Pike Lake Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest

Pike Lake Unit
Kettle Moraine State Forest
Wisconsin State Forest
Pike Lake and picnic area
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Washington
Location Hartford
 - coordinates 43°18′41″N 88°18′50″W / 43.31139°N 88.31389°W / 43.31139; -88.31389Coordinates: 43°18′41″N 88°18′50″W / 43.31139°N 88.31389°W / 43.31139; -88.31389
Area 678 acres (274 ha)
Founded 1960
Management Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
IUCN category V - Protected Landscape/Seascape
Location of Pike Lake Unit in Wisconsin

The Pike Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is a 678-acre (274 ha) unit of the Wisconsin state park system. The unit is located just east of Hartford, Wisconsin on State Highway 60, on the east shore of the 446-acre (180 ha) Pike Lake. It was dedicated by Wisconsin governor Patrick J. Lucey in June 1971.

The park provides a campground, a beach, an observation tower, hiking and biking trails and a naturalist program. A section of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail runs through the park as it follows the Kettle Moraine.

Panorama of Pike Lake from the observation tower
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