Area Parks

17 AREA Parks

1 BLUE STAR PARK (100 West Slifer St.) – 2.3-acre wayside park located on Highway 51 and Slifer Street. Blue Star Park is home to a Veterans Memorial and Killed in Action Memorial for the City of Portage and annually hosts the City of Portage Memorial Day Celebration. A gazebo, shelter and picnic tables are located in this park. 2 CATTAIL PARK (510 West Burns St.) – 1-acre park located at Burns and Armstrong Streets. This park is adjacent to St. John’s school and contains spring rider playground equipment, green space and a small picnic shelter. 3 COLLIPPWORDEN PARK (226 West Slifer St.) – 16.5-acre park named after Conrad Collipp, who owned one of the first brickyards in Portage, and the Worden family, who sold the property to the City of Portage in 1968. Development of the park started in 1975 through LAWCON and the City. Collipp-Worden contains two rentable shelters, playground equipment, three full-court basketball courts, two regulation tennis courts, horseshoe pits, sand volleyball court and a 9-hole disc golf course. 4 COMMERCE PLAZA This .25-acre pocket park in downtown Portage was deemed a park by the City of Portage common council. It consists of a bathroom facility with small canopy area, park benches, trees and plant vegetation in flower beds. Located in the heart of downtown, this area is a beautiful natural area in a busy downtown!

Pauquette Park is Portage’s signature park featuring beautiful flowers, bridges over Bridal Pond and a fountain.

5 GOODYEAR PARK (920 DeWitt St.) – 2.7-acre park which was originally donated to the City of Portage in 1903 by D.A. Goodyear. Another addition to the park was deeded to the City by the Portage Community School District in 2012. Goodyear Park is home to the Splash Pad, skate park, playground equipment, two rentable shelters and large green space areas along with two veteran monuments paying tribute to the military. The Portage Splash Pad was constructed within the park in 2013 and is now open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Operating hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 6 GUNDERSON PARK (574 Meadowlark Ln.) – 11.5-acre park located at the corner of Hamilton Street and Meadowlark Lane. This park is just over 11 acres in size and is home to the first stretch of trail within the City of Portage park system. The winding trail connects behind Divine Savior Healthcare and provides a great escape for exercise within the city. 7 LINCOLN PARK (404 East Carroll St.) – 1-acre park which was donated by Chauncey J. Pettitbone in 1874. A school was erected shortly afterwards and remained standing until the 1940s. This park has a small shelter, basketball court, picnic tables and play equipment. The basketball court has new hoops this year. 8 NORTHRIDGE (Henry Dr.) – This property is located on Henry Drive adjacent the Portage Municipal Airport. The land is dedicated parkland but currently hosts the City brush site.

9 PAUQUETTE PARK (900 West Conant St.) – 8.8-acre park located at the west entrance of the City along West Conant Street and Highway 33. This park is named after Pierre Pauquette, a famous fur trader and translator for the French and Native Americans. The park contains two shelters, restrooms, electricity, water, playground facility, basketball court, gazebo, flower garden, walking path and Bridal Pond. Many weddings and celebrations are held within this park, including the annual fireworks celebration. Snow is cleared each winter on Bridal Pond to allow for ice skating activities. 10 PINE MEADOW PARK (865 Hamilton St.) – 4.5-acre park located on the north half of Hamilton Street. This park contains a tennis court, picnic shelter, softball backstop with green space and a large playground. 11 RIVERSIDE PARK (300 East Wisconsin) – 2.1-acre wayside park on East Wisconsin Street next to the Wisconsin River Levee. This park is home to a historic shelter erected in 1924 which displays the slogan “Where the North Begins.” The park contains off-street parking and an entrance to the 2.8-mile asphalt Levee Trail used for walking and biking.

12 SANBORN PARK (922 West Franklin St.) – 1.3-acre park located on the corner of Sanborn and Carroll Streets and is formerly the home of the second brickyard in Portage. The park contains a picnic shelter, play equipment, basketball court and green space. 13 SILVER LAKE BEACH (522 Silver Lake Dr.) – 2.5-acre park located on Silver Lake Drive. This park contains restrooms, large open air shelter, playground equipment, public sand beach and swimming area, beach house with concessions and changing room, boat launch and a fishing pier. The beach and swimming area is staffed with lifeguards from Memorial Day through Labor Day and is free to use. 14 SUNRISE PARK (513 Hamilton St.) – 5-acre park located on South Hamilton Street and commonly referred to as “The Gully.” This park is home to a large sledding hill in winter and contains playground equipment and a large green space. 15 SUNSET PARK (1217 West Pleasant St.) – 4.5-acre park located at Sunset and West Pleasant Streets. This park contains a shelter, restrooms, electricity and water, horseshoe pits, park grills, picnic tables, swing set and playground equipment. A gravel path winds through Sunset Park to a beautiful view of the Wisconsin River from one of the highest points in Portage at the peak of the park. 16 VETERAN’S MEMORIAL FIELD 41.9-acre park located between Superior Street and Wauona Trail. This park contains restrooms, shelter and concession stand facility, t-ball fields, soccer fields, fair grounds, grandstand and new softball field. This park is host to the annual Columbia County Fair, numerous City-wide event celebrations and special events along with Portage High School varsity soccer, Portage Youth Soccer and Portage Youth Baseball organizations. The Bruce A. Smith Little League Complex and Fritz Port Dog Park are also located within this complex. 17 WOODRIDGE PARK (424 Winnebago Ave.) – 4.5-acre park located on Winnebago Street in the Oak Ridge subdivision. This park is home to a picnic shelter, playground equipment and a swing set. Columbia County Bike Loops features 14 scenic routes, with 4 from Portage.

Silver Lake Beach play set includes a unique swing for both an adult and toddler to ride together.