Silver Creek Park Beach
Manitowoc, WI
Silver Creek Park is a 72 acre city park on the south edge of Manitowoc, where Silver Creek winds through wooded hills to Lake Michigan. A 36-hole disc golf course runs through the park and past its beaches, including a signature hole on a point surrounded by water on three sides. The shoreline here is quieter and wilder than Red Arrow Beach up the road.
A wooded, rolling lakefront park with a great disc golf course, though the beach itself is secondary.
How we score beachesPlay the disc golf course and stop at the beach mid-round. Hole 22, with the lighted mini lighthouse, sits right on the lake.
Parking at Silver Creek Park.
Park roads and paths lead toward the lakeshore; the terrain is rolling and wooded.
Summer brings picnickers to the creekside areas. In winter the park's hills become a sledding and winter sports area.
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