Parks_Topic Contact_Lakeshore
- Email: Lakeshore State Park
- Phone: tel:+1-414-274-4281
In the heart of downtown Milwaukee, Lakeshore State Park provides a unique urban oasis with recreational and educational opportunities geared to the urban population. Lakeshore State Park offers great views of the city and Lake Michigan and has a reservable, overnight boat slip.
Website: Lakeshore State Park
County: Milwaukee
500 N Harbor Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
United States
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Learn which plants are edible, which are used medicinally and how they can be prepared for use.
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Listen to your favorite Grateful Dead tunes while helping to reestablish native Wisconsin prairie! Dead head (cut the dead flower heads off) grasses and flowers in Lakeshore State Park’s Fox and Wetland Prairies and toss them into our Big Prairie!
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Celebrate Native American Day with our naturalist on an evening walk through Lakeshore State Park and learn some of the traditional uses of some of our native prairie plants.
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Walk through the park with a naturalist to learn which flowers are late bloomers and how these plants fit into prairie ecology.
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Stop by the pebble beach, make a s’more, warm up by the fire and meet the Park staff on your stroll through the park!
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Meet our naturalist to walk to the beach bonfire while watching for dragonflies.
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Celebrate the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month with a hike through Lakeshore State Park.
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Girl Scouts, their families and the public are invited to a full day of fun events.
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Girl Scouts, their families and the public are invited to a full day of fun events.