Parks and Other Outdoor Facilities & Calendars

The Town of Minocqua has numerous parks offering a variety of activities.


Minocqua Park Complex

Description: This 27-acre park facility sits on the former “Circle M Corral” property
Location: 10295 Highway 70 West
Amenities: 4 baseball fields with concession stand, two sand volleyball courts, playground, multi-purpose field, open green space, covered pavilion with kitchen and ADA accessible restrooms, picnic tables, grills, seasonal WiFi.


Torpy Park & Beach

Description: 4-acre waterfront park
Location: Downtown Minocqua, 705 Oneida St (Hwy 51)
Amenities: Beach, restrooms, picnic shelters, grills and tables, tennis courts, playground, sand volleyball court, parking area, seasonal concession stand, WiFi.
BEACH USERS ARE ADVISED THAT THERE ARE NO LIFEGUARDS ON DUTY.


Minocqua Ball Park

Description: Baseball field, playground, volleyball. The park also serves as the staging area for the Minocqua 4th of July Parade.
Location: 9615 Fieldstone Dr (along Highway 51 South of the bridge)
Amenities: Baseball field, playground, sand volleyball court, rest rooms.


Dorwin Park

Description: Small and tranquil urban park
Location: Downtown at 503 Flambeau St. on the grounds of the Minocqua Museum.
Amenities: Educational learning center shelter, green space with benches, planters, and walkways.

Educational Learning Center


Minocqua Winter Park

Description: Premier Midwest Nordic ski facility. Town-owned chalet, trailhead and parking lot situated within a 6,500-acre wilderness area.
Location: 7543 Squirrel Hill Rd.
Amenities:
80 kilometers of professionally groomed cross-country ski trails for both skating and diagonal, trail shelters, lighted trails, equipment rental and sales, waxing room, heated chalet with restrooms and concessions. Lift-assisted snow tubing runs,  snowshoe trail, and ice skating pond. Newly-constructed disc golf course.


Aqua Bowl

Description: This bleacher-lined facility on Lake Minocqua is the site of the longest-running amateur water ski show in the nation
Location: 415 W Park Ave.
Amenities: Rest rooms and concessions during Min-Aqua Bats Water Ski Shows.


Fishing Pier

Description: The Town of Minocqua owns and maintains this large public pier, which is a remnant portion of an earlier Highway 51 bridge
Location: 305 E. Park Ave. (adjacent to US Highway 51 bridge on Lake Minocqua).
Amenities: Lighted, handicapped accessible fishing pier, and non-accessible dock for 5 boats, 11 public parking spaces, hand railings with slots for wheelchair accessible fishing, over 4,000 square feet of deck on the pier, section of decking that is wheelchair friendly.


Cedar Park

Description: Half-acre wooded shoreline park
Location: 560 Cedar St. (east of the Schoolhouse Bay boat landing on Lake Minocqua).
Amenities: This park has landscaping, a walkway down the slope to the lake, a picnic table, grill, and pier for fishing and docking.


Bearskin Trailhead Park

Description: Trailhead for the Bearskin State Trail
Location: 615 Bearskin Way (downtown Minocqua behind the U.S. Post Office).
Amenities: Interpretive trailhead, bicycling, snowmobiling, educational learning center, picnic tables, ADA  accessible restrooms, information board.


Veterans Park

Description: Small urban park in central downtown
Location: 230 W. Front St. (downtown Minocqua)
Amenities: Year-round ADA accessible restrooms, green space with benches, veterans memorial, pavilion, picnic table, bicycle rack, vending machine, informational display, WiFi.

Pavilion, picninc table Vending machine, food Restoroom-men-women wheelchair access Information Parking WiFi


Other Recreational Facilities & Resources

Below are additional recreational facilities and other resources.


Schlecht Lake Ski Trail

Description: This WDNR maintained 10km trail has 3 km lit for night skiing in winter, and is available for hiking in summer. This trail’s natural grassy knolls wind around three lakes and through hardwood forests, making it a spectacular sight in the fall.
Location: 7667 Leary Rd. (just south of downtown Minocqua).
Amenities: 10km trail has 3 km lit for night skiing in winter and available for hiking in summer.


Minocqua Gun Club

Description: Minocqua Gun Club is a not-for-profit, public shooting facility.
Location: 7877 Gun Club Rd., 1.5 miles south of the bridge on Hwy 51 on Gun Club Road
Amenities: Remodeled clubhouse, four trap fields, skeet range, sporting clays, wobble trap, double birds.


Minocqua Museum

Description: Minocqua Museum features displays of Minocqua’s early days and the people who made a difference in the history of our community. Open 10 am – 4pm, Early June to Labor Day
Location: 503 Flambeau St., Minocqua, WI 54548
Amenities: Educational learning center

Educational Learning Center Parking wheelchair access


Lakeland Ice Arena

Description: The Lakeland Hawks Ice Arena is a non-profit skating facility that supports the development of skating among people of all ages and abilities. The Arena offers various programs for youth to adults including hockey leagues, open skating, figure skating, and learn to skate programs. A new outdoor ice rink has recently been added to the facility.
Location: 7961 Old Highway 51
Amenities: Indoor ice arena, outdoor ice rink

Hockey Ice skating


Lakeland Area Dog Park

Description: Lakeland Area Dog Park is a 1.65 acre fully fenced dog park. There is a separate area for small and large dogs. The Park gets heavy usage. Approximately 10 parking spaces. Please refrain from parking on the street.
Location: 9863 Plaza Drive, Minocqua, WI.
Amenities: Parking

Dog Facility Parking


Events in August 2023

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
July 30, 2023(1 event)



Baseball Tournament

All Day -

July 31, 2023
August 1, 2023(1 event)



Zumba

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

August 2, 2023
August 3, 2023(2 events)



Reserved Pavilion - Thomas

All Day -



Band Concert

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

August 4, 2023
August 5, 2023
August 6, 2023(1 event)



Pavilion - Eaglebrook Church

All Day -

Outdoor church service. For more information contact Carol Warden at carol.warden@gmail.com.

August 7, 2023
August 8, 2023(1 event)



Zumba

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

August 9, 2023
August 10, 2023(3 events)



Reserved Pavilion - Wiggle, Giggle, & Shake

9:45 am - 11:15 am

Children's Wisconsin staff will offer Wiggle, Giggle, and Shake at 10:00 a.m. Children ages 0-4 and their caregivers are invited to sing, dance and play. Program will be held outside (under the pavilion in case of rain). For more information contact the Minocqua Public Library at (715) 356-4437.



Band Concert

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm



Family Movie Night In The Park - Monsters Inc.

7:45 pm - 9:45 pm

Family friendly movie outdoor under the new pavilion sponsored by the Lakeland Retirement Foundation. Free will offering for donations. Contact Michael Heppe at mheppe@frontier.net for more information.

August 11, 2023
August 12, 2023(2 events)



Reserved Pavilion - Rockwood Country Club

All Day -



"Let's Dive-In" Movie - Dirty Dancing

5:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Let's Dive-In to Lake Minocqua for an evening showing of Dirty Dancing on our 23' movie screen set up on the banks of Lake Minocqua at Torpy Park facing the lake. Watch this classic movie in a truly unique way - choose your seats on land, floating in the water, or from your boat. Pre-show Beach Party begins at 5:30 pm, the program starts at 7:45 pm, and the movie begins at 8:30 pm. All tickets are $12 per person and can be ordered at https://www.minocqua.org/events/annual-events/dive-in/. For more information call the Let's Minocqua Visitors Bureau at (715) 356-5266.

August 13, 2023
August 14, 2023(1 event)



Reserved Pavilion - Pastime Club

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

August 15, 2023(1 event)



Zumba

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

August 16, 2023
August 17, 2023(2 events)



Band Concert

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm



Family Movie Night In The Park - Shrek

7:45 pm - 9:45 pm

Family friendly movie outdoor under the new pavilion sponsored by the Lakeland Retirement Foundation. Free will offering for donations. Contact Michael Heppe at mheppe@frontier.net for more information.

August 18, 2023(2 events)



Dragon Boat Festival

All Day -



Reserved Pavilion - Yunk

All Day -

August 19, 2023(2 events)



Dragon Boat Festival

All Day -



Reserved Pavilion - Karau

All Day -

August 20, 2023(2 events)



MIBA "Party In The Park"

All Day -

Minocqua Island Business Association "Party In The Park" and free concert.



Reserved Pavilion - Gwidt

All Day -

August 21, 2023
August 22, 2023(1 event)



Zumba

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

August 23, 2023
August 24, 2023
August 25, 2023(1 event)



Reserved Pavilion - Kuchler

All Day - 1:00 am

August 26, 2023(1 event)



Reserved Pavilion - Kuchler

All Day - 1:00 am

August 27, 2023(1 event)



Reserved Pavilion - Northwoods UU Fellowship

All Day -

Ceremony to present annual MLK Humanitarian Award

August 28, 2023
August 29, 2023(1 event)



Zumba

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

August 30, 2023
August 31, 2023(1 event)



Reserved Pavilion - TOPS

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

September 1, 2023
September 2, 2023(1 event)



MKLPA Pig Roast

All Day -