Lakewalk, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
The Duluth Lakewalk is one of the most scenic walking and biking paths around Lake Superior. It offers great vistas of the big lake, attractively maintained parks and gardens, beaches for wading and rock picking, and a unique blend of separation from the noise and busyness of an urban area coupled with easy access to some of its benefits: shopping, dining, pubs, ice cream parlors, etc.
The Duluth Lakewalk begins (or ends!) at the Bayfront Park Pavillion, pictured below. At this point it technically is a river walk, as the adjacent body of water is the mouth of the St. Louis River which formally empties into Lake Superior as it passes under the Aerial Lift bridge.
The walk is more than 3 miles long, beginning at Bayfront Park, running through Leif Erickson park near the Rose Garden and eventually connecting with London Road on the northeast side of town. The lakewalk accomodates bikers, rollerbladers, runners and walkers.The boardwalk is for walkers, the pavement for bikers, rollerbladers, and runners.
Take a stroll along the shores of the greatest of the Great Lakes. Start your tour in Canal Park in the shadow of the Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth’s most famous landmark, and watch for ships, including thousand-foot freighters, as they glide through the harbor.
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