Explore by amenity
A neighborhood is the parks you walk, the schools your kids attend, the church down the street, and the people who keep it running. Browse the Twin Ports by any of them.
Green space across the Twin Ports.
Duluth alone protects about 170 green spaces, roughly a quarter of the city. Here's a sampling; each links to the neighborhood that holds it.
The nearest city park to the downtown core, two blocks west of Tower Avenue at 1725 Oakes Avenue.
→ Amnicon Falls State ParkFalls and rapids on the Amnicon River about 10 miles east, closer to this neighborhood than to any other in Superior.
→ Bardon PeakThe ridge overlook above the St. Louis River valley on West Skyline Parkway, with one of the best views in the region.
→ Barker's IslandThe city's main waterfront destination, at the western end of the Osaugie Trail about ten minutes west.
→ Bayfront Festival ParkThe harbor-side festival ground behind the DECC, home to summer concerts and the Bentleyville Tour of Lights each winter.
→ Billings ParkThe neighborhood's namesake and Superior's best riverfront park, on land donated by businessman Frederick Billings, with trails along the St. Louis Bay shoreline and a boat launch.
→ Black BeachThe city's shoreline park below the plant, whose striking dark sand is a byproduct of taconite tailings dumped offshore in the 1960s. Now a city-run beach and campground and one of the most photographed spots in Lake County.
→ Brighton Beach (Kitchi Gammi Park)The rebuilt lakeshore park at the far east end, reopened October 2024 after a multi-year shoreline resiliency project.
→ Burlington Bay Campground and Lakeview ParkTwo Harbors' lakefront campground and park, about 12 minutes northeast.
→ Canal Park and the Duluth Ship Canal piersThe public ground at the canal itself: two concrete piers, a lighthouse, and the best free show in Minnesota when a thousand-foot laker comes through.
→ Canosia State Wildlife Management AreaState wildlife land occupying the north-central portion of the township: forest, wetland and bog with waterfowl habitat, open to public hunting and wildlife watching under DNR rules.
→ Central ParkThe park the neighborhood is named for, at 717 6th Avenue East, inside the 1862 plat.
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