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Havenwoods State Forest
6141 N Hopkins St, Milwaukee, WI 53209 414-527-0232
Description: GLENDALE. The 237-acre Havenwoods state forest has an interesting, albeit brief, history. The land has hosted everything from a prison to a missile site to a landfill, but you'd never know it today. At the Environmental Awareness Center, pick up a guide to the 1 ½ mile trail that covers these details plus many more. Hikers and bicyclists enjoy over six miles of trails that meander through woods, wetlands, and grasslands. In the winter, 2.5 miles are open to cross country skiers. Loads of special programs and workshops are offered throughout the year, for children, adults, and families.
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Schlitz Audubon Center
1111 E Brown Deer Rd, Bayside, WI 53217 414-352-2880
Description: BAYSIDE. Fifteen minutes north of downtown Milwaukee, you'll find seven miles of trails, a beach, prairies, forests, bluffs, ravines, and ponds in a 185-acre wildlife sanctuary. Visitors enjoy hiking in the warmer months, and snowshoeing and cross-country skiing during the winter. The Dorothy K. Vallier Environmental Learning Center building is an ecologically friendly structure, with solar power, geothermal wells for heating, and a visually impressive interior. Programs, classes, and workshops for children, adults and families are offered throughout the year.
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Wehr Nature Center
9701 W College Ave, Whitnall Park, Franklin, WI 53132 414-425-8550
Description: FRANKLIN. Situated on 200 hundred acres of Whitnall Park, the Wehr Nature Center offers numerous loop trails that enable visitors to explore prairie, woodlands, wetlands, an oak savanna, and Mallard Lake. Trails are short (.5 to 1.7 miles), yet still give an up close view of the various ecological habitats native to the Milwaukee area. Interesting themed gardens surround the center, including ones devoted to prairie and woodland habitats and ethnobotany.
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