Kettle Moraine

The moraine was created when the Green Bay Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, on the west, collided with the Lake Michigan Lobe of that glacier, on the east, depositing sediment. The western lobe formed Green Bay, Lake Winnebago and the Horicon Marsh. The major part of the Kettle Moraine area is considered interlobate moraine, though other types of moraine features, and other glacial features are common. The moraine is dotted with kettles caused by buried glacial ice that calved off the terminus of a receding glacier and got entirely or partly buried in glacial sediment and subsequently melted. This process left depressions ranging from small ponds to large lakes and enclosed valleys. Water-filled kettles range in depth from . The topography of this area is widely varied between the lakes and kettles and the hills of glacial deposits, which can rise up to from the lakes. The largest include Holy Hill, Pulford Peak and Lapham Peak. Elkhart Lake, Geneva Lake, and Little Cedar Lake are among the larger kettles now filled by lakes. Kames are also found in the Kettle Moraine area, and are mounds of compressed glacial till. == Recreation ==

Outdoor recreation opportunities include hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, horseback riding, and snowmobiling. Fourteen trailheads are dispersed throughout the Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest and 17 in the Southern Unit. Many Illinoisans tourists come during the summer to Kettle Moraine. ==Whitewater Lake & Rice Lake==

There are some ports in Whitewater Lake & Rice Lake. These include, The Boat House Whitewater Marina, Whitewater Lake Kayak Launch, Rice Lake Boat Launch & Whitewater Lake boat launch. The shores of both lakes are muddy & sandy. The lakes are icy in the winter, & ATVs & other vehicles can be driven on said lake, however do not be irresponsible on the lake(s). ==References==