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Choose one of the four Driftless states from the map below, and begin your adventure on the Driftless Area Karst Trail.
Watch our latest YouTube video below to learn about the Driftless Area Karst Trail.
Check out some of the DARK Trail Discovery Areas in the slideshow below.
Pikes Peak State Park 3
Pikes Peak State Park 2
Pikes Peak State Park 1
Crystal Lake Cave – Dubuque County
Hurstville Interpretive Center
Grant Wood Scenic Byway 3
Grant Wood Scenic Byway 2
Grant Wood Scenic Byway 1
Maquoketa Caves State Park 5
Backbone State Park 3
Backbone State Park 4
Backbone State Park 5
Backbone State Park 6
Backbone State Park 7
Manchester Fish Hatchery and Spring Branch Creek
Maquoketa Caves State Park 1
Maquoketa Caves State Park 2
Maquoketa Caves State Park 3
Maquoketa Caves State Park 4
Backbone State Park 2
Backbone State Park 1
Marquette Scenic Overlook and Mississippi River Boardwalk 3
Marquette Scenic Overlook and Mississippi River Boardwalk 2
Marquette Scenic Overlook and Mississippi River Boardwalk 1
River Bluff Scenic Byway 5
River Bluff Scenic Byway 4
River Bluff Scenic Byway 2
River Bluff Scenic Byway 1
History Museum 2
History Museum 3
Apple River Sliding Block
Apple River Canyon Wall
Driftless Area Education and Visitor Center
Driftless Area Scenic Byway 1
Driftless Area Scenic Byway 2
Driftless Area Scenic Byway 3
Driftless Area Scenic Byway 4
Driftless Area Scenic Byway 5
History Museum 1
Mississippi Palisades 4
Mississippi Palisades 3
Mississippi Palisades 1
Mississippi Palisades 2
Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum 2
Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum
Belmont Mound State Park
Elephant Trunk Rock
Wyalusing State Park 3
Cave Trail 2
Stephen's Fall Trail
Castle Rock
Castle Rock Spring 3
Castle Rock Spring
Wyalusing State Park
Wyalusing State Park 2
Wyalusing State Park 4
Cave Trail
Dells of the Eau Claire 2
Dells of the Eau Claire
Crystal Cave
Ridgeview Trail
Flintrock Trail
cave of the mounds 2
Geology_Museum 2
John Latch State Park 3
John Latch State Park 2
Hanover Earth Station Lookout 1
Hanover Earth Station Lookout 2
Harmony Visitor Center and Sinkhole 1
Harmony Visitor Center and Sinkhole 3
Harmony Visitor Center and Sinkhole 2
Fountain Big Spring 2
Fountain Big Spring 3
Dresbach Welcome Center 2
Dresbach Welcome Center 3
Beaver Creek Big Spring
Witkowsky
Horseshoe Mound 3
Horseshoe Mound 2
Horseshoe Mound 1
Galena Trail 2
Galena Trail 1
Galena Trail 3
Spirit Rock
Roadside Sinkhole
Horseshoe Mound
MS River Valley & Driftless Area from Mt. Charity in Latsch 1.5
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Fountain Big Spring 1.5
cave of the mounds
Replicas of prehistoric animal skeletons --including a mastodon, at left, and duck-billed dinosaur, at right -- are on display in the vertebrate room at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum on May 14, 2015. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)
big spring for website 1.5
Mystery Cave 2.5
Mystery Cave 1.5
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Turquois Lake
In Yan Teopa (002)
harmony sink3
Goliths CAve Cherry Grove for website
Forestville Big Spring
Dresbach Welcome Center
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Driftless Area John Latsch State Park
Dresbach MS River Valley
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