Oak Leaf Trail Photos
Lake Michigan near Cudahy

(click on any photo to enlarge)

There are many sections of the Oak Leaf Trail (OLT) near the cities of South Milwaukee and Oak Creek in south eastern Wisconsin. The sign above is near the northern end of the trail at an opening with a view of Lake Michigan,

The trail wraps around behind this bench that looks out over Lake Michigan at this point. The OLT goes right out to the beach on Lake Michigan just a little north of this point,  Due to our late start we did not have enough daylight to ride the northern most part of the trail on this particular ride (I hope to get to that part of the trail soon).

This is photo looking north from the same opening to Lake Michigan that I described above. The foreground is Lake Michigan and way off in the distance, in the fog, you can make out the skyline of the city of Milwaukee.

If you click on the photo for the larger image you can see the city a little better. The Oak Leaf Trail ends just south of the city of Milwaukee but you can continue on bike friendly roads into Milwaukee from the end of the trail.

Above is a wide angle view of Lake Michigan at the opening along the Oak Leaf Trail. I like taking some wide angle shots to get a better feel for the bike trails.

Speaking of wide angle photos, this one shows the Oak Leaf Trail on the right as we were riding south near Cudahy, Wisconsin. The lake is off in the distance to the left at this point and the trail is well groomed and goes through Sheridan Park, a nice open park with tall trees, just south of here.

After you go through Sheridan Park, heading south you go past a shooting range. The sign on the building says Cudahy Sportsmen's Club. No one was out shooting at anything (including us :-) ) as we ride past this part of the trail.

At first I was not sure what this was ~ until I read the sign on the building. I'm also not sure what this would be like if you rode by when the club was open and people were shooting...

The photo above is the OLT as it passes a line of trees on the right with a view of Lake Michigan off to the left just past the shooting range.