Aztalan State Park
County Highway Q
Jefferson, Wisconsin

This park contains one of Wisconsin's most important archaeological sites. It showcases an ancient Middle-Mississippian village and ceremonial complex that thrived between A.D. 1000 and 1300.

After an early June shower, a rainbow arcs over the restored Aztalan stockade.
© David J. Eagan

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.

Park map [PDF 65KB]

Aztalan State Park Video

View a video, Aztalan State Park [VIDEO Length 08:42], produced by Wisconsin Public Television for the Friends of Aztalan State Park.

Things to Do in the Park

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.

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 park is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. A vehicle admission sticker is required.

Aztalan Museum

The Aztalan Museum [exit DNR], operated by the Lake Mills-Aztalan Historical Society, Inc., is just north of the park. It includes two pioneer church buildings and other structures from the 19th century and displays of pioneer life. The museum is open from noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays from mid-May through late September. Fees are $3 for adults, $1 for children, free for those under age 7.

The Aztalan Historical Society sponsors a festival on the museum grounds each year on the Sunday closest to July 4, celebrating Aztalan's pioneer past.

Aztalan Museum Contact Information

(920) 648-4632
(920) 648-4496

In the Area

For information about accommodations, activities, events, dining, events, and more, see:

Lake Mills and Cambridge [exit DNR]
Johnson Creek [exit DNR]
Jefferson [exit DNR]

How to Get There

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.

Park Office and Mailing Address

1213 S Main St
Lake Mills WI 53551

More information about Aztalan State Park

• Friends of Aztalan State Park [exit DNR]
• Milwaukee Public Museum Aztalan Collection [exit DNR]
• Aztalan Ceramics [exit DNR]

Contact Information

For more information, ask:

Sarah Bolser
(608) 873-9695