Driftless Area

Explore the Driftless Area

The bluffs you see across Grant County - that give us such spectacular views - can be attributed to the last ice age. As glaciers flattened several parts of the Midwest some 10,000 years ago, this area was left mostly untouched. When the ice receded, the waters they unleashed carved the valleys we navigate today. The Driftless Region spans 24,000 square miles of the Upper Mississippi River Valley in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota. The hills, the waterways, and even the vegetation here make a stunning and beautiful region like nowhere else. Welcome to “the Driftless.”

Purchase the Emmy Award winning documentary ”Decoding the Driftless’’ at sustainabledriftless.org

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