Oak Creek, Wisconsin Travel Information

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Grant Park: Seven Bridges Trail (Distance: 2.7 mi) Enjoy a historic trail system that follows ravines and babbling brooks, creating a network of short paths along the shore of Lake Michigan. You’ll find more bridges to cross than the name suggests.

South Milwaukee, WI - Hiking - length:2 mi

Falk Park (Distance: 4.5 mi) The 216-acre Falk Park is a thick collection of wet woodlands with some intermittent creeks flowing through. For the most part this is a well-shaded hike and you will hear a lot of birds, especially w...

South Milwaukee, WI - Hiking - length:1.1 mi

Wehr Nature Center Trails (Distance: 9.2 mi) The wildlife is abundant along this network of trails that combines woodlands and wetlands, prairie and savanna, for a nature lover’s perfect package. The center also offers a schedule of guided hikes...

Hales Corners, WI - Hiking - length:2.8 mi

Milwaukee Lakefront (Distance: 10.1 mi) Parking is best and pretty cheap at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) near Veterans Park, although free parking is located farther north. The Milwaukee Lakefront Trail used to be called the Milwaukee 76 ...

Milwaukee, WI - Road Biking - length:5.9 mi

Milwaukee: Mansions, Lake Michigan, and the Oak Leaf Trail (Distance: 10.1 mi) To outsiders Milwaukee has a not-unfounded blue-collar reputation as a city of bratwurst, bowling, and beer; yet Milwaukee is much more than all that. It's a lively city of festivals and parks, arts a...

Milwaukee, WI - Road Biking - length:11.2 mi

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Grant Park Grant Park Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 5174 yards, par 67 1.9 miles from center of Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Woodland Woodland Golf Course Public, 9 holes 2089 yards, par 31 2.6 miles from center of Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Oak Hills Oak Hills Golf Course Public, 9 holes 1871 yards, par 31 3.3 miles from center of Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Warnimont Warnimont Par-3 Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 2717 yards, par 54 4.2 miles from center of Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Oakwood Park Oakwood Park Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6975 yards, par 72 5.5 miles from center of Oak Creek, Wisconsin

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