Roche-a-Cri State Park
Roche-A-Cri State Park, established in 1948, includes a 605-acre park area. Roche-A-Cri comes from French words meaning "crevice in the rock." The park has a 300-foot-high rock outcropping with a wooden stairway to the top. There are Native American petroglyphs and pictographs. The park has 41 rustic campsites within a forest of large oaks and pines. Carter Creek within the park offers trout fishing opportunities. The CD-Rom offers a review of the campground, with photos of two of the recommended campsites. There is a printable map of the park, with photos of Carter Creek and the Acorn Trail trailhead, and a view from the observation platform. There is information about hiking trails, the 303-step stairway and observation platform, the Rock Art Site, prairie and savannah restorations in the park, picnic areas, naturalist programs, the Roch-a-Cri Mound and Roche-a-Cri Woods Natural Areas, eagle-watching in Necedah, the nearby Elroy-Sparta Trail, and other nearby wildlife viewing areas such as Quincy Bluff, Necedah National Widllife Refuge, and the Sandhill Wildlife Area near Babcock.
Carvings in the Roche-a-Cri Monolith