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Recreation


ATHLETIC FIELDS & ICE RINK
BEACHES
MARINA
SAILING
TENNIS
TRAILS
 

 

ATHLETIC FIELDS & ice rink

  • Softball Field
  • Baseball Field
  • Little League Field
  • Ice Rinks & Warming House:  (715) 373-6303
    • Pavillion
    • Rest Room
2023 Ice Rink Warming House Schedule
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The Washburn Athletic Field Complex located at 3rd Avenue East and Memorial Park Drive, consists of three ball fields, one for regulation Little League, High School Baseball, and softball. The park, provides off- street parking lots accessible from 3rd Avenue East.

The park consists of a pavilion building consisting of a covered picnic area, concession stand and rest rooms that are opened when a responsible party makes arrangements for the use the facility. The Athletic Field Complex hosts two winter skating rinks and a warming house.

Improvements at the park have been funded by the efforts of the community, generous contributions from current and former community residents, the Stewardship Fund of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and in kind services of many local contractors and residents.
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Reservation of the fields for league play or tournaments, pavilion, and winter ice rinks may be made by contacting City Hall at (715) 373-6160.

 
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Beaches

Beaches are big part of our community. Click the locator tags to get more information. Brown tags are beaches, blue tags are artesian water wells.

PUBLIC MARINA & SHIP STORE

Click here to go to the Marina's page.

 
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SAILING

North Coast Community Sailing (NCCS) is a small boat learn-to-sail classes for youth.  This is a program of the Bayfield Recreation & Fitness Resources Center with offers week-long classes at Thompson's West End Park.  Come learn the basics of sailing, including rigging, terminology, points of sail, boat handling, knot tying, and general seamanship.
For more information go to: North Coast Community Sailing

 
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Tennis Courts

  • East Side Tennis Courts
  • Hillside Tennis Courts
Constructed in 1974, the East Side Tennis Courts are located on East Third Street adjacent to Autumn Manner, a public housing facility of the Washburn Housing Authority. The two lighted courts are heavily utilized by the community and home of the Washburn Tennis Association. WTA, a member of the United States Tennis Association, provides summer lessons at the East Side Tennis Courts. A hitting board, constructed through the generous assistance of community contributions and grants written by the Tennis Association complete the development of the courts.

For updated information on tennis programs, check for flyers at the city tennis courts or contact us:

Washburn Tennis Association
Email: jeffreyjswiston-at-centurytel-dot-net

 
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Trails

SNOWMOBILE/ATV TRAIL
 The City of Washburn purchased the majority of the former Chicago and Northwestern Railroad right-of-way within the City when the railroad abandoned service to the area in 1983. The right-of-way under municipal ownership has been converted into an off-road snowmobile and ATV trail. This municipal trail extends from the vicinity of Memorial Park to the 10th Avenue West and provides a link between the City's hospitality industry (lodging, restaurants, and gas stations) and the Tri-Corridor Trail to the south and the 13 Corridor Trail to the west.
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The trail also connects with the several snowmobile and ATV routes along municipal streets that provide residents access to the larger regional trail system. 
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WASHBURN LAKEFRONT PARKWAY AND WALKING TRAIL
A shoreline corridor extending from Thompson's West End Park and Campground to the City's Athletic Fields. The parkway weaves among the beaches and bluffs of the lakefront. The trail consists of a walking path of limestone screenings with resting benches occasionally placed along the route.

The western portion of the trail has been made ADA accessible with the assistance of a Coastal Management Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Administration. The grant provided for widening of the path and the bridging of several ravines. Users of the eastern portion of the trail will still encounter steps to traverse the remaining ravines and descend the lakeside bluff to the marina.

Visitors to the trail will be taken on a trip into Washburn's past with numerous informational signs describing the community's former waterfront industries and activities.   Access to the trail may be obtained and parking available at the trail ends along 6th Avenue West, the foot of Washington Avenue, Marina Drive and Central Avenue.   

In 2002, the City participated with the Wisconsin Historical Society in a Maritime Trails program.  The result being additional signage placed along the pathway describing the City's association with maritime industries.  In 2019, City Council designated the Lakeshore Walking Trail a historical site.
The Parks Committee recently updated the management plan for Lakeshore Parkway & Walking Trail addressing invasive plants and improving the ecological conditions of the area.

Beginning in 2020, the City will be removing invasive species and restore habitats once these invasive plants are under control.

This project will take several years, with the goal of returning the area to native plants which is important for wildlife and pollinators.
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Washburn Lakeshore Land Management Plan
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WASHBURN SCHOOL FOREST
The Washburn School Forest and Environmental Education Center adjoins the Washburn City limits at the north end of 8th Avenue West. The property is heavily wooded, contains a classroom building along with hiking, snow shoeing and Nordic ski trails.
​AREA HIKING & BIKING TRAILS

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