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MENOMONEE PARK

Waukesha County Park System

Location:

Village of Menomonee Falls, Section 18
Address:
W220 N7884 Townline Road, Menomonee Falls
Size:
472 acres

Acquisition History:
• 1960 Purchases from Arthur Prag –
144.3 acres, Elmer Schultz – 99.1 acres,

Lake Shore Sand and Stone Co. – 71.6
acres
• 1963 Conveyed by deed from
Department of Interior – Nike Site M-
86 – 6.67 acres
• 1970 Purchase from Ritsch – 79 acres Site Characteristics:
• 1984 Purchase from June Prag – 1 acres
• 2009 Best Trust – 70 acres Menomonee Park is located in the northeastern
Proposed Acquisition: section of Waukesha County in the Villages of Lannon
• A 23-acre wooded site to the north and Menomonee Falls. The Park totals 470 acres of
• A 20-acre buffer to the group camp rolling fields, high-quality maple woods, cattail marsh,
and wetlands to the south. wetlands, several trails for hiking, biking, horseback

Amenities: riding and a 16-acre quarry lake. There are three
• Accessible Fishing Pier Artesian wells within the park located near the Beach
• Archery Range House, Camp Pow Wow Lodge and the Family camp
• Beach House area.
• Bugline Trail Connection
• Camp Pow Wow Lodge In 1880-1900, a stone quarry operated here, now
• Diving Dock
• Equestrian Trails remnants of its history include an old stone crusher
• Family Camping – 33 sites and the railroad spur running from the quarry to the
• Group Camping – 7 sites Bugline Recreation Trail.
• Legacy Forest
• Modern Restrooms The historical Bugline Trail, once a railroad that served
• Nature Trails Stone City, with its 16 miles of paved asphalt has
• Picnic Pavilions (3) become a valued trail for a variety of users. From the
• Quarry Lake
• Sledding Hill park, the trail extends to Menomonee Falls in the east
• Swimming Beach and to North Lake in the west.

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