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John Muir Park Segment (Atlas Map 56f)
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1.7 miles: Within John Muir Memorial County Park
2 1 Th is segment highlights the boyhood playground of John Muir, “Father of the National Parks.”
TRAIL ACCeSS AnD PARKInG
John Muir Memorial County Park: From Portage, take STH-33 north. At CTH-F turn left and continue north 9.5 mi. The park is located on the east side of the road and has a large parking area.
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ITh is segment is a short loop that features views of picturesque Ennis Lake and passes through prairie and meadows that fi ll with wildfl owers in the summer, bogs crossed by boardwalks, open oak forests and fens bordered by tamarack
and bog birch. On this segment hikers will explore and experience the land that made such a positive and lifelong impression on John Muir. Trailside benches off er hikers the chance to enjoy views of the lake and contemplate the rich history of the area.
Th e segment can be hiked by heading either north or south from the park’s parking area. Th e segment encircles the lake passing through the 150-acre Muir Park State Natural Area. Th e 30-acre lake is a spring-fed kett le occupying a marshy pocket in ground moraine. Th e park includes land that was homesteaded in 1849 by the Ennis and Muir families and was the boyhood home of John Muir, eminent naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club. Th e lake was then known as Fountain Lake and the Muirs lived on the northeast side of the lake from 1849 to 1856. Although he traveled all over the world, John Muir never forgot this land and tried several times to buy and preserve it. He said, “Even if I should never see it again, the beauty of its lilies and orchids is so pressed into my mind, I shall always enjoy looking back at them in imagination, even across the seas and conti-nents and perhaps aft er I am dead.”
Many unusual and rare plants can be found in the park; a guide showing plant communities along the loop is available on the Marquett e County Chapter’s home page on the IATA website (marquett e.iceagetrail.org). On the south end of the lake, the segment crosses a low prairie which grades into a spongy sedge meadow and tall scrub community. Present here are big bluestem, Indian grass, blazing-star and prairie phlox. Th e bog near the lake’s southeast corner off ers the right environs for the northern wet forest dominated by tamarack, poison sumac and bog birch, with numerous pitcher plants beneath. Along the segment are a wet-mesic prairie, oak openings and a southern dry forest. Several side trails lead
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In John Muir Memorial County Park. Restrooms are seasonal.
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to the lakeside or to the tops of small hills. Board bridges cross rich fens that sur-round the lake’s eastern inlet and western outlet. Th e calcareous fen and prairie contain a diversity of unusual and rare species such as grass-of-Parnassus, Kalm’s lobelia, bott le gentian and nodding lady’s-tresses orchid. Rare plants include small fringed gentian, low nut-sedge, prairie fl amefl ower and false asphodel.
Several memorials to John Muir exist in the Park: a granite monument, a wooden sign and an extensive informational display near the parking area. Th ere is also an exhibit on his life at the Montello Museum (55 West Montello Street). But the park itself is likely the best memorial to the man; hikers can literally walk in Muir’s footsteps and see a landscape that has changed litt le since he lived here more than a century and a half ago.
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observatory hill State natural Area: From John Muir Memorial Park, head north on CTH-F for 0.1 mi. Turn right on Gillette Dr. and go east 2.0 mi. Turn left on 13th Rd. and go north 1.0 mi. Turn right on Gillette Ave. and go east 0.6 mi to the parking area (dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/naturalareas/index.asp?sna=223).
The highest point in Marquette County, Observatory Hill rises 300 feet above the surrounding landscape. On the exposed rocks at the summit are polished rock surfaces with grooves, striations, and chatter marks created by the passage of the glacial ice 12,000 years ago. The hill was a favorite childhood haunt of John Muir.
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Montello: Restaurant, grocery store, convenience store, lodging, library, medical care. From John Muir Memorial County Park, go north on CTH-F 7.8 mi. At STH-22 (Main St.) turn left and continue north for 0.8 mi. Area info available from the Montello Area Chamber of Commerce (888-318-0362, montellowi.com).
Portage: See Portage Canal Segment, p. 184. From John Muir Memorial County Park go south ~10 mi. Also see Trail Access and Parking directions, above.
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