--- type: Entity id: "https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/parks/humboldt-park#place" name: "Humboldt Park" listed: true status: unknown url: https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/parks/humboldt-park record_id: 2df7e971-9baa-4b02-8695-da8e09204078 indexable: false --- # Humboldt Park Parks in Bay View, Milwaukee. Status: Status not stated. No license in force or recent check on file. ## At a glance | Fact | Value | Source | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Address | 3000 S Howell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=42.990771&lng=-87.90102) | Canon | 2026-11-01 | | Phone | \(414\) 482-4270 | Canon | 2026-11-01 | | Website | [county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Explore/Find-a-Park](https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Explore/Find-a-Park) | Canon | 2026-11-01 | | Founded | 1890 | Canon | 2026-11-01 | | Ownership | Milwaukee County Parks | Canon | 2026-11-01 | | Identifiers | [Wikidata Q49503951](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49503951), [OpenStreetMap way/27372935](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/27372935) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 | ## Why it belongs Humboldt Park is one of six parks created when the city of Milwaukee established a Parks Commission in 1890, and it now covers roughly 71 acres; in 1936 city and county parks were consolidated under Milwaukee County [humboldt-park-friends-history]. In 1890 the Parks Commission bought 45 acres from two Bay View families for what was then South Park, a lagoon was added in 1893, and in 1900 the park was renamed for the Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt [wuwm-humboldt-park]. ## Photos - [The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at Chill on the Hill in Humboldt Park, June 2026](https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/humboldt-park/humboldt-park-chill-on-the-hill.jpg). Photo: [Michael Barera](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chill_on_the_Hill_June_2026_1_%28Milwaukee_Symphony_Orchestra%29.jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0 ## Mentions - Mentioned by [Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service](https://milwaukeenns.org/2024/06/16/5-things-to-know-and-do-the-week-of-june-17/), 2024-06-16 ## Getting there Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go. Bus: - GreenLine at Howell & Dewey, a 3-minute walk (279 m) - Routes 51 and 52 at Oklahoma & Pine, a 4-minute walk (307 m) - Routes 51 and 52 at Oklahoma & Howell, a 5-minute walk (369 m) Bike share: - Bublr dock Humboldt Park (800 East Idaho Street), on the block (7 m) Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=42.990771&lng=-87.90102). Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 1, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS. Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 1, 2026. ## What you can do here - [Suggest a correction](https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/parks/humboldt-park/correct); tool: suggest_edit - [Claim this business](https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/parks/humboldt-park/claim) - [Start a discussion](https://littlemilwaukee.com/topics/new?about=%2Fplaces%2Fparks%2Fhumboldt-park.md); tool: open_topic - [Report a closing](https://littlemilwaukee.com/suggest/places/parks/humboldt-park/status); tool: suggest_edit ## Sources and record 1. [History, Humboldt Park Friends](https://www.humboldtparkmilwaukee.org/history/) 2. [Exploring the history of Bay View's Humboldt Park](https://www.wuwm.com/arts-culture/2025-06-27/exploring-the-history-of-bay-views-humboldt-park), Audrey Nowakowski and Graham Thomas Datasets: - [Little Milwaukee canon](https://littlemilwaukee.com/data): Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 - [City of Milwaukee voting wards and polling places](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/voting-wards): Creative Commons Attribution \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Election Commission, Open Data Portal - [Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service](https://milwaukeenns.org/): Facts and mentions only, each cited with a link to the page; short quotes under the quote rules; no text copied - [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0. Credit: [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) ### Facts | Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Name | Humboldt Park | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Address | 3000 S Howell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Map point | 42.99077, -87.90102 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Category | parks | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Kind | place | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Phone | \(414\) 482-4270 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Website | https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Explore/Find-a-Park | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Founded | 1890 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Ownership | Milwaukee County Parks | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-01 | | Accessible entrance | The accessible entrance is the main building on S Park Rd accessed from E Oklahoma Ave | Other source | City of Milwaukee voting wards and polling places | 2026-11-02 | | Accessible parking | Designated accessible street parking is available near the S Park Rd entrance | Other source | City of Milwaukee voting wards and polling places | 2026-11-02 | | Address | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Publication | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service | 2026-11-02 | | Name | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Publication | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service | 2026-11-02 | | Name | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Publication | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service | 2026-11-02 | | Osm category | leisure=park | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | | Osm id | way/27372935 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | | Phone | +1-414-482-4270 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | | Polling place for | Ward 240, Ward 285 | Other source | City of Milwaukee voting wards and polling places | 2026-11-02 | | Voter entrance | Voters should use the main building entrance on S Park Rd; accessed from E Oklahoma Ave | Other source | City of Milwaukee voting wards and polling places | 2026-11-02 | | Voter parking | Street parking is available near the S Park Rd entrance | Other source | City of Milwaukee voting wards and polling places | 2026-11-02 | | Wikidata | Q49503951 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 | Facts as of 2026-11-02. 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