Lake Country Trail Explained

Lake Country Trail
Length Mi:15.2
Location:Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States
Trailheads:Oconomowoc
43.105°N -88.5017°W
Pewaukee
43.047°N -88.2718°W
Use:Hiking and biking
Elev Gain And Loss:[1]
Surface:Asphalt

The Lake Country Trail is a paved multipurpose rail trail in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It stretches from the intersection of W Jefferson St. and S Franklin St. in Oconomowoc to the Landsberg Center Trailhead on Golf Rd. in Pewaukee. It also passes through the Wisconsin communities of Summit and Delafield.[2] [3]

The trail follows the old Milwaukee–Watertown interurban line, operated by The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER&L). The line was abandoned and the rails torn out in the early 1940s; however, overhead electric lines operated by the Wisconsin Electric Power Company still remain.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lake Country Recreation Trail. AllTrails. 2020-03-03. 2020-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20200303034822/https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/wisconsin/lake-country-recreation-trail. live.
  2. Web site: Lake Country Recreation Trail. TrailLink. 2020-03-03. 2020-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20200303034838/https://www.traillink.com/trail/lake-country-recreation-trail/. live.
  3. Web site: Casper. Kenneth. Lake Country Recreational Trail. Wisconsin Explorer. 2020-03-03. 2020-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20200303034827/https://wisconsin-explorer.blogspot.com/2017/03/lake-country-recreational-trail.html. live.
  4. Web site: Recreational Trails. Waukesha County Park System. 2020-03-03. 2020-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20200303034823/https://www.waukeshacounty.gov/landandparks/park-system/biking. live.