Town of Ottawa Park and Recreation Information
Park Facilities
The Ottawa Town Park offers three softball diamonds, three tee ball diamonds, and four sand volleyball courts. In addition, the Borgstrom Pavillion offers picnic, restrooms, and concession facilities. For your enjoyment, throughout the park there are several picnic shelters and two playgrounds for younger kids. There is a short paved walking path that is located behind the pavillion that leads to the gazebo near the Town Hall.
The Park is located at S31 W36131 CTH D, Dousman, WI.
Park Sports
The Town of Ottawa provides youth and recreation activities through the Kettle Moraine Recreation Association. In turn, the KMRA uses Ottawa Town Park as its home field for teeball and baseball programs.
Park Special Events
The Ottawa Town Park provides accommodations for the KM Junior Lasers Baseball Tournaments each year.
The park is available by reservation for both Ottawa residents, and non-residents to enjoy. Rent the pavillion for your next gathering: birthdays, anniversaries, family reunions, graduations, meetings, picinics. Alcohol consumption allowed in the park with a permit.
Park Reservation Forms:
Please contact Mike Kilsdonk of the Park and Recreation Committee for more information on any park events at 262-965-2781 or mkilsdonk@wi.rr.com
Boat Launches
The Town has three boat launches for public access to Pretty Lake and Hunters Lake. The Hunters Lake access point has roadside parking on Manor House Road off Highway 67. The two access points on Pretty Lake are on Pretty Lake Road off Highway CI. They provide trailer-ramp access and limited parking. Also, Waukesha County provides a trailer-ramp access point to School Section Lake on School Section Lake Road off of Highways D or Z.
Lake Links
Trails
Several recreation trails cross the Town. The Glacial Drumlin Trail provides hiking, biking, snowmobiling and inline-skating across the northern edge of the Town. The Ice Age Trail meanders across the eastern and southeastern parts of the Town providing access to long-distance hiking and a number of shorter trails are provided in the southern unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest.\