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RYAN PARK

Waukesha County Park System

Location:
Town of Lisbon, Sections 32, 33
Town of Pewaukee, Sections 4, 5
Address:
Highway JK (Ryan Road)
Size:
204 Acres

Acquisition History:
• 1976 Donation from Henry Ryan
Estate – 117 acres
• 1995 Purchase from Glass – 87 acres
• 2010 Transfer from Brandenburg Life
Estate
• 2015 – Kalvin Klimeck 10.6 acres
Proposed Acquisition:
• Two parcels totaling 112 acres –
includes three acres on the south end Site Characteristics: (Undeveloped)
of the existing park and 99 acres on
the southeast corner that includes a Ryan Park is an undeveloped, 204 acre parcel in
sloped wooded area on the east edge central/north central Waukesha County bounded by
• Approximately three acres in a Lynndale Road on the north, Ryan Road on the west
triangle-shaped parcel at the and Lindsay Road on the south. It is mainly an upland
northwest corner parcel consisting of open old fields, some prairie
• Approximately 15 acres of the
Forslund Trust at the northeast corner restoration, and a large wooded area. There is an
elevation change of around 100 feet from the south
Amenities: end to the north end of the property. There are
• CRP Agricultural Land maintained trails for equestrian use, dog walking and
• Equestrian Trails hiking. There is an old plant nursery remnant in the
• Nature Trails north section near the Hwy JK and Lisbon Road
• Prairie Plant Nursery
Activities: intersection. The East Branch of Cocoa Creek flows
• Ag Land Rental through the North portion of the property.
• Bird Watching
• Hiking In the years 1838-53, Samuel Daugherty owned land
• Horseback Riding where Ryan Park today stands. During 1842, the
• Snowmobiling Daugherty family was host to a run-away slave by the
• Walking
name of Caroline Quarrells for approximately three
weeks.

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