TAKE IT OUTSIDE PARKS +TRAILS BAYFRONT FESTIVAL PARK THE LAKEWALK Bayfront Festival Park makes summer concerts Hiking TRAILS (Partially Accessible Trail) on the beautiful shores of Lake Superior better! Access: Canal Park, Rose Garden, In winter, Bayfront really comes to life with an outdoor skating rink and the wonder of winter. CHESTER PARK TRAIL 21st Ave E & Water St, 26th Ave E & London Rd, Also experience the magic of nearly 3 million Access: 1800 E Skyline Parkway 61st Ave E or Brighton Beach lights illuminating the park during the Bentleyville Length: 4.2 mi (includes 2 mi below Length: 7.5 mi (one way) Tour of Lights. E Skyline Parkway) Level of Difficulty: Easy Level of Difficulty: Easy to Challenging PLAYFRONT PARK ON THE BAY LESTER PARK TRAIL Featuring a unique children’s playground built GRASSY POINT TRAIL Access: 60th Ave E & E Superior St or by Junior League of Duluth and Duluth citizens, (Accessible Trail) E Superior St & Lester River Rd Playfront Park is located inside Bayfront Festival Access: End of Lesure St Length: Varies Park at base of 5th Ave West. This playground is Level of Difficulty: Easy to Challenging an Evos design structure that enhances children’s Length: 0.2 mi (one way) balance, coordination and strength. The free park Level of Difficulty: Easy is open daily for all. TRAIL HARTLEY PARK TRAILS Access: N 25th Ave W & W 3rd St THE ROSE GARDEN (Partially Accessible Trail) Length: 0.82 mi AT LEIF ERIKSON PARK Access: 3001 Ave Level of Difficulty: Easy to Intermediate A spectacular extension of Leif Erikson Park, Length: Varies Duluth’s Rose Garden offers a beautiful Level of Difficulty: Easy to Challenging PARK POINT TRAIL arrangement of more than 3,000 rose bushes Visit hartleynature.org for trail maps and Access: End of Ave and other floral delights. There’s also a fountain, program information. Length: 2 mi (one way) a marble gazebo, an herb garden and plenty of Level of Difficulty: Easy to Intermediate benches overlooking the lake. HAWK RIDGE TRAILS Access: 4000 Skyline Parkway PIEDMONT TRAIL WATERFRONT SCULPTURE WALK Length: 5 mi Access: 2225 Hutchinson Rd Offering more than beautiful lake views, Duluth’s Level of Difficulty: Easy to Challenging Length: 3.4 mi waterfront is an expression of art. A series of Visit hawkridge.org for trail maps and program prized sculptures representing the social, cultural Level of Difficulty: Easy to Challenging and historical values of Duluth and its Sister information. Cities in Vaxjo, Sweden; Thunder Bay, Ontario; Petrozavodsk, Russia; and Ohara, Japan, create an outdoor gallery of international art.

18 | VISIT DULUTH | VISITOR GUIDE WESTERN WATERFRONT TRAIL Cross Country Ski Trails Access: 72nd Ave E & Grand Ave, A Place in History Grand Ave & Pulaski St, or 63rd Ave W & north of Fremont St For more information, call the City of Duluth CLAYTON JACKSON Length: 3.2 mi Winter Ski Trail Hotline at (218) 730-4321. Or MCGHIE MEMORIAL Level of Difficulty: Easy visit duluthxc.com for ski trail maps, grooming Likenesses of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson updates and calendar of events. and Isaac McGhie are enshrined by a solemn WILLARD MUNGER STATE TRAIL memorial in , right at the (May encounter gravel sections) intersection where, in 1920, they were victims of Access: Grand Ave & 75th Ave W a lynch mob. Length: 4.5 mi (one way; Duluth miles only) Level of Difficulty: Easy Corner of 1st St. & 2nd Ave E, Downtown Duluth (218) 336-2990 | www.claytonjacksonmcghie.org Visit dnr.state.mn.us for trail maps and program information. KOREAN VETERANS MEMORIAL Dedicated on August 21, 2003, the Korean SUPERIOR HIKING TRAIL (Hiking only) Veterans Memorial honors the men and women The Superior Hiking Trail is a scenic challenging who served in the Korean conflict. Learn about 296 mile footpath from Jay Cooke State Park, Duluth’s B Company, a highly decorated group through Duluth, and along the North Shore CHESTER BOWL SKI TRAIL of local soldiers, most of whom served in com- - gorgeous views of Lake Superior, cascading (Skate/Classic) bat. The memorial is illuminated and especially waterfalls, enchanting forests. Day hike sections poignant at night. Access: 1800 E Skyline Parkway of 2-6 miles. Maps, guidebook at retail store in Length: 2.8K Two Harbors and Duluth retailers. On the Lakewalk near Lakeplace Park Access: 11 trailhead parking lots throughout the city Level of Difficulty: Advanced Length: 34.5 mi (one way; Duluth miles only) VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL Level of Difficulty: Moderate to Challenging HARTLEY SKI TRAIL Encounter history through the artifacts and Visit shta.org or call (218) 834-2700 for trail maps, (Double Tracked Classic) stories of veterans connected to northeastern condition reports and events. Access: 3001 Woodland Ave Minnesota. Created in 1909, the hall hosts more Length: 5.3K than 1,500 military and home front artifacts and Level of Difficulty: Intermediate 6,000 veteran stories, among the largest collec- MOUNTAin BIke trails tions in Minnesota.

Due to the ongoing construction of the Duluth LESTER-AMITY SKI TRAIL 506 West Michigan Street | Duluth, MN 55802 Traverse trail system, visitors are encouraged (Skate/Classic) (218) 733-7500 | www.vets-hall.org to go to www.coggs.com for current maps and Access: lower Seven Bridges Rd or trail conditions. E Superior St & Lester River Rd VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL Length: 11K/4.3K Lighted Ski Trail A tribute to the brave men and women who died Snowmobile trails Level of Difficulty: Beginner to Advanced and to those who have not yet returned, this solemn memorial offers a place of healing for For more snowmobile trail information and LESTER PARK GOLF COURSE veterans and their families. maps, visit www.snowmobiletrails.com/local.htm. (Skate/ Skijoring) On the Lakewalk near Lakeplace Park Duluth Cross Town Trail - West Section – 33 Access: 1860 Lester River Rd miles. Trail access at Hwy 23 and 131st Avenue Length: 4K RICHARD I. BONG VETERANS West or Grand Avenue and 72nd Avenue Level of Difficulty: Beginner HISTORICAL CENTER West. Maintained by Over the Hill Night Riders Named for America’s leading Ace, the Bong Snowmobile Club. MAGNEY-SNIVELY SKI TRAIL Center honors the service and sacrifices that (Skate/ Classic) ensure our freedoms. Exhibits include: rare Duluth Cross Town Trail - East Section – 2 miles Access: 9758 W Skyline Parkway P-38 Lightning WW II fighter and extraordinary Trail access at 61st Avenue East and Lester River Length: 13.2K artifacts that provide insights into the experienc- Road. Maintained by Drift Toppers Snowmobile Level of Difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced es of our veterans. Located on Highways 2 & 53 Club. near accommodations/attractions. Group tours welcome. C.J. Ramstad/North Shore State Trail - 146 PIEDMONT SKI TRAIL miles from Duluth to Grand Marais. Multiple (1K Skate/Classic; 4.5K Double Tracked Classic) 305 Harbor View Parkway P E R C trail access points; visit www.dnr.state.mn.us/ Access: 2225 Hutchinson Rd Belknap & Hwys 2/53 | Superior, WI 54880 state_trails/north_shore. Length: 1K/4.5K (715) 392-7151 | www.bvhcenter.org Level of Difficulty: Beginner to Advanced DULUTH PARKS AND RECREATION Trail maps are available at, 411 West 1st St, SPIRIT MOUNTAIN SKI TRAIL Ground Floor. (Skate/Classic; does not require a DNR Ski Pass) Access: 9758 W Skyline Parkway Length: 16.7K/1K Lighted Ski Trail For more information, call (218) 730-4300. Level of Difficulty: Beginner to Advanced For trail conditions, call (218) 730-4321. Visit spiritmt.com for maps and more info. Download trail maps: www.duluthmn.gov/parks VISITDULUTH.COM | 1-800-4-duluth 19