Type State Park Created 2004 (2004) Area 8.094 km² | Nearest city Battle Ground, Indiana Website Official Website Phone +1 765-567-4919 | |
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Location Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States Operated by Indiana Department of Natural Resources Address 5545 Swisher Rd, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA Hours Open today · 7AM–11PMTuesday7AM–11PMWednesday7AM–11PMThursday7AM–11PMFriday7AM–11PMSaturday7AM–11PMSunday7AM–11PMMonday7AM–11PMSuggest an edit Similar Tropicanoe Cove, Wolf Park, West Lafayette Visitors C, Columbian Park Zoo, Museums At Prophetst | ||
Farting horses at prophetstown state park
Prophetstown State Park, named after Tenskwatawa ("The Prophet"), a religious leader and younger brother of Shawnee leader Tecumseh, is located near the town of Battle Ground, Indiana, United States, about a mile east of the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Established in 2004, it is Indiana’s newest state park. The park is home to the Museum at Prophetstown, which recreates a Native American village and a 1920s-era farm.
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Aquatic center opens in prophetstown state park
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The park was originally proposed in 1989, but didn't receive funding from the Indiana legislature until 1994. Land acquisition continued through 1999 when the legislature funded $3.7 million for the creation of the park The park was formally dedicated by then Indiana Governor Joe Kernan in 2004. The campground opened the following year and was a partnership with Lafayette as part of the Lafayette Inn tax. Construction of the aquatic park began in October 2012 and was completed in 2013 after lobbying by local officials to drive more visitors to the park and Tippecanoe County.
The Farm at Prophetstown is a non-profit organization that rents approximately 125 acres (51 ha) from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to show farming life as it was in the 1920s.