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Lake Monona
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Lake Monona

Length16 mi
Elev. Gain803.6 ft
Est. Steps37000
Created by kmsowinski

Lake Monona Introduction

Lake Monona is a 16 mile (37,000-step) route located near Madison, Wisconsin, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 803.6 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Lake Monona

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UW–Madison Geology Museum

Tourist Attraction
The UW–Madison Geology Museum (UWGM) is a geology and paleontology museum housed in Weeks Hall, in the southwest part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. The museum's main undertakings are exhibits, outreach to the public, and research. It has the second highest attendance of any museum at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, exceeded only by the Chazen Museum of Art.

Camp Randall Stadium

Sports
Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, located on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. It has been the home of Wisconsin Badgers football since 1895, with a fully functioning stadium since 1917. The oldest and fifth largest stadium in the Big Ten Conference, Camp Randall is the 41st largest stadium in the world, with a seating capacity of 80,321.

Madison, Wisconsin

Place
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County. As of July 1, 2018, Madison's estimated population of 258,054 made it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 81st-largest in the United States. The city forms the core of the Madison Metropolitan Area which includes Dane County and neighboring Iowa, Green, and Columbia counties for a population of 654,230.

Camp Randall

Place
Camp Randall is an historic U.S. Army site in Madison, Wisconsin, named after Wisconsin governor Alexander Randall, who served from 1858 to 1861. It was a training facility of the Union army during the Civil War, where more than 70,000 recruits were trained. The army also established a hospital and prisoner-of-war camp here.

Kohl Center

Stadium
The Kohl Center is an arena and athletic center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States. The building, which opened in 1998, is the home of the university's men's basketball and ice hockey teams, and the women's basketball team. It also housed the university's women's ice hockey team through 2012, after which they moved into the adjacent LaBahn Arena.

LaBahn Arena

Stadium
LaBahn Arena is the home ice of the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team. It was the second arena to be purpose-built for a women's collegiate hockey team; the first was Minnesota's Ridder Arena. The arena is connected via a tunnel to the Kohl Center, which the women's team shared with the men's team from its inception in 1999 until 2012.

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

Place
The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) is a research institute where scientists study the use of data from geostationary and polar orbit weather satellites to improve forecasts of weather (including tropical cyclones and severe storms. CIMSS was formed through a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Luther Memorial Church

Building
Luther Memorial Church is a Lutheran congregation at 1021 University Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States. A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), it is known for its worship, music, education and social ministry programs.

Dowling Apartment Building

Place
The Dowling Apartment Building is located in Madison, Wisconsin.

Brittingham Boathouse

Place
The Brittingham Boathouse is a historic boathouse located on North Shore Drive along a bay of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. Built in 1909-10, it is the city's oldest extant public park building. The Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association, an association of civic leaders which established many of Madison's first parks, commissioned the boathouse as a public facility for the surrounding working-class neighborhood.
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

16 mi

Elev. Gain

803.6 ft

Est. Steps

37000
Created by
kmsowinski
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