Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area
Interpretive Center

Begin your visit to the Chippewa Moraine at the Ice Age Interpretive Center. Many hands-on and interactive activities are offered at the center including activity books, short films, and displays about cultural, geologic and natural history.

From the Chippewa Moraine interpretive center, look out over a former glacial lake bottom.
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The Ice Age National Scenic Trail passes by the interpretive center. Three loop trails also start at the center. Visitors can enjoy hiking the trails, viewing wildlife and the native plant rain garden outside the center.

Activities help kids learn about the area's glacial geology and natural and cultural history.
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The interpretive center is generally open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. year-round Park vehicle admission stickers are sold at the visitor center and are good at any Wisconsin state park or forest. Campers using the outpost campsites can register at the center.

The interpretive center is 7 miles east of New Auburn and 1.9 miles east of State Highway 40 on County Highway M.

For more information, ask Chippewa Moraine, (715) 967-2800.