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Three Southeastern Wisconsin sites make top 10 Midwest beach list

By Jay Sorgi

CREATED Jul. 9, 2012

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  • Bradford Beach. | Photo: TODAY'S TMJ4

  • Bradford Beach. | Photo: TODAY'S TMJ4

  • Cymone (cq) Thorton carries his 4-year-old son, Jeremiah, because he is scared of the water, while his twin brother, Jeremy, 4, and Kamari (cq), 6, foreground, play in the shallower water at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee. Thorton said he takes the boys swimming a few times a month when the temperatures are high.

  • With temperatures in the 90's and winds raising concerns of safety in the water, lifeguard and ex-marine Maxwell Sexton of Milwaukee takes precautions to keep bradford beach safe.

  • High temperatures mixed with high winds speeds cause lifeguard and ex-marine, Maxwell Sexton to enforce the rule of no swimming above the waist at Bradford Beach, Milwaukee. PHOTO BY KYLE GRILLOT / KGRILLOT@JOURNALSENTINEL.com

  • BRADFORD06, fea, kg, 4ÑView from the top of the Bradford Beach Bathhouse on Sunday, June 23, 2012 in Milwaukee. PHOTO BY KYLE GRILLOT/ KGRILLOT@JOURNALSENTINEL.COM

  • Cymone Thorton carries his son Jeremiah — because the 4-year-old is scared of the water — while Jeremiah’s brothers, Jeremy and Kamari,play in the shallower water at Bradford Beach. Thorton said he takes the boys to the beach a few times a month when the temperatures are high.

  • A group of yogis attend Beach Yoga at Bradford Beac Saturday at 8:00a.m. instructed by Tom Feest, Elite Sports Club yoga instructor. PHOTO BY ANDREA ANDERSON/AANDERSON@JOURNALSENTINEL.COM

  • At Bradford Beach, you can check out volleyballs, nets and other items for free at the beach house. Businessman Sheldon Lubar donated $65,000 to bring back a crew of lifeguards this summer.

  • Brianna Komppa of Milwaukee does some summer reading on Bradford Beach. A revitalization program has brought people back by the thousands to the beach once known for E. coli scares.

  • March 18, 2012 Todd Gawronski of Wauwatosa (left) and Vincent Buckley of Milwaukee play in a pickup game of volleyball at Bradford Beach along Milwaukee's Lakefront. (Then add what you want about weather conditions.) MICHAEL SEARS/MSEARS@JOURNALSENTINEL.COM

MILWAUKEE - Three Milwaukee-area beaches are ranked among the best in the Midwest in a new online feature by a popular cable TV station.

Travel Channel picked Milwaukee's Bradford Beach, Sheboygan County's Kohler-Andrae State Park and Racine's North Beach among its top 10 Midwest beaches.

The online review cited:
- pickup volleyball games and food carts at Bradford Beach serving Wisconsin favorites like cheese curds
- the 1,000 acres and 137 campsites at Kohler-Andrae
- the marina and live music at North Beach.

Another Wisconsin beach, the six miles of beach at Point Beach State Forest, made the top 10.

Click here for more on the Travel Channel's review.