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Fall Color on the West Bluff
Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin, USA. The bluffs bordering Devil's Lake State Park create the illusion of a lake in a mountainous area because of the cliffs and large rocks on the slopes below them. The Lake lies in the Baraboo Range which scientists believe was formed 1.6 million years ago, making the exposed rocks one of the most ancient rock outcrops in North America.
Made of quartzite, a hard metaphoric rock, the cliffs are fractured by freeze-thaw cycles to form the large rocks on the slopes below. Mixed conifer-deciduous forests grow on the soils of the slopes. Beneath the West Bluff, the Tumble Rocks Trail lies at the juncture of the rocks and forest with the lake.
Fall Color on the West Bluff
Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin, USA. The bluffs bordering Devil's Lake State Park create the illusion of a lake in a mountainous area because of the cliffs and large rocks on the slopes below them. The Lake lies in the Baraboo Range which scientists believe was formed 1.6 million years ago, making the exposed rocks one of the most ancient rock outcrops in North America.
Made of quartzite, a hard metaphoric rock, the cliffs are fractured by freeze-thaw cycles to form the large rocks on the slopes below. Mixed conifer-deciduous forests grow on the soils of the slopes. Beneath the West Bluff, the Tumble Rocks Trail lies at the juncture of the rocks and forest with the lake.