Natural Bridge State Park

Natural Bridge State Park (HMDAR)

Location: North Freedom, WI 53951 Sauk County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 20.876', W 89° 55.896'

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The Bridge / The Rockshelter

The Bridge
This Natural Bridge of sandstone, 35 feet high, was carved by the uneven dissolving of mineral deposits holding the sand grains together. The result after many years of erosion by water, frost action, wind, and gravity is the largest natural arch in the state. It remains today because of its location in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin, a region that was not glaciated in the last Ice Age.

The Rockshelter
Beneath the Bridge is a natural rockshelter, which was excavated in 1957 by archeologists. They discovered charred wood believed to be from the fire pits of a people here possibly as long ago as 12,000 years, making this one of the oldest dated sites for human occupancy in northeastern North America. The people of thet far away time, called Paleo-Indians, may have hunted such animals as Mastodons and/or Wooly Mammoths in this area. The rockshelter at first was a seasonal and temporary refuge, later a permanent one. The Native Americans encountered here by the white settlers could be regarded as latter-day representatives of this ancient culture.
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Date Added Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 11:40pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 262396 N 4803627
Decimal Degrees43.34793333, -89.93160000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 20.876', W 89° 55.896'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 20' 52.56" N, 89° 55' 53.76" W
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Area Code(s)608
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 213-281 Lehr Dr, North Freedom WI 53951, US
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