Otter Lake Esker Preserve Science Walk Register

Date and Time:
Sun, Apr 24, 2022; 2:00 PM (Local Time)

Organized By: Chippewa Valley Group

Location: Otter Lake Esker Preserve, 14233 360th St, Stanley, WI 54768, USA

Map | Directions

Event Organizers:
Richard Smith
   rbsmith@me.com
   (715) 933-0252

Otter Lake Esker Trail - Joe Knight

Go Back In Time and Experience Otter Lake Esker 

Experience and learn about the Otter Lake Esker at this walk-and-talk with Doug Faulkner, Associate Professor of Geography and Anthropology at UW-Eau Claire, on Sunday afternoon, April 24, at 2 p.m. 

The parking area conceals the dramatic landscape that awaits on the trail into the property, and this is a great time of year to see the dramatic landscape and visualize the explosive event that carved it during the waning days of the glacier. The round-trip walk is 1 mile.

The 13-acre Otter Lake Esker Preserve is owned by the Chippewa County Land Conservancy, which protects unique properties in Chippewa County. Ultimately it will showcase the esker as a stop along the 1200 mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail.

You'll really get a feel for how the massive ice sheet impacted the area on this walk with our guide to help us visualize how it all came to be. 
 
The Preserve address is 14233 - 360th St, Stanley.  

Directions: Follow County Hwy H north from Maple Street in Stanley for 6 miles until it curves to the east. Immediately turn left onto 365th St, (there is a tavern on 365th St.), and then at the stop sign turn left onto 140th Ave. Follow 140th Ave ½ mi to the corner, and around the corner onto 360th St about ¼ mile, and the preserve parking lot is on the right.  

For further information contact Richard Smith, of the Chippewa County Land Conservancy and the Ice Age Trail Alliance. rbsmith@me.com or 715-933-0252. 

Level: Easy