GREEN BAY, Wis.  –– Packers fans visiting Green Bay have a chance to learn the story of the franchise by visiting the places that played a crucial role in team history.

The Packers Heritage Trail is a less than 3-mile walking tour with dozens of sites marked revealing the team’s history in the city.

It starts at the Neville Public Museum on the western riverbank of the Fox River and contains a plaque describing the trail, and a map of all the sites in downtown.

Walking toward east over the river and you reach the second then third site, but not before coming across the Heritage Trail Plaza. It’s on the corner of Washington and Cherry and has statues of significant figures in franchise history. This is typically a popular spot for tourists to take photos.

Stop number three is significant. It is the site of the former building of the city’s newspaper, the Green Bay Press-Gazette. The plaque reveals the location to be the birthplace of the Packers.

It was in the paper’s editorial department a meeting was held to establish the team on Aug. 11, 1919. Three days later the paper referred to the team as the Packers for the first time.

That just scratches the surface of what fans can see and learn. The trail is comprised of three legs. There’s the City Walk consisting of 17 landmarks. There’s the Packing Plant Spur which is a seven mile, round-trip, self-guided bicycle tour.

Lastly there’s the Lambeau - Lombardi Spur. That is comprised of a seven 1/2-mile bicycle tour with several sites significant to legendary coach Vince Lombardi and co-founder Curly Lambeau.

The trail can be enjoyed at no cost by foot, bike, and vehicle, or for $35 a person on a 90-minute trolley tour.