Bauer Brockway Barrens State Natural Area
Bauer Brockway Barrens State Natural Area
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Bauer-Brockway Barrens State Natural Area is a 240-acre sandy barrens with scattered open-grown jack pine and Hill's Oak. The rare Karner blue butterfly thrives on the prairie's wild lupine. Other prairie plants include June grass, little bluestem grass, sand primrose, bird's-foot violet, western sunflower and cream wild indigo. Shrubs such as American hazelnut and New Jersey Tea provide singing platforms for many grassland birds including Field and Vesper sparrow, Nashville and Prairie Warblers, Indigo Bunting, and Eastern Towhee.
What's Nearby
Events
Places To Stay
Dining
1
Jackson County Fair
7/29/2025 - 8/03/2025
Black River Falls - 5.9 miles away
2
Lake Arbutus Carp Fest
7/19/2025
Hatfield - 8.05 miles away
3
Merrillan Wheels & Reels
6/27/2025
Merrillan - 11.67 miles away
4
41st Annual Heroes Ride Bike Tour
8/01/2025 - 8/03/2025
Neillsville - 18.8 miles away
5
Motorhead Mafia Car, Bike and Tractor Show
7/19/2025
Neillsville - 19.29 miles away
6
Clark County Fair
8/06/2025 - 8/10/2025
Neillsville - 19.29 miles away
7
Racing at Tomah-Sparta Speedway
5/02/2025
Tomah - 21.92 miles away
8
Kids From Wisconsin in Tomah
8/12/2025
Tomah - 24.82 miles away