Ferry Bluff State Natural Area
Ferry Bluff State Natural Area
Ferry Bluff Rd - Sauk City, WI 53583
Information:
888-936-7463
The entire northern unit, consisting of Ferry Bluff and Cactus Bluff, is closed to all entry from December 1 to April 1 to protect roosting bald eagles. The southern unit is open at all times.
Ferry Bluff and the adjacent Cactus Bluff tower more than 300 feet above the confluence of Honey Creek and the Wisconsin River. The sandstone bluffs, capped with dolomite harbors undisturbed open cliff vegetation, prairie remnants, and steep wooded slopes of white and red oaks with with basswood, hackberry, elm, hickory, and ironwood. Although the forest on the summit and north-facing slopes is relatively young, the ground layer is rich, with many ferns on the slopes and a diverse spring flora throughout.
What's Nearby
Events
Places To Stay
Dining
1
Blacklight Tour at Cave of the Mounds
3/10/2024
Blue Mounds - 15.66 miles away
2
Baraboo Mystery Weekend
4/06/2024 - 4/07/2024
Baraboo - 16.05 miles away
3
English Country Dance & Music Weekend
4/05/2024 - 4/07/2024
Dodgeville - 21.65 miles away
4
Boundless Beauty
4/12/2024 - 4/14/2024
Madison - 24.63 miles away
5
Dane County Farmers' Market
4/24/2024 - 11/06/2024
Madison - 24.81 miles away
6
MSO: After Dark
4/12/2024
Madison - 24.93 miles away
7
Out at the Symphony
4/13/2024
Madison - 24.93 miles away
8
Dane County Farmers' Market
4/24/2024 - 11/06/2024
Madison - 24.96 miles away