3.5km
Total Distance
133m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 3.5 km loop with about 130 m of climbing on the East Bluff Trail and a stretch of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail above Devil's Lake, in Devil's Lake State Park just south of Baraboo. At 3,730 ha it is the largest state park in Wisconsin, set in the Baraboo Range on the western edge of the last ice sheet of the Wisconsin glaciation. The park is known for its 150 m high quartzite bluffs along the 150 ha lake, which formed when glacial moraines plugged both ends of the gap in the bluffs about 12,000 years ago. The East Bluff takes in the park's eastern outcrops, with climbing areas around formations such as Devil's Doorway and Balanced Rock.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Northern Lights Shelter · 1.4km
    Shelter
  2. 2
    Sugar Maple Shelter · 2.1km
    Shelter
  3. 3
    Drinking water · 2.3km
  4. 4
    Rock Elm Shelter · 2.4km
    Shelter
  5. 5
    Drinking water · 2.6km
Parking
396m from the start
Surface
paved 73%, natural ground 15%, rock 12%
Marked route
IAT - Devil's Lake Segment

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Difficulty

3/5 · Moderate