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ASHIPPUN LAKE ACCESS

Waukesha County Park System

Location:
Town of Oconomowoc, Section 15
Address:
McMahon Road, Oconomowoc
Size:
20 Acres

Acquisition History:
• 1967 The Waukesha County Board
approved and signed a perpetual lease
agreement with the State of

Wisconsin to develop, operate and
maintain a recreational area on state-
owned property
Proposed Acquisition: Site Characteristics:
• None Located in the southwest corner of Ashippun Lake (84
acres), the Lake Access Ramp and Dock provides
Amenities: access to Ashippun Lake for all boating, canoeing,
• Asphalt Parking Lot
• Lake Access Ramp and Dock kayaking, fishing, and hunting activities. Concrete
• Picnic Shelter planks that formed the original launch ramp were
• Pit Toilet placed on the ice in the winter of 1967. When the ice
Activities: melted in the spring of 1968, the planks sank to create
• Lake Access the launch ramp.
• Picnicking

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