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SMITH PARK

Waukesha County Park System

Location:
Town of Vernon, Section 33
Address:
County Highway L
Size:
49.8 Acres

Acquisition History:
• 1978 Donation by Cathryn Smith
Proposed Acquisition:
• 97 acres includes forested ridges and

wet lowlands that connect Smith Park
to Fox Bend Park

Amenities: Site Characteristics: (Undeveloped)
• None Smith Park is an undeveloped parcel, of approximately
Activities:
• Ag Land Rental 50 acres, in south central Waukesha County, between
• Hunting Maple Avenue and County Highway L in the Town of
• Trapping Vernon. While the wooded ridge, both on-site and to
the north, has very good wildlife grades, it is average
as ecological grades go for the region’s woodlots. The
on-site and adjacent wetlands are very good for both
wetland and ecological grades; this includes on-site

and adjacent wetlands south of County Highway L.
Although the quality does deteriorate to about an
ordinary wetland ecological condition for our region,
in the vicinity of County Highway L about ¼ mile
northeast of the site, some upgrading may be possible
after closer examination of the non-recent drain-ditch
system in the area. The above conditions in
combination, suggest that the wetlands form a
significant local (town at least) natural corridor of
fairly high quality, maintained partly by buffering of
adjacent woodlots, old-fields, etc.

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