Parfrey’s Glen State Natural Area
After 70 Hiking Tip: Bring a hiking pole and boots. Hike Description: Parfrey’s Glen is Wisconsin’s first state natural area. It is a narrow ravine carved from towering sandstone cliffs with the babbling Parfrey’s Glen Creek at its base. State natural areas preserve unique habitats and in this case the glen’s cool, shady and moist environment shelters many unique and some rare plants for this part of Wisconsin as well as some rare bugs in the creek. It is a beautiful area with great huge quartzite boulders at stream level and trees growing out of the cliff sides above. Mosses and ferns and a wide variety of other plants grow along the path and on the walls of the gorge. There are a lot of liverworts growing on the walls. I’ve heard of liverworts before but had never seen them, so that was exciting for me. I hiked this trail with my women’s hiking group (all over 70) on October 5, 2022. The trail starts at a small parking lot off of County Highw...