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To book your Greyhound bus ticket to Milwaukee, visit the Greyhound website or download the free Greyhound app. You can quickly select your travel dates, seats, and complete payment with various methods. For more details, see the payment methods page. Booking in advance and choosing off-peak times can help you find cheaper tickets to Milwaukee!
Greyhound bus tickets to Milwaukee start from just $17.48. To get the best rates, try to book early and consider traveling during less busy times like weekdays and off-peak hours.
You can easily track your Greyhound bus heading to Milwaukee using the Greyhound app or by visiting our bus tracker. This service provides real-time updates on your bus's location and status.
When you're traveling to Milwaukee with Greyhound, you're allowed one carry-on bag (up to 25 lbs, 16x12x7 inches) and one checked bag under the bus for free. If you have a Flexible fare, you can also check a second bag at no additional cost. For more details, see our baggage policy page.
Yes, you can choose your seat on most Greyhound buses heading to Milwaukee. During the booking process, you can select your preferred seat, though a small fee will apply depending on the route. Visit our seat reservation guide for more information.
Using your Greyhound ticket to Milwaukee is simple. Just show the PDF with the QR code or access your ticket directly in the app. The bus driver will scan it, and you'll be on your way.
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Bus to Milwaukee

Take the bus to Milwaukee and you arrive in Wisconsin's biggest city, set on the western shore of Lake Michigan where the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet. It's about 90 miles north of Chicago on I-94, around 80 miles east of Madison along I-94, and roughly 100 miles south of Green Bay along I-43. Milwaukee is a working lakefront city built on beer, manufacturing and immigration, and that history is still visible block by block: red-brick warehouses in the Third Ward, a Calatrava-designed art museum on the lake, the Harley-Davidson Museum down on the Menomonee River, and taverns where Friday-night fish fry has not gone anywhere. Greyhound drops most travellers at the Milwaukee Intermodal Station downtown, a few blocks west of the Riverwalk and a streetcar ride from the lake. Summer is festival season, with Summerfest, German Fest and the State Fair filling the calendar between late June and mid-August; winter is properly cold but the indoor city, from the Public Market to Fiserv Forum, keeps moving. Sports, beer, water and German-Polish-Latino food culture do most of the talking.

Greyhound stops in Milwaukee

Greyhound has 3 stops in Milwaukee, all listed on the live page. The main one is the Milwaukee Intermodal Station at 433 W St Paul Avenue, Suite 150, a full terminal that Greyhound shares with Amtrak (Empire Builder, Borealis and the Hiawatha service to Chicago) and other carriers including Coach USA's Wisconsin Coach Lines, Jefferson Lines, Indian Trails, Badger Bus, Megabus and Lamers. The building reopened as the Intermodal Station in 2007 after a renovation of the old Milwaukee Union Station, and it is Amtrak's second-busiest station in the Midwest after Chicago Union. The live stop page directs passengers to follow station directions towards the bus bays, so plan to arrive early enough to find your loading slip rather than racing the clock at the curb.

The second stop is at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, listed as Arrivals / Baggage Claim on Howell Avenue, around seven miles south of downtown along I-94. It is a flag stop under the glass canopy, useful if you are connecting from a flight or live on the South Side. The third is Goerke's Corners Park & Ride at 400 N Barker Road in Brookfield, a free park-and-ride lot off I-94 about fifteen miles west of downtown in the western suburbs that works for travellers driving in from Waukesha County. Both flag stops are curbside boarding, so plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before departure.

Getting around Milwaukee after your bus to Milwaukee arrives

Once you step off the coach at the Intermodal Station, downtown Milwaukee opens up on foot. The Riverwalk is two blocks east, the Historic Third Ward is a short walk south across St Paul Avenue, and the Fiserv Forum / Deer District sits a few blocks north-west. The Hop, Milwaukee's modern streetcar, has its southern terminus right outside the station and runs free of charge along the M-Line through downtown to Burns Commons, with stops at City Hall, Cathedral Square and the Historic Third Ward; the L-Line lakefront extension has run daily service since April 2024 and pushes the route closer to the festival grounds and Discovery World. From the Mitchell Airport stop, the Milwaukee County Transit System's Route 80 connects the airport to downtown; a rideshare to the city centre is the faster option late at night. From Goerke's Corners, plan on driving or rideshare into town since transit options out there are thin.

For getting around more broadly, Milwaukee County Transit System runs the bus network, anchored by the CONNECT 1 BlueLine bus rapid transit corridor along Wisconsin Avenue and Bluemound Road from downtown to the Regional Medical Center. Local MCTS routes cover the rest of the city. Bublr Bikes covers downtown, the Third Ward and the East Side. Uber and Lyft are widely available; taxis less so. There is no metro or commuter rail, but the lakefront Oak Leaf Trail makes walking and cycling along the lake a real option in good weather.

Top things to do in Milwaukee

  • Milwaukee Art Museum. Santiago Calatrava's Quadracci Pavilion opened in 2001 and is the building most people picture when they think of Milwaukee. The Burke Brise Soleil, a 217-foot movable sunscreen on the roof, opens in the morning and folds at night or when winds top 23 mph; the daily flap is timed so visitors can watch from the lakefront lawn. The collection inside spans antiquities to twentieth-century American art.
  • Harley-Davidson Museum. Opened in July 2008 on a 20-acre site in the Menomonee Valley, along the Menomonee River about a mile south-west of downtown and reachable on foot or by a short rideshare. Three buildings hold more than 450 motorcycles, the company archives and a working restaurant; allow at least a half day if you want to read the labels rather than walk the floor.
  • Fiserv Forum and the Deer District. Fiserv Forum opened in August 2018 as the home of the Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball. The surrounding Deer District is a thirty-acre block of restaurants, breweries and an outdoor plaza that fills up before games and during the NBA playoffs.
  • American Family Field. The Brewers' ballpark opened in 2001 about four miles west of downtown off I-94 and was renamed from Miller Park in 2021 after the original naming-rights deal expired. Its fan-shaped retractable roof is the only one of its kind in North America, which means home games rarely get rained out.
  • Summerfest at Henry Maier Festival Park. Summerfest runs three weekends of nine days each from late June through early July on the lakefront festival grounds in the Third Ward area. Founded in 1968 and certified by Guinness as the world's largest music festival in 1999, it spreads stages, food stalls and headline acts across the park and pulls in well over half a million people.
  • Milwaukee Public Market. The indoor market opened in 2005 in the Historic Third Ward and runs year-round, with cheese counters, oyster bars, taco stands, a frozen-custard shop and a mezzanine for sitting down with whatever you bought downstairs.
  • The Milwaukee Riverwalk and the Bronze Fonz. The Riverwalk runs the length of the Milwaukee River through downtown and the Third Ward, lined with bars, restaurants, hotels and public art. The Bronze Fonz statue, a Happy Days tribute, sits on the east bank near Wells Street.
  • Bradford Beach and the lakefront. Bradford Beach is the main public beach on Lake Michigan, about three miles north of downtown along Lincoln Memorial Drive. The Oak Leaf Trail runs along the bluff above it, linking the lakefront parks from the South Shore through to the North Shore.
  • Lakefront Brewery and Walker's Point breweries. Lakefront Brewery on the east bank of the Milwaukee River runs a long-running tour and a Friday fish fry with a polka band; Walker's Point and Bay View hold a cluster of smaller independent brewers.
  • Mitchell Park Domes. Three glass conical conservatories about three miles southwest of downtown covering tropical, desert and seasonal-show plant collections. Built in the 1960s, the Domes are a Milwaukee architectural landmark and a useful indoor option in winter.

Neighbourhoods to explore in Milwaukee

The Historic Third Ward sits south of downtown between the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan, and is the part of the city most visitors meet first. Late-Victorian warehouses now hold galleries, the Milwaukee Public Market, the Broadway Theatre Center and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, with Henry Maier Festival Park just to the south. Walker's Point, across the Menomonee River from downtown, is one of Milwaukee's older neighbourhoods and now its most active food and brewing strip, with a strong Latino community along Cesar Chavez Drive and a string of cocktail bars on Second Street. Bay View, further south along the lake, was annexed in 1887 and keeps an independent feel: Kinnickinnic Avenue carries the bars, vintage shops and small kitchens, while South Shore Park opens up the lake. North of downtown, the East Side and Brady Street area runs from the lake bluffs through UW-Milwaukee; across the river, Riverwest is the artist-leaning neighbourhood known for the Riverwest 24 bike race.

Food and drink in Milwaukee

Milwaukee eats Wisconsin: dairy, sausage and beer at the centre, with German, Polish and Mexican kitchens layered in. Cheese curds, almost always squeaky or fried, are on most pub menus; bratwurst and Polish sausage are bar food and ballpark food in the same week; frozen custard is a summer fixture; and Friday-night fish fry remains a real social ritual. The local cocktail is the brandy old-fashioned, ordered sweet or sour, and bartenders will not blink if you ask for it that way. The Milwaukee Public Market in the Third Ward is the easiest single introduction, with cheese, charcuterie, tacos and frozen custard under one roof. Walker's Point and Bay View carry the densest cluster of small independent breweries, while Lakefront Brewery on the river is the long-running tour and fish-fry spot. Brady Street covers Italian-American delis, and the South Side has deeper Mexican and Polish kitchens.

Best time to visit Milwaukee

Milwaukee runs on four real seasons, but late June through early September is when the city is fully outdoors. Summerfest opens the festival run in late June, German Fest follows in late July, and the Wisconsin State Fair takes over West Allis for eleven days in early August. Bradford Beach is in use from late May through mid-September, the Brewers play home games at American Family Field from spring through autumn, and the Oak Leaf Trail along the lake is an easy way to spend a warm afternoon. September is short but worth the trip: cooler air, fewer crowds, and the lake often stays warm enough for one more swim. Winter is properly cold, with January averaging 24 F and the lakefront wind doing the rest of the work, but the indoor city carries you through, from Bucks games at Fiserv Forum to the Domes, the Public Market and the museums. Spring is brief and unpredictable, with the city reawakening once the lake fog burns off.

So which Milwaukee will you come for: the lakefront-festival summer, a Bucks playoff weekend in spring, or a quieter shoulder-season trip built around the museums, the Public Market and a Friday fish fry? Whichever it is, use the search bar on this page to book bus tickets to Milwaukee with Greyhound, give yourself a window long enough to see the lake on at least one clear morning, and you will leave with a sense of why Milwaukee bus travellers keep coming back.

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Your search ends here! Find all the information you need to book your bus trip to Milwaukee! Milwaukee hosts 3 Greyhound bus stops. You can find the Greyhound at Goerke's Corners Park & Ride, Milwaukee Intermodal Station, Milwaukee Mitchell Airport. The fare for traveling to Milwaukee starts at just $17.48. If you're on the hunt for a cheap ticket to Milwaukee, remember to book early. Traveling on weekdays or during non-peak hours can also lead you to some of the most budget-friendly fares available! Greyhound connects Milwaukee to 35 destinations, providing ample options for your bus trip.

Why travel to Milwaukee with Greyhound

With Greyhound, enjoy a comfortable seat and complimentary Wi-Fi on your journey. Stay engaged and online as we take you to your destination! Enjoy a comfy trip to Milwaukee with our onboard facilities like free Wi-Fi and power outlets. Choose your favorite seat while booking and travel with peace of mind rest easy knowing your ticket covers one carry-on and one checked bag.

How to book your bus ticket to Milwaukee

Booking a ticket with Greyhound is a breeze: on this website or on the free Greyhound App, you can complete your booking in a few clicks. When purchasing your ticket to Milwaukee online, you can choose between different secured online payment methods, such as credit and debit cards. Alternatively, you can pay in cash at a sales point.