McGovern Park in Milwaukee
Champion chinquapin oak, largest in Wisconsin
A portion of this 61-acre park is a remnant beech-maple hardwood forest with meandering hiking trails and one of the best displays of ephemeral spring flowers in the Milwaukee County Park System. A 4-acre lake is popular for fishing and is seasonally stocked with panfish, largemouth bass, and trout. The Champion chinquapin oak, the largest of its species in Wisconsin, is located in the southwest corner of the park.
It is a stop on the Forked Aster Trail System.
Identified by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird.org program as a birding hotspot with 128 species observed to date.
Park amenities include a very active and popular senior center, several athletic fields and courts, reservable picnic areas, and restrooms.
For Milwaukee County Parks map, click here.
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Gallery (Click to enlarge)
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- Footbridge
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- Trout lilies
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- Fishing in the lagoon
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- Aerial view of orchard
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- Woodland trail
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- Trillium patch
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- Woodland scene
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- Spring beauties
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- Geese landing
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- Edge of the wood in winter
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- Autumn Glory
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- Forked Aster Trailhead
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- Maples in Autumn
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- Fishing the Lagoon
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- Touring the Woodland
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- Lagoon
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- An area where invasive buckthorn is being cleared
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- Ephemeral pond and brush piles of buckthorn
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- A hillside of spring beauties
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- The orchard
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- Harvest time!
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- Picking apples
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- “A Walk in the Park” tours the orchard
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- “A Walk in the Park” sampling apples
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- Autumn canopy
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- Skunk cabbage in bloom
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- Community garden
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- Trout lilies galore in woodland
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- Great blue heron in lagoon
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- Wild geraniums
Address
5400 N. 51st Blvd.53218, Milwaukee, WI , US