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The Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program is a conservation program created to highlight and protect areas with outstanding natural or archaeological resources in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. There are currently 687 State Natural Areas (SNAs) encompassing almost 400,000 acres (160,000 ha). [ 1] SNAs protect natural communities, geological ...
Kohler-Andrae State Park comprises two adjacent Wisconsin state parks located in the Town of Wilson, a few miles south of the city of Sheboygan. They are managed as one unit. Terry Andrae State Park, established in 1927, and John Michael Kohler State Park, established in 1966, total 988 acres (4.00 km 2 ). The parks contain over two miles (3 km ...
Lake Noquebay (/ ˈ n ɑː k ə b i / NAH-kə-bee) is a large freshwater lake in northeastern Wisconsin. It is the largest lake in Marinette County . It is located north of Green Bay, Wisconsin , approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Crivitz, Wisconsin .
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Mirror Lake State Park is a 2,179-acre (882 ha) Wisconsin state park in the Wisconsin Dells region. The process of establishing the park began in 1962 and the park officially opened on August 19, 1966. [ 1] It contains Mirror Lake, a narrow reservoir with steep sandstone sides up to 50 feet (15 m) tall.
Elevation. 600 ft (180 m) [1] Established. 2002. Governing body. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Kangaroo Lake State Natural Area is a nature sanctuary in Door County, Wisconsin, United States, located on and around Kangaroo Lake. [2] The land was designated a State Natural Area in 2002. Home to the endangered Hine's Emerald ...
643 ft (196 m) Established. 1963. Governing body. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Big Bay State Park is a state park of Wisconsin, United States, on Madeline Island, the largest of 22 Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. [1] The 2,350-acre (951 ha) park has picturesque sandstone bluffs and caves and a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) sand beach.
Sand Lake is located east of the center of Burnett County. The town's largest water body, Big Sand Lake, is located along the southern border. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km 2 ), of which 32.8 square miles (84.9 km 2) is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km 2 ), or 9.42%, is water.
495 acres (200 ha) Established. 1996. Grandma Lake Wetlands State Natural Area is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources -designated State Natural Area featuring the undeveloped, pristine 44-acre Grandma Lake, which lies in a depression formed during the last glacial period. The lake is ringed by a large, open sphagnum bog mat.