Big Foot Beach State Park

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Big Foot Beach State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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The manicured grounds of Big Foot Beach State Park.
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Location of Big Foot Beach State Park in Wisconsin
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Big Foot Beach State Park (the United States)
Location Walworth, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates 42°34′8″N88°25′36″W / 42.56889°N 88.42667°W / 42.56889; -88.42667
Area272 acres (110 ha)
Established1949
Governing body Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Website Big Foot Beach State Park

Big Foot Beach State Park is a state park of Wisconsin, United States, on Geneva Lake. The park is used primarily for hiking, swimming, camping, and fishing.

The beach and park are named for Big Foot (a translation from the Potawatomi Maumksuck (Mmangzed), also known in French as Gros Pied), an early Potawatomi leader in the area until his band forcibly relocated by the United States in 1836. Big Foot Lake was the original English name of Geneva Lake. [1]

References

  1. "Big Foot High School FAQ". Big Foot High School. October 14, 2011. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.