Below are a listing of places that government officials from Milwaukee County and Southeastern Wisconsin's inland (and, during the summer, typically warmer) counties to beat the heat:
Milwaukee County
The county has established "cool areas" for people to go in the heat.
• Indoor locations
• Outdoor locations
City of Waukesha
Horeb Pool
330 Spring Street, Waukesha
M-F 12:30-4:30 p.m., 6:15-8 p.m.
Sat 12:30-8 p.m.
Sun 1-7 p.m.
Buchner Pool
231 Oakland Avenue, Waukesha
M-F 12:30-5 p.m., 6-8 p.m.
Sat 12:30-8 p.m.
Sun 1-7 p.m.
For more: call 262-524-3737
Waukesha County
• Beaches: Click here to find out locations and hours.
• Ice Arenas: Eble and Naga-Wwaukee
Dodge County (click links for more)
• Crystal Lake Park Beach
• Derge Park - Beaver Dam Lake
• Horicon Aquatic Center
Fond du Lac County (click links for more)
• Fairgrounds Pool
• Fond du Lack Aquatic Center
• Roosevelt Park
• Taylor Park Pool
• Wolf Park
• YMCA
Jefferson County (click links for more)
• Cambridge: Lake Ripley
• Fort Atkinson: Family Aquatic Center
• Jefferson: Water Park
• Lake Mills: Lower Rock Lake
• Watertown: Aquatic Center
Walworth County (click links for more)
• Delavan: Veteran's Memorial Park
• East Troy: Booth Lake Memorial Park
• Elkhorn: Babe Mann and Sunset Park
• Lake Geneva: The Riviera
• State Parks: Big Foot Beach
Washington County (click links for more)
• Ackerman's Grove County Park
• Leonard J. Yahr County Park
• Sandy Knoll County Park
• West Bend: Regner Park
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