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Take-out WI

Bluemound Road ***Possible take-out, but now sketchy! ***

Menomonee - C) MenTosa: Hart Park Lane to W.Monarch Place or 4198 W.St.Paul Avenue (2.7 or 3.7 miles) (WI)

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Menomonee River at Wauwatosa, WI Upstream Primary
Runnable: 125.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

Float trip with (grungy) riffles and rips.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Description

A project to remove the uniform cement channel (replacing it with quarried rock) through nearly a mile of this river created a breach in what had been a vertical wall, now allowing great access (egress) from the river.

A short dead-end stub of a road (off of Bluemound Road) has plenty of parking, both in a cul-de-sac area and under the Bluemound Road bridge, as well as parking for 2-3 vehicles upslope near the pictured stairs.

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2025.08.15 UPDATE: This take-out area has been increasingly sketchy, with people dumping all manner of trash under the Bluemound Road bridge, vandalism and other signs of concern. As a result, it becomes a bit more difficult to recommend leaving a vehicle here. We now advise continuing to a downstream option.

Location
Type
Take-out
Difficulty
Class N/A
Mile Marker
2.8 mi
Directions
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C) MenTosa: Hart Park Lane to W.Monarch Place or 4198 W.St.Paul Avenue (2.7 or 3.7 miles)
Menomonee
II-III 3.7 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater