Parks & recreation in East End (Superior), Wisconsin
Part of the East End (Superior) neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Barker's Island is the neighborhood's front yard: a made island on the bay with a beach, a marina, a maritime museum, and the walking loop most residents use. The Osaugie Trail runs the bay shore from here toward downtown and is the main cycling and walking route, and on flat ground with a regular grid the East End is genuinely bikeable in a way almost nothing in Duluth is.
Nemadji Golf Course, the city's 36-hole municipal course, sits south along the river and is skied in winter. Wisconsin Point, about three and a half miles east, is one of the largest freshwater sandbars in the world and the best beach walk in the region. Amnicon Falls State Park, with its waterfalls and covered footbridge, is about twelve miles east on the Amnicon River.
Winter: Cross-country skiing at Nemadji Golf Course.
Water access: Superior Bay at Barker's Island; Nemadji River.
Parks
The East End's front yard on Superior Bay: a made island with a beach, a marina, and the walking loop most of the neighborhood uses.
The long sand point east of the neighborhood, one of the largest freshwater sandbars in the world and the region's best beach walk.
The city's 36-hole municipal course south of the neighborhood along the Nemadji.
Wisconsin state park east of the city on the Amnicon River, with a series of falls and a covered footbridge.
Trails
The bay-shore path linking the East End to Barker's Island and on toward downtown, and the neighborhood's main walking and cycling route.
Access: Barker's Island and the East End waterfront
Parks & recreation next door
Immediately west across 13th Avenue East, the 1862 plat, with a higher ownership share and somewhat higher prices.
Allouez-Itasca (Superior)East beyond the Nemadji toward the ore docks and Wisconsin Point, cheaper again, with a taconite and rail dust disclosure worth reading.
Downtown SuperiorFive minutes west on the bay, the Tower Avenue commercial core and the most walkable district in the Twin Ports.
South End (South Superior)South along Tower toward the US 2 and US 53 strip, with the second-highest duplex share in the city.
Billings Park (Superior)The far west end of Superior on the river bluff, the highest ownership share in the city and the best outlook.