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Veteran's Park
Category: Active Life Parks Parks [Edit]
1010 N Lincoln Memorial DrMilwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 277-0860
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
9 reviews for Veteran's Park
9 reviews in English
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Review from Sally M.
6/29/2011 1 Check-in Here
For the last five years, I've been lucky to call Veteran's Park my backyard.
The park provides easy pedestrian access to MAM/Discovery World. The bike trail runs through it. Running trails galore. Enough shady spots to enjoy a picnic. Marina and sail boat wonderfulness.
A pond filled with duckies. Kite enthusiasts that I assume like to contemplate life as they struggle with their contraption. Brady Street Bridge connects to all things Milwaukee hipster yuppietown.
It's a nice tranquil spot just behind some of the busiest streets in the downtown area. -
Review from Rachel F.
1/10/2012
Today is January 10, 2012.
I'll say it again: today is January 10, 2012.
Today's projected high temperature? Fifty degrees.
I'll say it again: today's projected high temperature is fifty degrees.
Winter will probably come along on Thursday and slap me right upside the head for this review, and for that, I'm sorry. I mean, this whole global warming thing is really quite fabulous, if not a bit disconcerting. "Yay! It's not cold in that bone-crushing, completely bitter way! There aren't four-foot piles of snow surrounding my vehicle!"
But... there's no snow. And, um... I don't understand. Is this a sign of the impending apocalypse?
At any rate, I was reminded of the awesomeness that is Veteran's Park as I drove along the lake this morning on my way home from a meeting. This beautiful park, situated right on Lake Michigan's shoreline, is a great Milwaukee spot. You'll catch kids and families flying kites in summertime. You'll see folks in paddle boats and on those hydra-bike things in that pond... you know the one. There's a play area for children, and public art/memorials for reflection. Rent a tandem bike, if you wish. Trees and trails (for biking, running, walking, and skating) and open spaces and it's truly a breath of fresh air. Stop by and do your consciousness a solid.
If you have a moment today, on this unseasonably warm January Tuesday, perhaps you should swing by. Wear some appropriate outerwear and do it, before winter shows up and checks us all in the face with it's particularly harsh brand of reality. -
Review from Julia B.
Chino, CA
9/7/2011 1 Check-in Here
I really enjoyed walking around Veteran's Park during my day in Milwaukee. There is a lot of stuff to do including renting paddle boats, bikes and roller blades. There is a pretty cool kite shop that people were flying kites near as well. There were several bbq's going on as well.
I really like the location of this park..it's right next to water and you have a beautiful view of the downtown skyline. (well the little skyline that Milwaukee has) I will definitely be coming back here if I'm ever in the area again. -
Review from Sarah P.
6/27/2011
I love Veteran's Park and am so thankful to be living near it. We have a barbecue every summer at Veteran's and always have such an enjoyable experience. I have brought my nephews here to fly their kites, hubby and I take a blanket here and lay in the shade all day and read - and there are bike rentals, skate rentals, and so much more.
I love to run the many various paths that wind through Veteran's Park and actually saw a deer hanging out by the pond on my run the other day! I also love that the Brady St. bridge connects the bike path to the parks.
I don't think I could live in Milwaukee if it wasn't near the many parks that the shoreline has to offer. -
Review from Ed B.
Redwood City, CA
8/27/2011
Great spot right on the lake
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Review from Will H.
11/14/2010
Between the marina, the kite shop, the trail out onto the breakwater and the many open spaces, the pond with paddle boats, this park has something for everyone. There are so many places to walk around and trails abound. There are easy accesses from Milwaukee (from above) and the parking situation isnt usually terrible but some weekend days can be a real pain with traffic and people on the one main drag. The altera that is there at the old pump house always seems to be busy and is a great place to grab a snack when you are famished from running or walking the trails.
The trails here connect south through Lakefront Park and north through Bradford beach. They are wide and well travelled by bikers, walkers, runners, and everything inbetween. -
Review from John D.
Milwaukee, WI
7/14/2007 2 photos
On Milwaukee's Lakefront, Veteran's park is home to a memorial and host to a variety of events.
Bicycle and walking trails cross through the park in several areas. The walkway from the Milwaukee Art Museum to the north and east along the shore of Lake Michigan is a popular walking area. You end up on a point jutting into Lake Michigan that is noticably cooler during the hottest part of the summer when the wind is off the lake.
There is a place where you can rent multi-person bicycles to ride around the lakeshore. These vehicles hold up to four people (or more kids in a front basket) or you can rent kites. There is a restroom nearby and you can buy vending machine food.
The community sailing center and McKinley Marina form a northern edge of the park, and some of this area is fenced off, blocking access to the shoreline. -
Review from Eric M.
Chicago, IL
2/18/2009
This is an okay park. I was there while waiting for a ferry one year, and there was a cool Kite Festival. That was way cool. What wasn't cool is that to get from the city to the park you either have to (possibly illegally) crawl down a really steep embankment, walk a really long way around, or drive.
Pros: cool festivals, cooler than the city proper during the summer, nice trees on the easternmost point
Cons: hard to access, kinda boring if there's no festival -
Review from Janet E.
5/15/2010
The lakeside area is beautiful. The grassy area is beautiful. The trees surrounding the grassy area is beautiful. The three stick looking monuments are not so beautiful. I would have though they'd do a better looking memorial. Luckily for us, we found a close spot and free parking and were able to check out this memorial anyway just to say we saw it.
