Daily life in Piedmont, Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Piedmont neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Errands here mean driving, and the neighborhood is straightforward about that. The nearest full grocery is about three miles, either at Miller Hill or in West Duluth, and neither is walkable from any part of Piedmont in any season.
Miller Hill, about eight minutes northeast, is the practical answer to most of it: grocery, pharmacy, hardware, big-box, the mall, and most chain services in one corridor. That is a shorter run than from most of the east-side neighborhoods in this guide.
Gas is on Piedmont Avenue and Central Entrance. For medical, Essentia Health and St. Luke's are both roughly ten minutes downtown-side, and the airport is ten minutes, which is a genuinely useful number for anyone who travels for work.
The Piedmont Avenue corridor handles small everyday needs but should not be mistaken for a business district. The neighborhood's own amenities are the trails, and everything else is a car trip.
Groceries: Miller Hill corridor grocery and big-box (3 mi), West Duluth grocery (3 mi).
Pharmacy, hardware & gas: Miller Hill, about eight minutes northeast, covers grocery, pharmacy, hardware, and big-box in one corridor. Gas is on Piedmont Avenue.
Where you shop and eat out
A thin scatter of everyday businesses along the arterial. Not a shopping district.
The city's main big-box retail and mall district, about eight minutes northeast.
Breweries, cideries, and restaurants on West Superior Street, about six minutes downhill.
Daily life next door
Downhill to the southeast, the Craft District and the city's most affordable housing.
Duluth HeightsNortheast toward Miller Hill, flatter with newer housing and the retail corridor.
DenfeldSouthwest in West Duluth, more single-family stock at lower prices.
Spirit ValleyWest, the other West Duluth commercial node and closest to Spirit Mountain.
KenwoodNortheast above the hill, level ground and a walkable shopping center.