Potter’s Forest

Potter’s Forest is a nature reserve in Village of Hales Corners, Milwaukee, Wisconsin which is located on West Forest Home Avenue. Potter’s Forest is situated nearby to the neighborhood Forest Park, as well as near Forest Home Corridor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boerner Botanical Gardens and Sacred Heart School of Theology.

Boerner Botanical Gardens

Park

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Boerner Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens located on the grounds of Whitnall Park in the village of Hales Corners, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The gardens are named for Alfred Boerner, who designed the original five formal gardens.

Sacred Heart School of Theology

The Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology is a Roman Catholic seminary in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. It is associated with the Priests of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic religious community of priests and lay brothers founded in France in 1884 and working in the US since the early 20th century.

Greendale High School

School

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Greendale High School is a four-year public high school in Greendale, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. Part of the Greendale School District, it serves students in grades 9 through 12.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenfield and Greendale.

Greenfield

Town

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Greenfield is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 37,803 as of the 2020 census. Greenfield is one of many bedroom communities in the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Greendale

Town

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Greendale is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,854 at the 2020 census. Greendale is located southwest of Milwaukee and is a part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Franklin

Town

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Franklin is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 36,816 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Milwaukee, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Potter’s Forest

Type: Nature reserve
Address: 10005 West Forest Home Avenue, Hales Corners, WI 53130
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Village of Hales Corners, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.9404° or 42° 56′ 25″ north

Longitude

-88.036° or 88° 2′ 10″ west

Open location code

86JHWXR7+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 408100252

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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