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- Email: Lakeshore State Park
- Phone: tel:+1-414-274-4281
Lakeshore State Park
Description
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.
Location
County: Milwaukee
Parks_Topic Contact_Lakeshore
500 N Harbor Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
United States
- Event
Bonfire @ Pebble Beach
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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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Spider Hunt
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Take a walk with our park naturalist to search for spiders, webs and other creepy crawlies.
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Aronia Berry Tasting Drop-In AND Seed Bomb Make ’n Toss
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Come taste one of Wisconsin’s superfoods!
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Indigenous People’s Day Hike
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Honor Milwaukee’s indigenous residents past and present on a walk through the park.
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Medicinal and Edible Plants Hike (Bilingual)
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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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Dead Heads Dead Head!
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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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Indigenous People Hike
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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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Late-Blooming Flowers Hike (Bilingual)
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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.