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The Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon is an annual marathon held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. It starts at the Italian Community Center on West Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee and finishes at Henry Maier Festival Park and has a total elevation gain of 626 feet (191 m). [4] As of 2023, it is the largest marathon held in Wisconsin. [5]
The Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon is back this weekend, bringing thousands of runners to the shores of Lake Michigan to tackle the state's largest marathon and half marathon.
Lake Park in 1890. Historic North Point Lighthouse at left, in background.. Covering 138.1-acre (559,000 m 2) on the shore of Lake Michigan, [2] the park is part of a mostly contiguous stretch of lakefront amenities that extend north from Milwaukee's downtown, including Bradford Beach, various parks, McKinley Marina, and the Milwaukee Art Museum.
“The entire lakefront should belong to the people and be for their enjoyment.” — Milwaukee Alderman Cornelius Corcoran, 1892-1936. In the early 1900s, Lincoln Memorial Drive was barren of ...
Lakeshore State Park is a 22-acre (8.9 ha) Wisconsin state park located on the shores of Lake Michigan in the city of Milwaukee. [1] It is situated adjacent to both Discovery World and Henry Maier Festival Park. [2] [3] It is the only urban state park in Wisconsin and features restored prairie and a pebble beach.
Milwaukee Lakefront Half Marathon 2024 women's winner and results. 1st place: Isabel Seay - 1:20:19. 2nd place: Ashley Peterson - 1:21:13. 3rd place: Kate Gustafson - 1:21:18.
Gertie the Duck, an icon of Milwaukee history, was moved with her ducklings to the lagoon at Juneau Park in the mid-1940s for their safety. [5] The story of a duck, Gertie, and her efforts to watch over nine eggs— and ultimately hatch six ducklings on a wood piling below the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge—was reported by Gordon MacQuarrie of the Milwaukee Journal and became an inspiration for ...
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