Wawanissee Point is noted in a 1920 publication of geology, Native American legend and local history written by H. E. Cole of Baraboo. The following narrative from Chapter VI pages 59–60 precisely describes Wawanissee Point’s location, natural beauty and authenticity.

“Continuing on the main road less than a half-mile, Wawanissee Point is reached and the prospect from this roof of the region is impressive. Lake Wisconsin may be seen in the hazy distance, the village of Merrimack being hidden on the right. With a glass the capital dome at Madison, 283 feet high, the highest but one in the United States and the highest but three in the world, nearly thirty miles away. May be seen almost due south on the horizon.

Stepping into the wooded pasture and ascending a knoll, a wondrous view is enjoyed. The checkered farms, the shimmering lake and the distant hills combine in making one of the most charming pictures of the region. Wawanissee is a Winnebago, an Indian word which means beauty or beautiful. On a summer evening there is presented an ever changing picture of fading clouds and deepening twilight, numberless hues appearing as darkness fall.”

Wawanissee Point is nestled in the east range of the nationally renowned Baraboo Range of Sauk and Columbia counties in south-central Wisconsin. Commonly called the Baraboo Bluffs or Baraboo Hills, the Range covers some 144,000 acres that support 55,000 acres of hardwood forests, the largest tract of its kind remaining in the upper Midwest.

The Range is all that remains from the Ice Age of one of the most ancient rock outcrops in North America. It is an oval-shaped quartzite bedrock formation covered with trees amid the agriculturally dominated southern Wisconsin landscape. Millions of years ago glaciers covered most of southern Wisconsin and with their retreat, gave us Wawanissee Point and many other highlights of the Range, one of the most naturally spectacular sites in the Midwest.

Because of its unique geological history and impressive diversity of plant and animal life, the National Park Service in 1974 designated part of the Baraboo Range as a Natural National Landmark. The Nature Conservancy, 21 years later, designated the Baraboo Range as one of its Last Great Places, one of only 77 such sites in the world.

Enjoy Devil's Lake State Park's south shore, enjoy hiking, climbing, picnicking, relaxing, fishing, swimming and exploring an Indian mound.

Parfrey's Glen, Wisconsin's first State Natural Area,is a spectacular sandstone gorge in the south flankof the Baraboo Range.

The Range has many different microclimates from warm and sunny hilltops to cool, moist gorges such as Parfrey’s Glen. The eco-region is home to over 18,000 species of plants and animals, including numerous rare species and 135 species of breeding birds. Only four miles west of Wawanissee Point is the crown jewel of the bluffs, Devil's Lake State Park, where the pre-glacial Wisconsin River cut through the bluffs leaving spectacular 500-foot quartzite cliffs, a crystal-blue lake and a mecca for experienced rock climbers. Hike to Devil's Doorway of Devil's Lake State Park.