Buckhorn State Park

About Buckhorn State Park

Founded in 1971, Buckhorn State Park offers a variety of hiking, biking, camping, fishing and waterfowl hunting opportunities. We have a number of hiking and fishing spots as well as a wide range of opportunities to hunt waterfowl and birds.

In the 1830s, the Necedah area was considered unbroken wilderness, but in the 1840s Samuel Pilkington wandered into the area to find an extensive pine forest. Discouraged and believing the report to be a myth, he returned to the Portage area and founded a timber company in 1841, claiming the territory of the Necedahs. Woodworking became a way of life in this newly founded town and in the 1840s it was an important source of income for the town.

Settlers moved in when loggers moved on, but by 1877 most of the large white pines had already disappeared. The boom was short-lived - but only a few hundred hectares of pine forest remained.

The whole area was full of small farms, and pastures were scarce in the marshland, so that the cows of the farmers grazed the forest and freed most of the wild animals that needed it under a thick blanket.

In the late 1920s, changes were in the air, such as the rise of the automobile and the development of industrial agriculture and, of course, the growth of agriculture.

In anticipation of this new seizure, farms along the Yellow Rivers and Wisconsin Rivers were sold to the Wisconsin River Power Company. There was no doubt that the dams that were entering the area would change the rivers forever. The shrub habitat dramatically increased populations of deer and other wildlife, and the unguarded land began to follow its natural order, creating the natural habitat for deer, elk, elk, coyote, wolf, fox, pheasant, squirrel, raccoon, bird, and many other species that now dominate Buckhorn State Park.

After the completion of the Castle Rock Dam, the Wisconsin and Yellow Rivers formed the "Castle Rock Flowage" for the first time. The water has etched the landscape and created new peninsulas, erasing all traces of the area's past. In the years since the flood flooded the land where Germantown and Werner once existed, they are nothing more than memories.

The Department of Natural Resources bought the land to ensure that the proposed national park and wildlife area would be managed in such a way that most of it would be returned to pristine wilderness. Buckhorn State Park offers rare opportunities for camping in the wilderness and reservations are available from April to November.

Buckhorn has 42 backpacking spots, one of which is suitable for disabled people, most of them are close to the water and can be reached on foot or by boat. The backpacker campsites are without electricity, but most of them are within walking distance of the main entrance and parking lot of the park.

There are no toilets in these locations, but many pitches have garden trolleys for transporting camping equipment. No drinking water supply is required, except a bottle of water or a small bottle of water for drinking and cooking.

There are also eight family campsites on the A1 and A8, which can accommodate up to eight families per campsite or eight per campsite. Each family place has a picnic table and a campfire area, and there is also room for two tents, a tent bed and a tent, as well as a small kitchen and a bathroom.

There are three group places, each of which can accommodate up to 40 people, and you can camp in a group of four or more people in one of the groups.

Location # 8 has electricity and is available to campers from November to March, but the location is for people with disabilities for the rest of the year. Campers register at the office in the parking lot and pitch their tents at one of two locations: location 7 or location 8. The site no.

8 has no electricity and the camper must register and camp in an office or a parking lot.

Campsites 34, 37, A5 and A6 are served first, but reservations are recommended and not necessary, as the campsites fill up most of the summer weekends. The central reservation system offers "One Stop Shopping" at reservable locations throughout the Wisconsin Park system. Reservations for groups, families and backpacking campsites are possible by visiting the parking office at (608) 543-5555 or the campsite parking area or the website.

Campers can make specific reservations on site for multiple dates on multiple properties and receive immediate confirmation of their selection. Internet reservations, no credit card is required, and no Internet reservations are required for reservations.

If a cheque or money order does not arrive within seven days, the reservation will remain unconfirmed until the cheque or money order arrives. The Call Centre does not accept personal cheques if it takes more than 21 days for a cheque, money order or other payment method to arrive. If your reservation has taken longer than 10 days or your checks and money have not arrived within 7 days, your reservations will be cancelled immediately.

If you want to stay longer than originally planned, register for a campsite if someone else has reserved the site. If your stay is longer than 21 days, you must register at least 24 hours before your reservation date.

On the east side of the park, up to 120 people can be accommodated in the parking lot at the Westpark. RVs and RVs must park in the gravel parking lots and cannot park in any other parking lot in Buckhorn State Park.

A short walk leads to the Wisconsin River, but campers must behave according to the rules of the national park and the rules of the park.

The group camp has a volleyball court and a horseshoe pit, and you can check out horseshoes and volleyball free of charge - at the park office.

The marked swimming area is about 300 m long and has a sandy bottom, so swim at your own risk - there are no lifeguards on the beach. Make sure your children are supervised at all times and that they swim in the same direction as you.

Canoeing starts in a quiet slough leading to the main part of the river, but canoeists should stay close to the shore to avoid rough water and wind.

Cruisin 'is provided by the Natural Resources Division of Buckhorn State Park (DNR), and canoes can be rented at the park office. A self-guided canoe trail from the parking lot to the river will help you discover the wetlands of Buck Horn.

Electricity is available in all accommodations and two picnic huts can be reserved, but you must make a reservation in advance at the park office or at one of the campsites in the Buck Horn area. Group car discounts are available and accommodation reservation forms are available at the park office and online.

The 4 km trail starts at the southern picnic spot and leads south along the east side of the park to the Buck Horn Trailhead and then back to its southern end.

This short section is accessible to people with disabilities and has 10 interpretative signs that will help you make your own walk in nature. Keep your senses tuned to the wildlife in this way and keep them tuned to the wildlife. From the parking lot of the savanna you can walk the 2 km long circular trail from the Buck Horn Trailhead. This path leads to a picnic area at the southern end of the trail and then back to its southern end.

Follow the 50 km long pond path, cross the road, relax on one of the benches by the pond, observe the wildlife and follow the path back to the parking lot at the southern end.