Drumlins

Drumlins are elongated hills that form at a glacier's bed and parallel the ice flow direction. Wisconsin is home to one of the largest concentrations of drumlins in the world. Southern Wisconsin alone has over 5,000 drumlins. Because drumlins are so widely distributed, a fun way to view them is by automobile or bicycle on country roads through scenic farmland.

The Campbellsport Drumlins unit of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, three miles west of Campbellsport, WI, is one place with significant drumlins. Sunset Drive, Timberlane Drive, and Campbell Drive are notable for their drumlins and drumlin views. Some of the other WI DNR properties that protect drumlins are:

• Glacial Drumlin State Trail, between Cottage Grove and Waukesha
• Capital Springs State Recreation Area, Madison, Monona and Fitchburg
• Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, one mile north of Horicon
• Waterloo-Mud Lake State Wildlife Area, one mile east of Waterloo
• Goose Lake State Wildlife Area, six miles west of Lake Mills
• Deansville State Wildlife Area, two miles northwest of Marshall
• Jefferson Marsh State Wildlife Area, two miles east of Jefferson
• Lima Marsh-Storrs Lake State Wildlife Area, one mile east of Milton
• Rome Pond State Wildlife Area, three miles south of Sullivan
• French Creek State Wildlife Area, four miles northeast of Portage
• Killsnake State Wildlife Area, three miles east of Chilton
• Westport Drumlin Prairie State Natural Area, two miles east of Waunakee