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Lake Park was designed in the late 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park in New York City along with many others. Believing that access to nature had a civilizing and restorative effect on the urban public, Olmsted designed Lake Park in the Romantic tradition, with a preference for natural (over formal) landscaping, winding paths, a variety of vistas ...
Havenwoods State Forest is a 237-acre (960,000 m 2) property managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources within the city limits of Milwaukee. The forest was created to provide an urban green space and environmental education center. The land includes grasslands, woods, wetlands, Lincoln Creek, an urban arboretum, and education gardens.
Eurybia furcata, commonly called forked aster, is an herbaceous perennial in the family Asteraceae. It is native primarily to the Great Lakes region and the Ozark Mountains in the United States . It is uncommon throughout its range, and occurs in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin in the north, south through Nebraska , Illinois , Iowa , and ...
The Oak Leaf Trail (formerly 76 Bike Trail) is a paved 135-mile (217 km) multi-use recreational trail system which encircles Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [1] Clearly marked trail segments connect all of the major parks in the Milwaukee County Park System .
The Hank Aaron State Trail is a 15.2-mile (24.5 km) [2] shared-use path in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.Named after former Milwaukee Braves and Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Hank Aaron, [3] the trail travels east-west between Lakeshore State Park in Milwaukee and Underwood Parkway in Wauwatosa via the Menomonee Valley.
The land which makes up Greenfield Park was purchased by Milwaukee County, Wisconsin in 1921. Fifteen years later the park land included 278 acres. The park was surveyed in 2011 and added to the Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory. [1] The park is on the western county line bordering Waukesha County, Wisconsin. In 1923 a golf course ...
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.
A plant survey conducted from 1999 to 2000 documented 333 native plant species including several threatened species such as Burgess Forked Aster and White Cedar.The deep valleys with a prevailing northern exposure and heavy tree cover make the site a glacial refugium that supports species that would typically be found in more northern latitudes such as Swamp Saxifrage.