Ridge Run Park East - Park in West Bend - 300 S University Dr, USA

Love this place year round! Fun for the whole family ~ dogs too! Edit ~ went here recently more at evening time and got to see a trash panda \ raccoon in the tree. He \ she went into the garbage can and took items up the tree. Was neat to see ~ from a distance of course! Another edit. Went here again last night and it was a super peaceful walk. I took some pictures 📸 as well!

Beautiful county park. Nice hiking trails. No fee. Plenty of parking.Note: trail does not circle back.Flush bathrooms. A must go to park in West Bend WI.

We were trying to enjoy the park for our church picnic for the 3rd year in a row, and never had any issues with park goers, we paid for the larger covered pavilion as we always do, but this year we were met with opposition by other park attendees, of whom called the police on us twice because we are a Predominantly African American church and were lied on as well the other said party of all Caucasian people proceeded to come and take pictures of everyone's license plates (WOW!!!!!) AND EVEN ONE OF THE POLICE OFFERS (A CAUCASIAN LADY) PROCEEDED TO GO OVER TO SPEAK WITH THEM LAUGHING AND TALKING...But with us, she called for backup I'm going to assume because I am a pastor, my aunt and uncle Apostles were asking how was this behavior okay... We will be speaking with park officials Monday morning when we return the keys 🔑... But in the end, we as Christians went over to the people to let them know that we as children of God would like to extend our hand of fellowship and love and asked if we could give them a godly hug 🫂they excepted and we apologized for any confusion or misunderstanding . . . side note the male police officer, we invited him to enjoy a burger off the grill and a cold soda and he was honored and obliged, but the female officer hurried back to her squad car.

Great park with nice river and foliage to see all around.

Went on a whim yesterday. Omg the trails were beautiful, the sights were incredible. Total serenity.

Great City Park. Huge sledding hill. Many trails to hike. As of 9/18/2023 the boardwalk is closed

Ridge Run County Park is fantastic. I do plenty of bird watching and trail hiking here! There are no truly 'difficult' trails, but the entrance to the trail surrounding Boot Lake from the primary entrance is a bit steep! Anyways, there are barred owl, cardinals, robins, swallows, sparrows, and plenty more. Oftentimes, there are a handful of mallards in Boot Lake. There is a fantastic area leading to the Silver Creek area along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Overall, this is an extremely clean park with low traffic on weekdays and moderate on weekends. Definitely a family friendly environment, so bring the kids!

Can't say much more than the 5 stars shows. Beautiful trail, not difficult to hike and gorgeous views of the little river especially during the fall season. Looks like we were about a week late, but still gorgeous.