Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Sec 2 T94N R3W, Clayton County, Iowa, five miles south of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
A visit to Pikes Peak is a nice complement to a visit to Wyalusing, because the view from Pikes Peak shows the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers from a different perspective.
View north along the Mississippi. Note the bluffs, the very wide flood plain and the braided channel geometry. | |
View north-northeast across the Mississippi, with Prairie du Chien on the far shore. | |
The confluence. The Wisconsin River is visible at upper right. Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin is atop the bluffs on the extreme right edge. | |
Looking southeast across the Mississippi |
The Iowa Geological Survey has a much more detailed guide at http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/gsi/gb70/page_1.htm
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Created 22 September 2000, Last Update 11 January 2020