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.
Falls and rapids on the Amnicon River about 10 miles east, closer to this neighborhood than to any other in Superior.
→ Bardon PeakThe overlook on West Skyline Parkway above the neighborhood, one of the best views of the St. Louis River valley in the city, and within Smithville's official boundary.
→ 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.
→ Chambers Grove ParkThe neighborhood's park and its historic heart, on the river at 13404 Highway 23. Rebuilt after the 2012 flood with an interpretive half-mile trail covering local history, riparian habitat, and flood recovery.
→ Chester ParkRoughly 60 acres of forest and creek gorge west of the neighborhood, a short drive or a long walk.
→ Cloquet Forestry CenterThe University of Minnesota's research and teaching forest on the edge of the city, a large managed tract with public trail use in places.
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