Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique. Riverside Park includes 15 acres of wooded land and riparian habitat on the east bank of the Milwaukee River and an imaginative habitat-themed playground. This historic park is full of things to discover inside and out. Host your wedding, corporate event, or party at the Urban Ecology Center!
Our beautiful facilities are available for large and small rentals. We are located along the Green line express route. Get off the bus at Park Place block of Oakland. Walk west on Park Place for two blocks. The Urban Ecology Center will be on the right. Take the trail from the south past North Avenue. You will see our building on your right; it's the one with an observation tower.
When driving west follow Park Place past the Urban Ecology Center over the bridge and turn left to enter the parking lot. The Three Billion Year Walk is a path of rock sculptures or cairns, some as high as seven feet tall, leading people from our Riverside Park branch to the canoe launch on the Milwaukee River. Starting at the building, head west until you see the first cairn made from of million-year-old stone at the northwest corner of our parking lot.
Together, they are a visual story of the vastness of time. Devonian Dolomite β million years old β Devonian Period. The youngest bedrock in Wisconsin. This limestone, great for building, was once quarried near what is now the UWM parking lot on Capitol Drive. Silurian Dolomite β million years old β Silurian Period. Formed from coral reefs and shells of sea animals this rock runs along the eastern edge of Wisconsin then dips below Lake Michigan to rise all the way over in Niagara Falls!
Cambrian Sandstone β million years old β Cambrian Period. Wisconsin once lay near the equator, covered by shallow tropical seas.
