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Forestry Education and Awareness Center

Forest Exploration Drive

2 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 43 min

Forest Exploration Drive is a 2-mile out-and-back in Forestry Education and Awareness Center near Wauwatosa, WI. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi676 – 774 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

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

2 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 43 min

Elevation 676–774 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 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  29. 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
  30. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  31. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  32. 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-4dd3

Trail surface

58% gravel27% dirt2% 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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