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Forestry Education and Awareness Center

Forest Exploration Drive

1.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 40 min

Forest Exploration Drive is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Forestry Education and Awareness Center near Wauwatosa, WI. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi676 – 725 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Exploration Drive 43.05311, -88.03512
Nearest town Wauwatosa, WI
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Forest Exploration Drive

1.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 40 min

Elevation 676–726 ft

Out & Back · Forestry Education and Awareness Center

Trailhead: Forest Exploration Drive · 43.05311, -88.03512

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:55 PM

Transit-accessible: 1225 North Discovery Parkway stop 713 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Forest Exploration Drive, heading N.
  2. 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  19. 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  21. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/forest-exploration-drive-out-back-3-km-1dd4

Trail surface

61% gravel23% dirt3% paved13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:55 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 1225 North Discovery Parkway stop 713 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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