Parks & recreation in Central Park (Superior), Wisconsin
Part of the Central Park (Superior) neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Central Park's own green space is modest, and the neighborhood's recreation case rests on what is a few minutes away in every direction.
North and east along the bay, Barker's Island is the everyday waterfront: the Inner Beach with about 1,400 feet of shoreline, the marina, boat launches, the SS Meteor, and the eastern reach of the Osaugie Trail, five flat paved car-free miles along Superior Bay. From most Central Park addresses that is a short ride rather than a drive, and the flat ground makes it a realistic family outing on bicycles.
Fifteen minutes east, Wisconsin Point is a 229-acre park on one of the world's longest freshwater sandbars, with about 2.75 acres of developed beach and some of the best migratory birding in the western Great Lakes. Fifteen minutes west, the Superior Municipal Forest covers roughly 4,400 acres inside the city limits, the one of the largest municipally owned forests in the nation, with hiking, mountain biking, paddling, and groomed Nordic skiing. Billings Park gives St. Louis Bay shoreline at the far west end.
Closer to home, the Superior Ice Arena at 1015 Oakes Avenue handles indoor skating and hockey, and the city runs outdoor rinks with warming sheds across its neighborhoods through the winter. Nemadji Golf Course, a 36-hole facility at 5 North 58th Street East run by KemperSports with two four-star rated courses, is the region's best public golf and about ten minutes east.
The gap is a neighborhood park with real facilities inside Central Park itself. For a playground or a ballfield, families here use the school grounds and the city's other parks.
Winter: Superior Ice Arena, city outdoor rinks and warming sheds, Nordic skiing in the Superior Municipal Forest, snowshoeing at Wisconsin Point.
Water access: Superior Bay along the northern edge of the neighborhood; Barker's Island Inner Beach and marina; Wisconsin Point beach, fifteen minutes east; Boat launches at Barker's Island.
Parks
The city's main waterfront destination, a few minutes east along the bay.
The 229-acre sandbar park with the region's best migratory birding, about fifteen minutes east.
The 4,400-acre municipal forest, among the largest municipally owned forests in the nation, about fifteen minutes west.
The riverfront park at the far west end of the city.
The city ice arena at 1015 Oakes Avenue.
The city's 36-hole golf facility at 5 North 58th Street East, two four-star rated courses run by KemperSports.
The park the neighborhood is named for, at 717 6th Avenue East, inside the 1862 plat.
Trails
Five flat paved miles along Superior Bay, picked up a few minutes north of the neighborhood.
Access: US 2/53 near Barker's Island, east to Moccasin Mike Road
The in-city trail network through 4,400 acres of forest.
Access: Billings Drive and the Municipal Forest trailheads
The rail-trail corridor running west toward Iron River and Ashland.
Access: Superior west side
Parks & recreation next door
A mile west, the Tower Avenue commercial core with the breweries, the Anchor Bar, and the civic buildings.
North End (Superior)Northwest toward the port, older working-class stock and the brewery district at a lower price.
Allouez-Itasca (Superior)East along the bay toward the ore docks and Wisconsin Point.
South End (South Superior)South along Tower Avenue, more postwar housing and a lower entry price.
Billings Park (Superior)The west end of the city on the St. Louis River, the other quiet residential neighborhood with a signature park.