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      • Scout Lake Park - Greendale, WI
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      • Three Bridges Park - Milwaukee, WI
      • Turtle Creek Parkway / Tiffany Bridge - Clinton, WI
      • Virmond Park - Mequon, WI
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      • Wind Point Lighthouse - Racine, WI
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      • Cook Arboretum
      • Crooked Creek Nature Preserve - East Troy, WI
      • Engel Conservation Area - Muskego, WI
      • Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area - Horicon, WI
      • Faville Grove Sanctuary - Lake Mills, WI
      • Forest Beach Migratory Preserve - Belgium, WI
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      • Pheasant Branch Creek Conservancy - Middleton, WI
      • Pope Farm Conservancy - Verona, WI
      • Price Park Conservancy - Elkhorn, WI
      • Riverbend Nature Center - Racine, WI
      • Riveredge Nature Center - Saukville, WI
      • Sauk Creek Nature Preserve - Port Washington, WI
      • Schlitz Audubon Nature Center - Milwaukee, WI
      • Spirit Lake Nature Preserve - Mequon, WI
      • Spruce Lake Bog - Campbellsport, WI
      • Stigler Nature Preserve - New Berlin, WI
      • Trinity Creek Wetland Habitat - Mequon, WI
      • Vernon Wildlife Area - Waterford, WI
      • Wadewitz Nature Camp - Waterford, WI
      • Wehr Nature Center - Franklin, WI
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Seminary Woods - St. Francis, WI

Seminary Woods is one of those "secret" bits of wilderness within Milwaukee that I had heard about, but had never ventured into.
Honestly, I wasn't quite sure exactly where the entrance was located.  I tried once to find it, but was a bit off in my search, so I set the idea aside.  Fortunately, for me, this spring I had the good fortune to meet Eddee Daniel (Urban Wilderness Blog), and he was kind enough to introduce me properly to Seminary Woods.  Once on the trails inside this lush wilderness of enormous, ancient trees, and wild plants, it's easy to see why it is so revered, and why it is so important to keep it wild, and undeveloped.  Inside the woods is an old, gated grotto, and a cemetery that belongs to the local seminary.  What a glorious spot to rest in peace!  The day we were there we spotted, from a distance, a doe enjoying a snack of greens.  The sounds of birds singing echoed overhead.  This is a popular spot for birding during spring and fall migration, as it is not far from Lake Michigan.  Here's hoping this site will be preserved for generations to come. 

​Location: Start at 3257 S. Lake Drive, St. Francis. Follow the road towards the seminary, then veer right, to the far right, northern parking lot.  From the lot, walk south towards the woods (past the print shop building), and you will see an entrance to the woods.

​For more information, click here.    For more history on the seminary itself, click here. ​
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  • Home
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  • Let's Explore
    • Winter in Wisconsin
    • Nature Trails >
      • 116th Street - Oak Leaf Trail - West Allis, WI
      • Bald Bluff Nature Trail - Palmyra, WI
      • Emma Carlin Trail - Palmyra, WI
      • Kohl Park Hiking Trail - Milwaukee, WI
      • Paradise Springs Nature Trail - Eagle, WI
      • Scuppernong Springs Nature Trail - Eagle, WI
      • Seminary Woods - St. Francis, WI
      • Stute Springs Nature Trail - Eagle, WI
    • Local Parks >
      • Big Hill Park - Beloit, WI
      • Bratt Woods - Grafton, WI
      • Brown Deer Park - Brown Deer, WI
      • Carver-Roehl County Park - Clinton, WI
      • Cudahy Woods - Cudahy, WI
      • Elm Grove Village Park - Elm Grove, WI
      • Estabrook Park - Milwaukee, WI
      • Falk Park - Oak Creek, WI
      • Franklin Woods - Franklin, WI
      • Glacier Hills County Park - Hubertus, WI
      • Grant Park - South Milwaukee
      • Greenfield Park - West Allis
      • Hartung Park - Wauwatosa, WI
      • Homestead Hollow County Park - Germantown, WI
      • Jacobus Park - Wauwatosa, WI
      • Alan Kulwicki Park - Greenfield, WI
      • Lime Kiln Park - Menomonee Falls
      • Lizard Mound County Park - Farmington, WI
      • Mangan Woods - Franklin, WI
      • Mary Knoll Park - Brookfield, WI
      • McCarty Park - West Allis, WI
      • Monarch Trail / County Grounds Park - Milwaukee, WI
      • Muskego Park - Muskego, WI
      • Natureland County Park - Whitewater, WI
      • Sandy Knoll County Park - Town of Trenton, WI
      • Scout Lake Park - Greendale, WI
      • South Shore Park - Bayview, WI
      • Three Bridges Park - Milwaukee, WI
      • Turtle Creek Parkway / Tiffany Bridge - Clinton, WI
      • Virmond Park - Mequon, WI
      • Warnimont Park - Cudahy, WI
      • Washington Park - Milwaukee, WI
      • White River County Park - Walworth County
      • Whitnall Park - Franklin, WI
      • Wind Point Lighthouse - Racine, WI
    • Nature Preserves >
      • Badertscher Preserve - Muskego, WI
      • Baxter's Hollow State Natural Area - Sauk City, WI
      • Beulah Bog - East Troy, WI
      • Cedarburg Bog - Saukville, WI
      • Cook Arboretum
      • Crooked Creek Nature Preserve - East Troy, WI
      • Engel Conservation Area - Muskego, WI
      • Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area - Horicon, WI
      • Faville Grove Sanctuary - Lake Mills, WI
      • Forest Beach Migratory Preserve - Belgium, WI
      • Garrison's Glen - Mequon, WI
      • Grasslyn Nature Preserve - Mequon, WI
      • Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy - Williams Bay, WI
      • Lac Lawrann Conservancy - West Bend, WI
      • Lakeshore Nature Preserve - Madison, WI
      • Ledge View Nature Center - Chilton, WI
      • Lion's Den Nature Preserve - Grafton, WI
      • Lulu Lake Nature Preserve - East Troy, WI
      • Maywood Environmental Park - Sheboygan, WI
      • Ned Hollister Wetlands Conservancy - Delavan, WI
      • Newell and Ann Meyer Nature Preservel - Eagle, WI
      • Pheasant Branch Creek Conservancy - Middleton, WI
      • Pope Farm Conservancy - Verona, WI
      • Price Park Conservancy - Elkhorn, WI
      • Riverbend Nature Center - Racine, WI
      • Riveredge Nature Center - Saukville, WI
      • Sauk Creek Nature Preserve - Port Washington, WI
      • Schlitz Audubon Nature Center - Milwaukee, WI
      • Spirit Lake Nature Preserve - Mequon, WI
      • Spruce Lake Bog - Campbellsport, WI
      • Stigler Nature Preserve - New Berlin, WI
      • Trinity Creek Wetland Habitat - Mequon, WI
      • Vernon Wildlife Area - Waterford, WI
      • Wadewitz Nature Camp - Waterford, WI
      • Wehr Nature Center - Franklin, WI
      • Wehmhoff Woodland Preserve - Burlington, WI
      • Zeloski Marsh - Cambridge, WI
    • State Parks >
      • Aztalan State Park
      • Bong State Recreation Area - Kansasville, WI
      • C. D. Besadny Fish and Wildlife Area
      • Cadiz Springs State Park - New Glarus, WI
      • Devil's Lake State Park - Baraboo, WI
      • Harrington Beach State Park - Belgium, WI
      • Havenwoods State Forest - Milwaukee, WI
      • High Cliff State Park - Sherwood, WI
      • Kohler Andrae State Park - Sheboygan, WI
      • La Budde State Natural Area - Plymouth, WI
      • Lake Kegonsa State Park - Stoughton, WI
      • Lakeshore State Park - Milwaukee, WI
      • Lapham Peak State Park - Delafield, WI
      • Mauthe Lake State Recreation Area - Campbellsport, WI
      • Pike Lake State Park - Hartford, WI
    • Sculpture Gardens >
      • Bobrowitz Sculpture Garden - Colgate, WI
      • Boerner Botanical Gardens
      • Franconia Sculpture Park - Shafer, MN
      • James Tellen Woodland Sculpture Garden - Town of Wilson, WI
      • Nick Engelbert's Grandview
      • M. Schettl Sales - Sculpture and Oddities
      • Rotary Botanical Gardens - Janesville, WI
    • Cemeteries >
      • Calvary Cemetery - Milwaukee, WI
      • Forest Home Cemetery - Milwaukee, WI
      • Highland Memorial Park Cemetery - New Berlin, WI
      • La Belle Cemetery - Oconomowoc, WI
      • New Berlin Center Cemetery - New Berlin, WI
      • Oak Hill Cemetery - Lake Geneva, WI
  • Merchandise
    • Art for Your Walls
  • Detours, Links & More
    • Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary - Green Bay, WI
    • Spring Migration 2014 - Wisconsin
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