PARKS AND
RECREATION

Getting Outdoors in Brookfield

Brookfield is home to some of Southeastern Wisconsin’s most breathtaking parks and recreation spots. With everything from sprawling wetlands and incredible trail systems to smaller neighborhood parks and green spaces, Brookfield has a little something for anyone looking to get outside!

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Sports Facilities in Brookfield

Brookfield is home to professional caliber sports fields and facilities. With easy access to I-94, over 2,000 hotel rooms, family-friendly attractions, and more than 150 restaurants, Brookfield is a natural home base for sporting tournaments of any type. If you’re ready to take your game to the big leagues, you’re ready for Brookfield!

Score a goal in one of Brookfield’s 11 parks featuring soccer fields and practice facilities.

Lace up your skates in one of Brookfield’s two outstanding outdoor ice arenas offering the best location and facilities for hockey, figure skating and more.

With 13 parks featuring baseball and softball accommodations, the bases are loaded!

Brookfield is a natural home base for tournaments!

Whether participating in little league, family sports, or community recreation, athletes and their families will appreciate Brookfield’s easy access to hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, and even visiting the major leagues at American Family Field (formerly Miller Park), all within a few miles.

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Brookfield Greenway Trail System Boardwalk

The Greenway Trail System

This comprehensive city-wide off-street system of recreational trails that connect existing and proposed parks together and link these sites with other community facilities and to the regional trail system. Under the envisioned plan, which is available for review at the Parks, Recreation and Forestry office, the Greenway Trail System will be located within and adjacent to the primary environmental corridors in the City wherever possible and would also utilize railroad rights of way in the future as feasible.

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Development of the system was initiated in 2003 and is anticipated to continue for the next five+ years. The funding for this major parkland initiative is generated through anticipated lease revenues from wireless communication companies who lease city property. When implemented, the Greenway Trail System will become the centerpiece or connecting link of the City park and open space system and will provide additional recreational opportunities for residents to experience the natural heritage of the City. The system will also connect neighborhoods in a new way which will provide safe routes for children and lead to expanded possibilities for community interaction.

The Parks and Recreation Commission continues to proceed with the phased implementation of the plan. All of the proposed trail segments have been rated and prioritized in the plan and the Commission evaluates the prioritization construction schedule on an annual basis. To date, approximately 11+ miles of off-road segments have been completed along the Beverly Hills, Civic Center, Deer Creek, Dousman, Rolling Meadows and Underwood Creek Trails.

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Fox Brook Park

This 223-acre park offers a wide variety of recreational and open spaces including a 22-acre quarry lake with a spacious lodge, volleyball area, and sandy beach. The 138-acre wetland is a natural resource, preserved and protected as natural habitat and open space, allowing many bird species like Bold Finches and Indigo Buntings to flourish.

Walk or jog the paved mile-long, multi-use trail that winds around the lake or take a moment to rest in one of the three wildlife viewing areas. You can even rent a pedal boat and take a leisurely cruise around the quarry lake. For an ideal family-friendly activity, bring your fishing pole! We encourage and support the “catch and release” practice of fishing so that kids of all ages can enjoy the thrill of catching a Northern Bass, Bluegill, Perch, or Crappie. Please note that a current, valid, Wisconsin fishing license is required.

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Wirth Park

Home to the Wiberg Aquatic Center, Wirth Park is open seasonally from early June through mid-August. This outstanding aquatic facility includes something for everyone! Kids and adults alike can enjoy: