Best Hikes Milwaukee

by Kevin Revolinski

Overview

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? Best Hikes Near Milwaukee features the best hiking within an hour’s drive of the Milwaukee area. Perfect for the urban and suburbanite hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home. With these information-packed guides in hand, readers have everything they need for the adventure they seek, from an easy nature walk to a multiday backpacking trip. Detailed maps and trail descriptions make navigating these wonderful trails easy; interesting information about the environment and history of each trail gives hikers a unique insight into the trail that they are exploring.

Look inside to find:

• Hikes suited to every ability
• Mile-by-mile directional cues
• Difficulty ratings, trail contacts, fees/permits, and best hiking seasons
• Trail finder chart
• Information on the area’s history, geology, flora, and fauna
• Full-color photos throughout

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493041015
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Best Hikes Near Series
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Kevin Revolinski is the author of several guidebooks including 60 Hikes Madison, Backroads and Byways of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin’s Best Beer Guide (formerly The Wisconsin Beer Guide: A Travel Companion). His travel memoir The Yogurt Man Cometh: Tales of an American Teacher in Turkey is now in its fourth printing and has been translated into Korean and Turkish awaiting a 2012 release (hopefully). His articles and photography have appeared in many worldwide publications including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Sydney Morning Herald. He is an avid hiker, loves to cook, reads as much literature and nonfiction as possible, writes short stories, plays several musical instruments, speaks Spanish, some Italian and some Turkish.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction vii

How to Use This Guide xxv

Map Legend xxvii

Trail Finder xxviii

Milwaukee Metro 1

1 Milwaukee Rotary Centennial Arboretum Trails 2

2 Three Bridges Park with Mitchell Park Trials 7

3 Retzer Nature Center Trials 12

4 Muskego Park Trails 16

North of Milwaukee 20

5 Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve Trials 21

6 Harrington Beach State Park Trails 25

7 Kohler-Andrae State Park-Dunes Cordwalk 29

8 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit: Greenbush Hiking Trails 33

9 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit Parnell Tower Hiking Trail 38

10 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit: Butler Lake Hiking Trail 43

11 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit: Summit Trail 48

12 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit: Zillmer Hiking Trails 53

13 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit: Tamarack Circle Hiking Trail 58

14 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit: New Fane Hiking Trails 63

15 Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Trails 67

16 Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area Trails 72

17 Glacial Blue Hills Recreation Area with Ice Age Trail 77

18 Ice Age National Scenic Trail: Cedar Lakes Segment 82

19 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Pike Lake Unit Trails 86

20 Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Holy Hill Segment 91

21 Ice Age National Scenic Trail: Monches Segment 95

West of Milwaukee 99

22 Nashotah Park Green Trail 100

23 Aztalan State Park Trails 104

24 CamRock County Park-Area 2 Trails 108

25 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Lapham Peak Unit: Meadow Trail 112

26 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Lapham Peak Unit: Kame Terrace Trail 116

27 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit: Scuppernong Trails 120

28 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit: Scuppernong Springs Nature Trail 124

29 Ice Age National Scenic Trail and Bald Blurt Nature Trail 128

30 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit: John Muir Trails 133

31 Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit: Nordic Ski Trails 138

32 Ice Age National Scenic Trail: Whitewater Lake Segment 142

South of Milwaukee 147

33 Geneva Lake Shorepath 148

34 Richard Bong State Recreation Area Trails 154

35 Petrifying Springs County Park Trail 158

36 Bristol Woods County Park Trails 162

37 Chain O'Lakes State Park Trails 167

38 Glacial Park Trails 172

39 Volo Bog State Natural Area Trails 176

40 Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park Trails 180

Honorable Mentions 185

A Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit 186

B Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit 186

C Bender Park Trails 187

D Emma Carlin Trails 187

E Moraine Hills State Park Trails 188

F Glacial Drumlin State Trail 188

G Riveredge Nature Center Trails 189

Glossary 190

Clubs and Trail Groups 192

Further Reading 193

About the Author 194