Turn north on 104 to the park entrance. Dutchman's breeches need humus-rich soil and excellent drainage. Look for them along streams, in rich woodlands and below bluffs. Raccoons hunt crayfish, frogs and fish in water. They also raid strawberry patches.
Raccoons have sensitive, hand-like front feet and often put their food in water before eating it.
Towering river bluffs, deep ravines and densely timbered bottomland border the Mississippi River. Vancill Hollow Natural Area contains a beautiful forest of American beech, tulip poplar and cucumber magnolia trees with wildflowers and ferns on the forest floor. Overlooks and parking areas along the park roads offer scenic bluff-top views of the Mississippi River. Trees on the river bluffs are roosts for wintering bald eagles, and Mississippi kites nest in the tops of cottonwood and sycamore trees in summer. Watch, too, for gulls along the river in winter.