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Video of Rib Mountain State Park – Wausau, Wisconsin
Rib Mountain rises 650 feet above the central Wisconsin flatlands. At 1,924 feet, Rib Mountain is Wisconsin’s third highest point (Timm’s Hill is the highest point, 1,951 ft.). The 1,460 acre park covers much of a monadnock (an isolated hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding plain) formed out of 1.7 billion year old metamorphic quartzite rock The Chippewa Indians called it O-pic-wun-a-se-be. The first part of the word means rib. In the 1890s the rock was mined to make sandpaper. The area became a park in 1927. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built trails, a campground and gazebo in the 1930s. The downhill ski runs also opened in the 1930s. There are 30 campsites and showers. Music copyright 2009, Paul Ehlers. Photographs and Slideshow copyright 2009, Creative Juice LLC.
Camping at Rib Mountain State Park (Friends of Rib Mountain State Park website)
Blog entries for Rib Mountain State Park
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Sandhill Cranes, Fox River National Wildlife Refuge – Marquette County, Wisconsin
©2009 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLCFox River National Wildlife Refuge
Sandhill Cranes (International Crane Foundation)
Wisconsin’s National Wildlife Refuges
Wisconsin’s State Wildlife Refuges
Blog entries for Fox River National Wildlife Refuge
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Sandhill Crane, Fox River National Wildlife Refuge – Marquette County, Wisconsin
©2009 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLCFox River National Wildlife Refuge
Great Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail (see Central Sand Prairie)
Wisconsin’s National Wildlife Refuges
Wisconsin’s State Wildlife Refuges
Blog entries for Fox River National Wildlife Refuge
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Sunset at Fox River National Wildlife Refuge – Marquette County, Wisconsin
©2009 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLCFox River National Wildlife Refuge
Wisconsin’s National Wildlife Refuges
Wisconsin’s State Wildlife Refuges
Blog entries for Fox River National Wildlife Refuge
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Topographic Map of the Fox River National Wildlife Refuge – Marquette County, Wisconsin
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Amnicon Falls State Park, Campsite 11 – Superior, Wisconsin
©2009 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLCMap of Amnicon Falls State Park
Camping at Amnicon Falls State Park
Blog entries for Amnicon Falls State Park
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Ennis Lake, John Muir Memorial Park – Town of Buffalo in Marquette County, Wisconsin
©2009 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLCStaghorn Sumac (About-Garden.com entry)
John Muir: a brief biography (Sierra Club entry)
Marquette County segment of the Ice Age Trail
Blog entries for John Muir Memorial Park
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Staghorn Sumac Bushes at Ennis Lake, John Muir Memorial Park – Town of Buffalo in Marquette County, Wisconsin
©2009 John Wanserski for Creative Juice LLCStaghorn Sumac (About-Garden.com entry)
John Muir: a brief biography (Sierra Club entry)
Blog entries for John Muir Memorial Park
