Wehr Nature Center

The Center's 220 acres are located within the beautiful 660-acre Whitnall Park in southwestern Milwaukee County. The only nature center located in the southern half of Milwaukee County, Wehr has over five miles of trails linking the Center's natural communities: the Woodland, Wetland, Prairie, Oak Savanna and Lake. Interpretive signs introduce self-guided visitors to the homes and habitats of Wisconsin wildlife. Study sites along the trails allow guided groups to investigate the natural world face-to-face.

Additional interpretive environmental education programming and exhibits are offered within the Visitor Center as well as in the outdoor amphitheater. Please click here for more information on the Wehr Nature Center.

Facilities:

• Twenty acre Mallard Lake with three islands, completed in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps
• Wetlands that include sedge meadow, shrub carr and floodplain forest, accessible via a 1,700 foot boardwalk, featuring two piers and a bird blind
• Restored Oak Savanna and Prairie
• Maple and Oak Woodlands
• Over five miles of looping trails and interpretive signage
• Visitor Center
• Outdoor amphitheater