Wyalusing means "home of the warrior" in the Lenape language spoken by Munsee-Delaware tribes who settled in the area in the 19th century after being displaced from farther east.

[2] The park is open year-round from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.[3] PDF Maps Wyalusing has more than 14 miles (23 km) of hiking trails with varying difficulty.

[1] Over 100 bird species have been observed in Wyalusing State Park, including yellow-throated warbler, prothonotary warbler, Bell's vireo, Henslow's sparrow, wild turkey, red-tailed hawk and red-shouldered hawk, turkey vulture, and bald eagle.

In 1947, the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology (WSORC) erected a monument to the now-extinct passenger pigeon in Wyalusing State Park.

[1] The inscription on the monument, drafted by ornithologist Arlie W. Schorger, reads: "Dedicated to the last Wisconsin Passenger Pigeon shot at Babcock, Sept. 1899.

[1] At the rededication ceremony, Stanley Temple, Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Senior Fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation, delivered a keynote speech.