, I have started this thread. Yes, we have highpoints, but far too many (and in my book, one would be too many) are dull and unimpressive. Heck, the Illinois highpoint was made by Native Americans! What do we have, you ask? Well, we do have Devil's Lake, home to some undeniably great climbing, but surrounded by a veritable sea of corn and soybeans. We've got the Porcupine, the Huron, and the Sawtooth Mountains, beautiful and rugged ranges yes, but do any reach more than 2,000 feet? There's great flatwater canoeing, pretty decent fishing, a few wandering moraines and serpentine eskers, remnants of a bygone era of glacial advance and topographic upheaval in the region, really great long-distance biking trails, good neighbors, and the title of "Breadbasket of the United States", but none of these things are mountains.
Therefore, I propose we stick it to the figurative man with this thread. Post the best negative topography in the region! Be proud of depressions, bluffs, caves, and anything else that goes down instead of up.
Some of my favorites are Mammoth Caves and the ravines of Turkey Run State Park in Indiana and Starved Rock in Illinois. What are your favorites?
