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ple’s idea of what a rail-trail can be.
For one thing, the
Milwaukee trail is not named for
a railroad or a river, but for a baseball hero
who hit many of his 755 home runs while
playing for the Milwaukee Braves just a
line drive away. For another, the 12-mile
trail doesn’t meander through bucolic
countryside, but runs smack through
the middle of what once was the indus-
trial heart of the city, the Menomonee
Valley. More than 400,000 people live
within a 15-minute bike ride of the trail,
which borders the state’s most ethni-
cally diverse neighborhoods, says Trail
Manager Melissa Cook of the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources.
The Discovery World
science museum, pictured
here near the lakefront
trailhead, is one of many
signature Milwaukee
attractions located directly
along the Hank Aaron.