Milwaukee County Parks on the East Side

Back Bay Park is a small, tucked away park that will do the trick for a quiet picnic or a place for the kiddos to play. There are a few tables, benches, a small playground and a spacious grassy area. It feels so nicely removed and private even when others are around. And there's a stairway straight down to the lakefront!

Gillman Triangle, at the intersection of Lake Drive, Downer Avenue, and Bradford Avenue, is a great place to relax after a long run or play frisbee with your furry friends.

Covering 138.1-acre on the shore of Lake Michigan, the park is part of a mostly contiguous stretch of lakefront amenities that extend north from Milwaukee's East Side. The park terrain includes both bluffs and ravines. In addition, Lake Park is home to the last remaining Indian mound in the city of Milwaukee.

The iconic North Point Water Tower, on the bluff above Lake Michigan, is symbolic of 145 years of service by the Milwaukee Water Works. It was one of the principal works in the original water supply system that provided Milwaukee with 16 million gallons of water a day. The Milwaukee Water Works today pumps approximately 100 million gallons per day.