The Aztalan State Park is located is located 20 miles west of Madison, Wisconsin. The park is mostly open prairie, with 38 of its 172 acres in oak woods. It has an accessible, reservable picnic shelter; wells; and vault toilets. The park contains one of Wisconsin's most important archaeological sites – an ancient Middle-Mississippian village and ceremonial complex that thrived between A.D. 1000 and 1300. Archaeologists theorize that the occupants may have cultural traditions in common with Cahokia, a large Middle-Mississippian settlement near East St. Louis, Illinois. The people who settled Aztalan built large, flat-topped pyramidal mounds and a stockade around their village. They hunted, fished, and farmed on the floodplain of the Crawfish River. Portions of the stockade and two mounds have been reconstructed in the park.
You can canoe, boat, and catch northern pike, catfish, and walleye in the Crawfish River, but the park does not have a boat launch. The Aztalan Museum is located just north of the park. The Museum contains two pioneer church buildings and other structures from the 19th century, including displays of pioneer life. For information about the Aztalan Museum, call (920) 648-4632 or (920) 648-4496.
It has an accessible, reservable picnic shelter; wells; and vault toilets. Seasons/Operating Hours: The park is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. A vehicle admission sticker is required. Aztalan Museum Location: The park is on the east side of Jefferson County Highway Q, just south of County Highway B. Coming from the west on Interstate Highway 94, reach County B by going south on State Highway 89 to Lake Mills. Coming from the east on I-94, take State Highway 26 south to Johnson Creek to Highway B. Contact Information: 1213 S. Main St. Lake Mills WI 53551. (920) 648-8774
