WI 136, 0.75 mi. N of WI 154, Rock Springs, Wisconsin. County/parish: Sauk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 25, 1997. NRIS 97001267.
1 contributing site.
Van Hise Rock is a rock monolith located along Wisconsin Highway 136 near Rock Springs, Wisconsin. The rock is a geologically significant outcropping of Baraboo Quartzite.
It serves as a monument to Charles Van Hise, a prominent Wisconsin geologist who studied the area extensively. The rock was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106779903