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
King of the Mound Race at Bruce Mound Winter Sports Area
2/08/2025
Neillsville - 15.99 miles away
2
Neillsville Winter Carnival
2/21/2025 - 2/23/2025
Neillsville - 19.44 miles away
3
Granton Fall Festival
9/05/2025 - 9/07/2025
Granton - 24.39 miles away
4
Annual Freeze Fest
1/27/2025 - 2/01/2025
Tomah - 24.65 miles away
5
"White Christmas" - The Musical
12/05/2024 - 12/07/2024
Wisconsin Rapids - 45.61 miles away
6
SWCHM Christmas Tree Walk
12/07/2024 - 12/09/2024
Wisconsin Rapids - 45.69 miles away
7
Hometown for the Holidays, Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting
12/14/2024
Thorp - 45.7 miles away
8
Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings Game
12/13/2024
Wisconsin Rapids - 46.58 miles away