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Topographically, Wisconsin may lack the jaw-dropping majesty of other states' vaulting
crags or shimmering desert palettes. But it possesses an equable slice of physicality, with
fascinating geographical and geological highlights—many of them found nowhere in the
country—or world—outside of Wisconsin.
Where is the state? Sticklers call this area “eastern north-central United States.” One
outlanderclassifieditsimplyas“north,”whichmakessenseonlyifyoulookatamap.Wis-
consinites themselves most often consider their state a part ofthe Midwest—more specific-
ally, the upper Midwest. And some even prefer you call it a Great Lakes State.
One-third of the U.S. population lives within a day's drive of the state. Its surface area
of 56,514 square miles ranks it the 26th largest in the nation.
Wisconsin is by no means high, yet this is a state of rolling topography, chock-full of
hills and glacial undulation. The highest point is Timm's Hill in north-central Wisconsin; at
1,953 feet, it's nothing to sneeze at for the Midwest.
Hydrophiles love it here. Even excluding all the access to the Great Lakes, approxim-
ately 4 percent of the state's surface is water—including more than 16,000 ancient glacial
lakes (40 percent of which have yet to even be named).
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