Superior

Accessible from the mainland via US 2/53, Barker's Island combines a 420-slip marina, a hotel, an 18-hole miniature golf course, playground, 5-mile paved recreation trail, picnic area, beach, fishing pier, outdoor performance pavilion and the SS Meteor Whaleback Ship Museum. Also available are a public boat launch, sailing lessons and charters for fishing and sailing. Phone (715) 392-2773 or (800) 942-5313.

The campus of the University of Wisconsin-Superior and a number of parks are part of the municipal geography. Billings Park, at the west end of 21st Street, includes many lagoons and gardens; phone (715) 395-7270.

Scenic Amnicon Falls highlights nearby Amnicon Falls State Park. Pattison State Park, south of the city, offers varied summer and winter recreation and is home to Big Manitou Falls, the highest waterfall in the state at 165 feet; phone (715) 399-3111. Both parks feature year-round camping..

Superior also boasts one of the largest municipal forests in the country. The 4,400-acre Superior Municipal Forest offers 17 miles of trails for cross-country skiing and hiking. The Wild Rivers State Trail and the Tri-County Corridor Trail are both multi-use recreation trails available year-round and are part of the more than 300 miles of seasonal all-terrain vehicle and snowmobile trails in Douglas County.

Visitor Centers

Superior/Douglas County Convention and Visitor's Bureau Welcome Center 305 Harborview Pkwy. Superior, WI 54880. Phone:(715)392-2773 or (800)942-5313

Things to Do

The Old Firehouse and Police Museum

Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center

SS Meteor Whaleback Ship Museum