Allenton State Wildlife Area

Allenton State Wildlife Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Allenton State Wildlife Area
Map showing the location of Allenton State Wildlife Area
Location of Allenton State Wildlife Area within Wisconsin
Map showing the location of Allenton State Wildlife Area
Map showing the location of Allenton State Wildlife Area
Allenton State Wildlife Area (the United States)
LocationWashington County, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest citySaint Lawrence, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°24′N 88°20′W / 43.4°N 88.33°W / 43.4; -88.33
Area1,160 acres (4.7 km2)
Governing bodyWisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Official website Edit this at Wikidata

The Allenton State Wildlife Area is a wildlife area in Wisconsin along the East Branch of the Rock River (Mississippi River) tributary of the Mississippi River in western Washington County, Wisconsin. The area was once a glacial lake and is now a wooded bottomland. It is popular with birders and is part of the Great Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail.[1] Theresa Marsh and its state wildlife area is to the park's north.[2]

The wildlife area includes habitat used by sandhill crane, marsh wren, swamp sparrow and snow geese. Rare species include the rough-legged hawk, northern harrier, bobolink and American bittern.[2]

  1. ^ WDNR Great Wisconsin Birding & Nature Trail Southern Savanna Region- Retrieved 2022-05-02
  2. ^ a b Allenton and Theresa Marsh State Wildlife Area Great Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail