Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area

Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area
Parfrey's Glen
Parfrey's Glen
Map showing the location of Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area
Map showing the location of Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area
Location of Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area in Wisconsin
Map showing the location of Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area
Map showing the location of Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area
Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area (the United States)
LocationSauk, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates43°25′05″N 89°38′29″W / 43.41806°N 89.64139°W / 43.41806; -89.64139
Area508 acres (206 ha)
Established1952

Parfrey's Glen, located within Devil's Lake State Park, is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area. The glen is a deep gorge cut through the sandstone of the south flank of the Baraboo Hills. It was the first State Natural Area to be designated in Wisconsin.[1] The valley was named for Robert Parfrey.[2]

  1. ^ "Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area". Wisconsin DNR. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. ^ Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 415.