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Subject: Re: Milwaukee area natural wonders? Posted on: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:57:10 PDT

Dan wrote:
>>Will have at least a half day free next weekend while in Milwaukee (already
>>planning to stop by the Art Museum), looking for recommendations of natural
>>wonders to visit. Don't mind a slight hike. TIA.
>
> As far as natural wonders near Milwaukee, the closest I can think of is
> Wisconsin Dells, which wouldn't work for a half-day trip seeing that
> it's about a half-day's drive. Otherwise, about the best I can
> recommend is the zoo, which is large/spread-out and actually one of my
> favorite zoos in the US. I think it's definitely worth a half-day trip
> and you get in a good walk with it, too.

Probably too late to help the OP (I was on vacation *in* Milwaukee...)
but... the Schlitz Audubon Center, where Brown Deer Road (Wis. 100)
turns the corner 'round and becomes Lake Drive (Wis. 32), may be worth a
visit.
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Doug Smith W9WI
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