Parks

18 PARKS - 116.42 MAINTAINED ACRES

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.

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. 14 | portagewi.com

Silver Lake Beach is the perfect place to build a sand castle.

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. (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

(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.

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 Online registrations are available.

LINCOLN PARK

(404 East Carroll St.) – 1-acre park located on the corner of Monroe and Howard Streets. Lincoln Park is home to a shelter, basketball court and playground equipment and is also host to the Portage Food Pantry.

PAUQUETTE PARK

(900 West Conant St.) – 9.2-acre park located at the west entrance of the City along West Conant Street and Highway 33. This park contains the rentable Beasley Pavilion, home to Concerts in the Park; two additional shelters; restrooms; electricity; recreational trails; basketball court; gazebo; playground equipment; flower gardens; walking path; and Bridal Pond. Many weddings and celebrations are held within this park. Snow is cleared each winter on Bridal Pond to allow for ice skating activities.

PINE MEADOW PARK

(865 Hamilton St.) – 5.15-acre park located on the north half of Hamilton Street. This park contains one tennis court, two pickleball courts, shelter, electricity, ballfield backstop, large green space and playground equipment.

RIVERSIDE PARK

(300 East Wisconsin St.) – 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, swing set and an entrance to the 2.8-mile asphalt Levee Trail designed for recreational use.

SANBORN PARK

(922 West Franklin St.) – 1.38-acre park located on the corner of Sanborn and Carroll Streets. This park contains a shelter, play equipment, basketball court and green space.

SILVER LAKE PARK AND BEACH

(522 Silver Lake Dr.) – 2.5-acre park located on Silver Lake Drive. This park contains restrooms, shelter, playground equipment, public sand beach and swimming area with slide, 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.

SUNRISE PARK

(513 Hamilton St.) – 5-acre park located on Hamilton Street, commonly referred to as “The Gully.” This park is home to a large sledding hill in winter with a large green space.

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 horseshoe pits, charcoal park grills, and playground equipment. A gravel path winds through the park to a beautiful view of the Wisconsin River at Sunset Point, one of the highest points in Portage at the peak.

Get a little exercise in with a morning walk on the Wisconsin River Levee.

VETERAN’S MEMORIAL FIELDS

(Located between Superior Street and Wauona Trail) – 36.1-acre park. This park is host to a shelter and concession stand facility with restrooms, electricity, ballfields, soccer fields, fair grounds and grandstand. 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 and Portage Youth Soccer. The Fritz Port Dog Park is also located within this complex.

WOODRIDGE PARK

(424 Winnebago Ave.) – 4.5-acre park located on Winnebago Street in the Oak Ridge subdivision. This park is home to a shelter and playground equipment.