Sights Along The Trail
Primary attractions include topography left by glaciation in the Last Ice Age. Glacial features along the trail include kettles, potholes, eskers, and glacial erratics. Many of the best examples of glacial features in Wisconsin are exhibited in units of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, many of which lie along the trail.
Wisconsin is also host to many forms of wildlife characteristic of the upper midwest. Numerous species of mammal can be seen along the trail, including red fox, American red squirrel, white-tailed deer, porcupine, black bear and grey wolf. A great variety of birds can also be seen along the trail - hikers along southern segments may see an Acadian flycatcher, Henslow's sparrow, red-headed woodpecker or hooded warbler while further north white-throated sparrows, ruffed grouse and bald eagles become more common.
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“Perhaps of all our untamed quadrupeds, the fox has obtained the widest and most familiar reputation.... His recent tracks still give variety to a winter’s walk. I tread in the steps of the fox that has gone before me by some hours, or which perhaps I have started, with such a tip-toe of expectation as if I were on the trail of the Spirit itself which resides in the wood, and expected soon to catch it in its lair.”
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