Morgan Coulee Prairie State Natural Area
Morgan Coulee Prairie State Natural Area
Maiden Rock, WI
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608-685-6222
This 54-acre property is a jewel; one of the last large-scale, mostly undisturbed dry prairies left in this part of the state. Morgan Coulee Prairie extends more than a half-mile along a steep, south-facing bluff in a coulee opening onto the Rush River Valley. The large prairie is broken with scattered islands of bur oak savanna dominated by open grown oaks and shallow wooded draws. Grasses found here include big and little blue-stem, side-oats and prairie drop-seed. Wildflowers, called forbes, include asters, milkweeds, bergamot and western sunflower. Shrubs include hazelnut, bettersweet, smooth sumac, and dogwoods. Darting among the flowers are Reakert-Æs blue butterflies.
What's Nearby
Events
Places To Stay
Dining
1
European Outdoor Christmas Market
11/16/2024 - 11/17/2024
Pepin - 10.78 miles away
2
100-Mile Garage Sale
5/01/2025 - 5/04/2025
Pepin - 11.08 miles away
3
2025 Ellsworth Cheese Curd Festival
6/27/2025 - 6/28/2025
Ellsworth - 14.36 miles away
4
Valley Springs Dual Sport Motorcycle Ride
8/16/2025
Ellsworth - 14.97 miles away
5
Hudson Hot Air Affair
2/07/2025 - 2/09/2025
Hudson - 33.47 miles away
6
Harlem Globe Trotters
1/02/2025
Eau Claire - 41.61 miles away
7
The Eau Claire Jazz Festival
4/11/2025 - 4/12/2025
Eau Claire - 43.14 miles away
8
Banbury Art Crawl
2/07/2025 - 2/08/2025
Eau Claire - 43.74 miles away