Westabrook Trail Hike - Estabrook Falls Fish Passage Project

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Exploring the Westabrook Trail along the Milwaukee River in Autumn

A Collaboration of the Sierra Club/ River Revitalization Foundation

Saturday, November 9, 2024; 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Highlights:

Hike the West Bank of the Milwaukee River, beginning at the Holiday Inn Express parking lot on Port Washington Road, down to the historic site of Humboldt WI near Capitol Drive, then Kern Park, and back. Wear good hiking shoes, bring hiking sticks if you are comfortable with them, and water.

We will discover ecologically and historically significant sites along this roughly 4-mile round-trip hike along Greenway, and learn how the Milwaukee River Greenway will be preserved and enhanced for generations to come.

We will learn about the native people who traveled and lived along the river for at least 2,000 years, the mining of limestone in the mid- 1800s, various recreational developments, and the ongoing environmental restoration of the Greenway.

Thanks to Catie Petralia of the RRF, we will have a special presentation about the Estabrook Falls fish passage project, part of the larger Milwaukee River Estuary Area of Concern (AOC) Projects, from two local leaders: (Brennan Dow from the DNR and Beth Wentzel from the MMSD).

In case of heavy rain, the hike will be rescheduled.

Other Points of Interest:

• Estabrook Dam’s former site and sculpture site
• The Blue Hole and Cement Lake (of historic and ecological interest)
• Humboldt WI (near Capital Street historic dam)
• Kern Park
• River and Floodplains

Perhaps identify late-migrating birds along the river (e.g. last year around the same time we saw bald eagles, kingfishers, and herons.