National Geographic rates Milwaukee in top 15 hiking cities
Proximity to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail earned Milwaukee a spot on National Geographic's list of top 15 cities for hiking in the United States.
The magazine's write up: "Eskers, kames, and potholes are a few of the trippy things you might see on Wisconsin’s 1,000-mile-long Ice Age Trail. (Translation: the elongated ridges, small marshes, and teardrop-shaped hills that the last continental ice shelf left behind.) And one section of it, in the northern unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, is located just 53 miles north of Milwaukee."
Hikers can find sections of the Ice Age Trail closer than that, in the Lapham Peak recreation area in the Town of Delafield.
And for a truly rustic experience in the urban center, the trail along the Milwaukee River and the Seven Bridges Trail in Grant Park deserve a mention and exploration.
3 Comments for "National Geographic rates Milwaukee in top 15 hiking cities"
JOill Aug 04, 2011 12:43 PM
"Plus, find out where to eat and drink like a local afterward."
Culver's.
The list is a joke. Other than Miami, they took 15 of the top 30 populated
cities in order to sell magazines, and spread things out so there weren't
too many in the same state (In CA, San Diego; and Fresno, being an hour
from Sequoia NP). Denver and Colorado Springs are other obvious
superior choices to much of the list, but the point of these lists is to be
purposely counterintuitive.
madcoca Aug 04, 2011 1:19 PM
roadamerica Aug 04, 2011 1:55 PM