Milwaukee & Kettle Moraine state parks
16 places your sticker opens, and what to do at each.
The Milwaukee & Kettle Moraine region has 16 Wisconsin State Park System properties: 7 state forests, 5 state parks, 3 state trails and 1 recreation area.
Things to do
- Hiking: 15 of 16 places, best May–June and September–October
- Fall color: 14 of 16 places, best October
- Snowshoeing: 14 of 16 places, best January–February
- Cross-country skiing: 13 of 16 places, best January–February
- Biking: 12 of 16 places, best May–June and September–October
- Boating & paddling: 10 of 16 places, best June–September
- Picnics & shelters: 10 of 16 places, best June–August
- Fishing: 9 of 16 places, best May–June and September
- Camping: 8 of 16 places, best June–September
- Swimming: 8 of 16 places, best July–August
Good to know
- Winter camping: Kettle Moraine State Forest – Lapham Peak Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest – Northern Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest – Pike Lake Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest – Southern Unit and Kohler-Andrae State Park. Winter camping statewide.
- No vehicle sticker needed: 6 of 16 places. Every place with no sticker needed.
- Accessibility information (accessible campsites, cabins, piers, trails and more): 9 of 16 places. Accessible facilities statewide.
Every property in Milwaukee & Kettle Moraine
- Big Foot Beach State Park (state park): Located on the shores of Lake Geneva, Big Foot Beach State Park offers 5 miles of hiking trails, a family campground, a swimming beach and…
- Eisenbahn State Trail (state trail): This 25-mile, county-operated trail extends from the historic city of West Bend into the scenic countryside of eastern Wisconsin past the…
- Hank Aaron State Trail (state trail): Named in honor of baseball legend Hank Aaron, this trail provides a continuous connection between American Family Field, home of the…
- Harrington Beach State Park (state park): Harrington Beach State Park has more than a mile of beach along Lake Michigan. This 715-acre park also features a white cedar and hardwood…
- Havenwoods State Forest (state forest): Havenwoods State Forest is Wisconsin’s only urban state forest, featuring 237 acres of grasslands, woods and wetlands in the city of…
- Kettle Moraine State Forest – Lapham Peak Unit (kettle moraine state forest): The Lapham Peak Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest was formed 10,000 years ago when a glacier covered much of Wisconsin. Lapham…
- Kettle Moraine State Forest – Loew Lake Unit (kettle moraine state forest): The Loew Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is situated along Wisconsin's Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Hiking, horseback…
- Kettle Moraine State Forest – Mukwonago River Unit (kettle moraine state forest): The Mukwonago River Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is in Waukesha and Walworth counties. The 970-acre, former Rainbow Springs…
- Kettle Moraine State Forest – Northern Unit (kettle moraine state forest): The first and largest unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest offers year-round recreation among world-famous glacial landforms. Visitors…
- Kettle Moraine State Forest – Pike Lake Unit (kettle moraine state forest): The Pike Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is in the middle of the Kettle Moraine, a strip of glacial landforms which extends…
- Kettle Moraine State Forest – Southern Unit (kettle moraine state forest): Covering more than 22,000 acres of forested glacial hills, kettle lakes and prairies, the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest…
- Kohler-Andrae State Park (state park): Named for John Michael Kohler and Terry Andrae state parks, Kohler-Andrae is the home of majestic sand dunes, miles of golden beach…
- Lakeshore State Park (state park): In the heart of downtown Milwaukee, Lakeshore State Park is adjacent to the Henry W. Maier Festival Grounds and Discovery World at Pier…
- Lizard Mound State Park (state park): Lizard Mound is one of the most well-preserved Native American effigy mound sites in the nation, with 28 extant conical and linear mounds…
- Richard Bong State Recreation Area (state recreation area): Once designated to be a jet fighter base, Richard Bong State Recreation Area is named after Major Richard I. Bong, a Poplar, WI native who…
- White River State Trail (state trail): This 19-mile trail follows a former rail corridor as it travels between Elkhorn in Walworth County and Dover in Racine County, with a…
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