Milwaukee County Parks

Author and Bay View Historian Ron Winkler joins WUWM’s Audrey Nowakowski to explore the history of Humboldt Park, ahead of its 2025 designation as a Bay View Historical Society site.

Summer means warmer days, longer nights and summer vacation. For young people in Milwaukee it also means a new season of Milwaukee Recreation programming.

Here’s a mystery for you: Who is leaving colorful, wood-carved birds in not-so-obvious places along Milwaukee’s Oak Leaf Trail? No one knows, but locals love them.

While this is a slight improvement from the state's 2020 score, nine categories scored are in mediocre condition and three are in poor condition.

It’s been over a month since the Milwaukee County Parks reopened McKinley Beach — it was initially closed in 2020 after at least four people drowned in dangerous currents.

A partnership with the Milwaukee Parks Foundation and Milwaukee County Parks, the Aquatics Ambassadors Milwaukee program is helping address lifeguard shortages and working to promote equitable access to swimming.

For decades, the Milwaukee County Parks System has been unable to mend its aging infrastructure. A recent report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum explores how different partnerships could help the parks system.

By fall of 2024, what's currently Wauwatosa's Wisconsin Avenue Park will be renamed Moss Universal Park. It will have universal fields, accessible playgrounds, a renovated clubhouse and more, so that everyone can play.

Milwaukee native and author, Stacy DeKeyser, explores the city's history and draws inspiration from the Washington Park Zoo and famous animal escapes to write her latest children's book.

With many branch lines spread across Milwaukee County connecting to other municipal trails, Milwaukee County Parks' trails have plenty of options to explore. There may even be a trail hidden in plain sight in your own neighborhood.