Milwaukee's new braille trail opens a forest path to blind hikers
Wisconsin DNR opened a third-of-a-mile trail at Havenwoods State Forest with braille signs, audio guides, and loaner white canes, built mostly by staff with a $15,000 grant.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources opened a braille trail at Havenwoods State Forest in Milwaukee. The path is about a third of a mile. Signs are in braille, audio guides are available, and hikers can borrow a white cane. Staff did most of the building, with a $15,000 grant.
The trail is there so people who are blind can walk the forest with information they can read by touch or hear, instead of a sign they would have to skip.
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