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Jerry Pillarelli | profile | all galleries >> Travel and Nature; Sites by State >> US Travel; by Trip, by State >> Minnesota >> Interstate State Park – Minnesota / Wisconsin tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Interstate State Park – Minnesota / Wisconsin

Images of Interstate State Park – Minnesota / Wisconsin, taken in August 2024.

Interstate State Park is divided by the St. Croix River with half the park in Minnesota and half in Wisconsin. Both are adjacent to the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.

I hiked the Glacial Potholes Trail on the Minnesota side of the river, where one will find the deepest and most concentrated group of glacial potholes anywhere in the world. These potholes were created by fast moving, swirling whirlpools of sand and rock which wore deep holes into the basalt riverbed. Today, many of the larger potholes are filled with sand, rock and water, the deepest of which is the 60-foot deep Bottomless Pit Pothole.
Rock wall in the Devils Parlor along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Rock wall in the Devils Parlor along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park 		Bottomless Pit pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Bottomless Pit pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 View of the St. Croix River from along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
View of the St. Croix River from along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 A glacial pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
A glacial pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 View of the St. Croix River from along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
View of the St. Croix River from along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Lilly Pond pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Lilly Pond pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 Small pothole with water and leaves along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Small pothole with water and leaves along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 Large glacial pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Large glacial pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 A small arch along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
A small arch along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 Tree roots follow a crevice in the rocks along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Tree roots follow a crevice in the rocks along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Devils Parlor, large merged potholes, along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Devils Parlor, large merged potholes, along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 Tree roots weave around the rocks along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Tree roots weave around the rocks along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 Large glacial pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Large glacial pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 Rock formation along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Rock formation along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 View of the St. Croix River from along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
View of the St. Croix River from along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Bake Oven pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Bake Oven pothole along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 Glacial potholes along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Glacial potholes along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 Caldron Pothole, filled with boulders, along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park
Caldron Pothole, filled with boulders, along the Glacial Potholes Trail in Interstate State Park		 St. Croix Falls Dam and Hydropower Plant. St. Croix, Wisconsin, in Interstate State Park
St. Croix Falls Dam and Hydropower Plant. St. Croix, Wisconsin, in Interstate State Park		 River Spirit Bronze Sculpture (2007) by Julie Ann Stage, St. Croix, Wisconsin, in Interstate State Park
River Spirit Bronze Sculpture (2007) by Julie Ann Stage, St. Croix, Wisconsin, in Interstate State Park

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