McGovern Park in Milwaukee
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.
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 114 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