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Forestry Education and Awareness Center

Forest Exploration Drive

2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 42 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 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi676 – 771 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

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

2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 42 min

Elevation 676–770 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. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  14. 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  22. 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  23. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  25. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 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-600a

Trail surface

62% gravel23% dirt3% paved12% 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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