Hixton / Alma Center KOA Holiday Blog
Kick off summer with the whole crew; games, s’mores, and adventures start at Hixton/Alma Center KOA
Whether you’re exploring the local area or hanging out at the campground, KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play. There’s plenty to do, with amenities and services to make your stay memorable. Plus, you’ll enjoy the outdoor experience with upgraded RV Sites with KOA Patio® and Deluxe Cabins with full baths for camping in comfort. Bring your family, bring your friends, or bring the whole group – there’s plenty of ways to stay and explore.
Whether you’re exploring the local area or hanging out at the campground, KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play. There’s plenty to do, with amenities and services to make your stay memorable. Plus, you’ll enjoy the outdoor experience with upgraded RV Sites with KOA Patio® and Deluxe Cabins with full baths for camping in comfort. Bring your family, bring your friends, or bring the whole group – there’s plenty of ways to stay and explore.
From I-94, take Exit 105. At the Stop Sign at the bottom of the exit ramp, turn left onto Hwy 95 and go 3.7 miles. The Hixton/Alma Center KOA Holiday is on the left shortly after the Blue Moo Barefoot Waterski sign.
If coming from the East on State Highway 95, you will see a billboard on the right hand side of the highway indicating that the campground entrance is 1700 feet on your right.
Coming from both directions, look for the BIG YELLOW KOA flag by our entrance from the highway!
WE RECOMMEND NOT RELYING ON GPS. It may have you exit the highway and take you on various backroads.
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The Hixton/Alma Center KOA is uniquely located on Historic Silver Mound is a Cambrian Age Hill that formed 500 million years ago. This sandstone hill, located adjacent to the KOA, is the sole source of Hixton Silicified Sandstone, which is a flint-pike stone that Native Americans quarried and chipped into essential tools like spear tips, knives, and hide scrapers. Tools made from the Hixton Silicified Sandstone have been found hundreds of miles in all directions from Silver Mound. For 13,000 years, Indigenous people returned to mine the Hixton Silicified Sandstone.
Many of these Indigenous peoples' activities are preserved in the quarry pits, rock shelters, and nearby camps. Three of the Silver Mound shelters contain rock art. One small cave features red paintings of four-legged animals and other abstract designs. Another cave has a carving of a stylized Thunderbird and a long-tailed underworld spirit that depicts traditional stories.
Silver Mound is Wisconsin's oldest archaeological site and is a sacred place that is to be preserved. If you visit Silver Mound, you are not allowed to dig, collect stone, or flint knap. Leave only footprints, take only pictures. In addition, please do not carve into or add graffiti on rock surfaces and please refrain from touching any rock art.
Silver Mound is privately owned and permission is required to access it.
A booklet, "Beneath Your Feet - Silver Mound," that tells the story of Silver Mound, may be purchased in the Kampstore for $17.99 + tax.
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