Us HWY 12 approximately .85 mi N of Ski Hi Rd and .25 mi S of Wisconsin HWY 159, Baraboo, Wisconsin. County/parish: Sauk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 11, 2010. NRIS 10000345.
1 contributing site.
Point of Rocks is a geologically significant outcropping located along U.S. Route 12 (US 12) in the Town of Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States, southwest of the city of Baraboo. The formation is made up of Baraboo Quartzite and is part of the Baraboo Range; it dates from the Precambrian and is roughly 1.7 billion years old. Along with the nearby Van Hise Rock, the formation was instrumental in the University of Wisconsin–Madison's development of the field of geology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The formation is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106782478