Prophetstown State Park

Prophetstown
Type	State Park
Location	Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, near Battle Ground, Indiana
Coordinates	40°30′N 86°50′W
Area	2,000 acres (8.1 km2)
Created	2004 (2004)
Operated by	Indiana DNR

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, 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.

Facilities and Activities

• Historic Prophetstown Farmstead - 1920s living history farm with animals including Belgian mares, Berkshire pigs, Romney sheep, Milking Shorthorn cattle, chickens
• Woodland Indian Settlement - replicas of a Shawnee council house and medicine lodge
• Hiking trail (2.75 miles)
• Bicycle trail (2.4 miles)
• Interpretative Naturalist services
• Picnicking Areas
  • Picnic Shelters
• Camping
  • 110 campsites
  • Dumping station

See also

• Open air museum

External links

• Indiana Department of Natural Resources' official Web page
• The Museum at Prophetstown