In 1962, the state park had an area of .Indiana Department of Conservation, Musscatatuck State Park, mimeographed page dated 10/62 Muscatatuck was redesignated as a state game farm in 1956, concentrating on raising quail and pheasant. In 1962, it had the first youth camp in Indiana meant for the general public, and not for convicted youth. In 1968, the land was returned to Jennings County, which operates it as a county park. Although its maintenance suffered for twenty years by a lack of funds, by the 1990s it saw an increase in funds, endowments, and community interest.
