Mesas and Buttes
N 43° 56.379 W 090° 19.021
15T E 715326 N 4868669
Mesas and Buttes Historical Marker in Mill Bluff State Park off Hwy 12 4 miles west of Camp Douglas
Waymark Code: WM1EYB
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2007
Views: 34
“This is Mill Bluff, one of many isolated and rocky castle-like hills which rise abruptly from the surrounding plain. This formation is properly called a mesa (Spanish for “table”) if large and butte if small.
Mesas and buttes in this driftless area escaped glacial activity and have a capping on top hard enough to resist weathering. Erosion by wind and water eventually wears away the soft sides until the weight of the overhanging cap causes it to fall.
The mounds decrease in size until the capping is all removed. Then the mound becomes a conical hill, gradually blending with the plain. Mill Bluff received its name from a sawmill operated here in the early days of settlement.
Erected 1963”
County: Monroe
Location: Park
MarkerID: 124
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