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MUKWONAGO PARK

Waukesha County Park System

Location:

Town of Mukwonago, Sections 20, 21, 28, 29
Address:
W325 S9945 Beulah Road, Mukwonago
Size:
423 Acres

Acquisition History:

• 1959 Purchase from Andrew Ketter –
222 acres
• 2000 Purchase from Kemp & Kathy
Wilson – 133 acres – DNR Funding
• 2016 – Purchase – Gene Thompson
Family Trust 68 acres
Proposed Acquisition:
• 2 acres at southwest corner of Roxy
Pond to create a loop around the
pond
Site Characteristics:
Amenities: Mukwonago Park totals 355 acres and is located in the
• Archery Range and Tower southern portion of Waukesha County, in the Town of
• Barn Mukwonago. The park’s entrance is on Highway LO,
• Beach
• CRP Land – 15.2 acres just three miles west of Highway 83, near the Village
• Dog Exercise Areas – Separate Large of Mukwonago. The site includes a high ridge formed
and Small Breed Areas during the last glacial period, which stretches nearly
• Family Camping – 30 sites the length of the park. This ridge allows a
• Group Camping – 6 sites commanding view of the rolling terrain and farmlands
• Legacy Forest that are typical of southeast Wisconsin. The remnant
• Modern Restrooms
• Picnic Shelters (4) Oak Opening is fine example of pre-settlement
• Ponds (4) vegetation including Burr Oak, Shagbark Hickory and
ground cover prairie plants. The 0.3-acre spring pond
flows into two fishing lakes and the 1.2-acre swim
pond. Water from the spring pond winds through the
park, it eventually feeds into the nearby Mukwonago

River designated an Exceptional Resource Water.

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