Bluff Country
What is Bluff Country?
Spring Grove, MN is nestled in the beautiful coulee region of southeastern Minnesota. It is truly a jewel in the rough. If you are not familiar with this area, let me give you a short history of how this land became bluff country. The Driftless Area or Paleozoic Plateau is a region in the American Midwest noted mainly for its deeply carved river valleys. While primarily in southwest Wisconsin, it includes areas of southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa and northwest Illinois (see map at right). This region includes elevations ranging from 603 to 1,719 feet (184 to 524 m) and covers an area of 16,203 square miles (41,986 km²). This region's peculiar terrain is due to its having escaped glaciation in the last glacial period.The term "driftless" indicates a lack of glacial drift, the material left behind by retreating continental glaciers.
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La Crosse, WI
