CITY OF PORTAGE PARKS 18 PARKS - 116.42 MAINTAINED ACRES
COMMERCE PLAZA
(303 West Wisconsin St.) - .25-acre pocket park located in downtown Portage. This area was deemed a park by the City of Portage Common Council. It consists of restrooms, park benches, trees and plant/flower beds. Located in the heart of downtown; this is a beautiful natural area in a busy downtown!
GOODYEAR PARK
Silver Lake Beach is the perfect place to build a sand castle.
BLUE STAR PARK
(100 West Slifer St.) – 2.3-acre wayside park located on Highway 51 and Slifer Street. Home of the Portage Veteran’s Memorial and Killed in Action Memorial. This park also hosts the City of Portage annual Memorial Day Celebration. A gazebo, shelter and picnic tables are located in this park.
BRUCE A. SMITH LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX
(1208 Coit St.) – 7.55-acre park located at Coit Street and Wauona Trail. This community park contains three youth baseball fields, a concession stand with restrooms, batting cages and playground. The complex is home to Portage Youth Baseball Inc., who operates and helps maintain the facility.
COLLIPP-WORDEN PARK
(226 West Slifer St.) – 16.5-acre park located on Slifer Street, two blocks west of Highway 51. The city’s largest park is home to two shelters, restrooms, three basketball courts, two tennis courts, sand volleyball court, a ballfield backstop and green space, a large playground with various age group equipment and zip line, electricity, charcoal park grills and more! This park is also home to the City of Portage disc golf course.
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GUNDERSON PARK
(574 Meadowlark Ln.) – 11.5-acre park located at the corner of Hamilton Street and Meadowlark Lane. This park contains playground equipment and a gravel recreation trail that begins at the park entrance on Hamilton Street and runs through the entire park, across Portage Community School District property and ends by Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital & Clinics.
HIGHWAY 33 WAYSIDE
(1825 State Highway 33) – 3.15acre area located on Highway 33 at the east entrance to the City. This wayside contains a parking lot, DOT information markers and front to the Fox River. Many kayaks are launched at this location.
To reserve a park for your event, call the Portage Park & Recreation Department at (608) 742-2178 or visit the website at: portage.recdesk.com
CATTAIL PARK
(510 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 shelter.
(920 DeWitt St.) – 2.74-acre park located between Dewitt Street and MacFarlane Road. This park is home to the Splash Pad, Portage Family Skate Park, playground equipment, two shelters, restrooms, electricity, charcoal park grill and large green space. Goodyear Park also has two veteran monuments paying tribute to the military. The Portage Splash Pad is operational Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, 10:00am to 8:00pm.
Disc golf is a sport enjoyed by all ages on the course at Collipp-Worden Park.
Online registrations are available.
