Muskego County Park is part of the Waukesha County Park system, and therefore you need a yearly park sticker or a daily pass to enter with a vehicle. The park's biggest draw for me is the walking trails in the hardwood forest. You can walk for about an hour or more on the wood chip covered, crisscrossing loops. Some of the trail can be quite muddy after heavy rains and in the spring. At points of the trail you can forget you are in Muskego because of the woods, ponds or prairies. At other times, you can see the subdivisions the are on the perimeter of the park or hear Janesville Road.
If the trails are muddy, walking the circle road of the park is a good alternative. It's about 1.1 miles long and gives you views of the reservable pavilions, the swimming pond, and the campground. There also appears to be volleyball courts, horseshoe pits and and field designated for archery. There is...
Read moreThis park is so iconic it may as well be called Wisconsin Park - I've been going to this park since my childhood in the early nineties and it has only improved since then. My family would go every Summer back then and I returned recently for another family reunion. There are several hiking trails, five (5) picnic areas replete with shelter and restrooms, furnished with picnic tables and a grilling area. One of the picnic areas has a boat dock, another is adjacent to an RV area. The surrounding area is equal parts bourgeoise suburb and lush plains. Trapping and fishing are allowed, there is a pond you can swim in, and designated parking lots for each of the five (5) picnic areas....
Read moreIts a Beautiful park!!!! It's only 6 dollars to get in. Not sure what it cost to rent shelter or campsite. We were in Shelter 3 and it was Great Lots of tables, electricity, CLEAN Nice bathrooms. Sand volley ball, horseshoe stakes... u have to bring your own shoes... It's near a small lake with a dock and benches to sit on. There is also hiking trails but I didnt go on them, I hear they are also nice. The shelter didnt have a firepit so we rented the campsite near it and used that for the evening and there was a couple picnic tables there and cement around the firepit so camp chairs didnt sink into the ground. We had about 60 people with us and there was a lot of fun to be...
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