Roche-a-Cri State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Adams, Wisconsin, United States |
Coordinates | 44°0′9″N 89°49′10″W / 44.00250°N 89.81944°W |
Area | 605 acres (245 ha) |
Established | 1948 |
Governing body | Wisconsin 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]