
Long ago, as a continental glacier retreated northward, it left a jumble of ice blocks at its edge. If it stood still for a while, great quantities of rock and soil built up at the southern end, forming a "moraine." When huge chunks of ice were . . . — — Map (db m36981) HM
On County Highway BB, 0.5 miles east of Krueger Road, on the left when traveling east.
To your left is a "drumlin," a long streamlined hill formed by the last glacier about 15,000 years ago. A vast field of 40 drumlins, all pointing southwest, can be seen from high points in this area. Centuries ago, marshes, bogs and lakes formed in . . . — — Map (db m42378) HM