Roche-a-Cri State Park
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Roche-a-Cri State Park (most commonly translated from French as Screaming Rock) is a state park north of Adams and Friendship in central Wisconsin. The park, Script error: No such module "convert". in area, was established in 1948.
The park features a Script error: No such module "convert". rock outcropping with Native American petroglyphs—the Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs—and a wooden stairway to the top, as well as more than Script error: No such module "convert". of hiking trails.[1] The petroglyphs are the only publicly accessible rock art site in the state of Wisconsin.[2] In addition to the petroglyphs, other rock art such as a pictograph of a thunderbird and a horned human figure can be found at the park.[3]
Natural history
The striking Script error: No such module "convert". bluff is a hard core that remains from a larger sheet of Cambrian sandstone which has mostly eroded away. Around 19,000 to 15,000 years ago it was an island rising above Glacial Lake Wisconsin. On top of the bluff grow red oak, black oak, white oak, red pine, white pine, and jack pine. Buzzards also haunt the top.[4]
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External links
- Roche-A-Cri State Park Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources