Blue River Sand Barrens State Natural Area
Blue River Sand Barrens State Natural Area
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The unstable, sandy soil of this 130-acre terrace along the Wisconsin River is one of the state's largest and best examples of a dry prairie-like landscape and -ômoving-ö sand dune communities. Moving sands are shaped by the wind, creating -ôblowouts-ö or large unvegetated depressions. A scattered forest of black and Hill-Æs oaks help to stabilize the sand in other areas providing habitat for false heather and bearberry that have adapted to the dry and harsh conditions. Reptiles like the six-lined racerunner live here along with many species of grassland birds and river turtles that nest in the dunes.
What's Nearby
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Places To Stay
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1
Spring Green Arts & Crafts Fair
6/28/2025 - 6/29/2025
Spring Green - 23.27 miles away
2
Wisconsin Grilled Cheese Championship
4/26/2025
Dodgeville - 26.11 miles away
3
CAL Center Presents: ROLL ON; THE MUSIC OF ALABAMA
2/01/2025
Reedsburg - 34.22 miles away
4
CAL Center Presents: I AM...HE SAID-THE MUSIC OF NEIL DIAMOND
2/21/2025
Reedsburg - 34.22 miles away
5
CAL Center Presents: THE LOONEY LUTHERANS
3/23/2025
Reedsburg - 34.22 miles away
6
CAL Center Presents: THE GREATEST PIANO MEN
4/25/2025
Reedsburg - 34.33 miles away
7
Blanchardville Fire/EMS Pancake Breakfast
3/02/2025
Blanchardville - 42.82 miles away
8
Wisconsin Dells Spring Wine Walk
4/26/2025
Wisconsin Dells - 48.54 miles away