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Grant Park

Grant Park Beach & Seven Bridges Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Grant Park Beach & Seven Bridges Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Grant Park near Cudahy, WI. The route passes Grant Park Beach and Grant Park Beach. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 696 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.94736, -87.84523
Nearest town Cudahy, WI
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Grant Park Beach & Seven Bridges Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 588–695 ft

Out & Back · Grant Park

Trailhead: 42.94736, -87.84523

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Lake & Morris stop 392 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
  6. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftPass Grant Park Beach.
  13. 1 miPass Grant Park Beach.
  14. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto Seven Bridges Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.6 miReach Grant Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  18. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  22. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  24. 200 ftSharp left, heading N.
  25. 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
  26. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  27. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  28. 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/grant-park-beach-grant-park-beach-out-back-4-beaches-9-km

Trail surface

68% paved31% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 5:39 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Lake & Morris stop 392 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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