Lake Park, Milwaukee Lake Park, Milwaukee Lake Park, located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an urban park covering . Lake Park was designed in the late 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park in New York City along with many others. Believing that access to nature had a civilizing and restorative effect on the urban public, Olmsted designed Lake Park in the Romantic tradition, with a preference for natural (over formal) landscaping, winding paths, a variety of vistas, incorporation of wildlife, and a balance between active recreation and more passive enjoyment. Covering on the shore of Lake
Fox Lake station Fox Lake station Fox Lake is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line in Fox Lake, Illinois. The station is located on Nippersink Boulevard at Grand Avenue (IL 132), is away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. The station is the northern terminus of the Milwaukee District/North Line. Until 1982 commuter trains continued to Walworth, Wisconsin and until the creation of Amtrak in 1971, inter-city trains like the "Varsity" and the "Sioux", both operated by the Milwaukee Road, connected Fox Lake with Janesville, Madison, and Rapid City.