University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha

Name: University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Address: 900 Wood Rd, Kenosha, 53144, United States
Telephone: (262) 595-2307

#12 among attractions in Kenosha

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University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha

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The University of Wisconsin–Parkside is a public university in Somers, Wisconsin. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and has 4,644 students, 161 full-time faculty, and 89 lecturers and part-time faculty. The university offers 33 undergraduate majors and 11 master's degrees in 22 academic departments. UW-Parkside is one of two universities in the UW System not named for the city in which it is located, the other being UW-Stout. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1968 (56 years ago)Coordinates: 42°38'45"N, 87°51'23"W

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900 Wood RdKenosha 53144 United States

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(262) 595-2307

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University of Wisconsin-Parkside – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Regency Mall, Kenosha North Pier Light, Kenosha Public Museum, Simmons Island Beach House.

3.7 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Regency Mall, Racine
96 min walk • Regency Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall in Racine, Wisconsin. The mall has a gross leasable area of 872,409 square feet. It features 110 retail spaces, and one remaining anchor store, Dunham's Sports. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Boston Store and Burlington.
4.6 miSE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Kenosha North Pier Light, Kenosha
118 min walk • The Kenosha North Pier lighthouse or Kenosha Light is a lighthouse located near Kenosha in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. "A typical 'Lake Michigan red tower'", it is a sibling to the Milwaukee Pierhead Light. This light was built in 1906 as a replacement for the old Kenosha Light.
4.7 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha
120 min walk • The Kenosha Public Museum, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, features displays of fine art, decorative art, and natural science specimens. Founded in 1933, and opened to the public in 1936 the museum currently is located at Kenosha's lakefront.
4.4 miSE
Baths, Tudor Revival architecture
Simmons Island Beach House, Kenosha
111 min walk • The Simmons Island Beach House is located in Simmons Island Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Land for the Simmons Island Park was donated in 1916 by industrialist Zalmon G. Simmons. In the 1930s, landscaping was done and the beach house was constructed.
4.4 miSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Kenosha Light, Kenosha
113 min walk • Kenosha Light is a lighthouse and keeper's house on Simmons Island north of the channel into Kenosha's harbor in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA.
4.6 miS
Museum, Science museum, Natural history museum
Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Kenosha
118 min walk • The Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, is dedicated to the exploration and explication of the relationship between modern birds and ancient carnivorous biped dinosaurs, the theropods, which include Carnotaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, and Archaeopteryx.
4.5 miN
Church
Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church, Racine
116 min walk • Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church, also known as Mount Pleasant Church, is an architecturally and historically significant church in Racine, Wisconsin. It was designed by Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin-based architect Helmut Ajango with Gene LaMuro. Nicknamed the Spaceship Church, it is located at 1700 South Green Bay Road and was built in 1975.
3.5 miSE
Park, Sport venue, Sport
Washington Park Velodrome, Kenosha
89 min walk • The Washington Park Velodrome is an open-air velodrome in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It is the longest operating 333 meter track in the United States. The track opened in 1927. During the 2016 season, the track was closed and completely rebuilt.
4.8 miSE
Church
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Kenosha
123 min walk • St. Matthew's Episcopal Church is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural and religious significance in 1979. The church is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee.
4.7 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bradford Community Church, Kenosha
121 min walk • The Bradford Community Church, originally the Henry M. Simmons Memorial Church and later the Boys and Girls Library, is a historic church built in 1907 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States under the leadership of Kenosha's first woman pastor.
1.2 miW
42°39'0"N • 87°52'43"W
Hawthorn Hollow, Kenosha
30 min walk • Park, Nature and wildlife, Hiking trail