Roche-a-Cri State Park

Roche-a-Cri State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Roche-a-Cri State Park
Map showing the location of Roche-a-Cri State Park
Map showing the location of Roche-a-Cri State Park
Map showing the location of Roche-a-Cri State Park
LocationAdams, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates44°0′9″N 89°49′10″W / 44.00250°N 89.81944°W / 44.00250; -89.81944
Area605 acres (245 ha)
Established1948
Governing bodyWisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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, 605 acres (245 ha) in area, was established in 1948.

The park features a 300-foot (91 m) rock outcropping with Native American petroglyphs—the Roche-a-Cri Petroglyphs—and a wooden stairway to the top, as well as more than 5 miles (8.0 km) 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]

  1. ^ "Roche-a-Cri State Park". WilderNet. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Boszhardt, Robert (2016). Hidden Thunder: Rock Art of the Upper Midwest. Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 79.
  3. ^ Boszhardt, Robert (2016). Hidden Thunder: Rock Art of the Upper Midwest. Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 82.