Recreation in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Recreation Areas

Anoka County Riverfront Park 763-757-3920
5100 River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55432
This park offers opportunities for biking, a boat launch, canoeing, fishing, hiking, picnicking, and cross-country skiing. more info map
Bunker Hills Regional Park 763-757-3920
2038 Foley Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN 55304
Bunker Hills Regional Park features a wave pool, a play area, and facilities for archery, biking, camping, golfing, hiking, horseback riding, picnicking, swimming, and... more info
Elm Creek Park Reserve 763-694-7894
12400 Elm Creek Park Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55369
Summer activities include hiking and biking trails, a chlorinated upland swimming pond, massive children’s play area, picnic pavilions and picnicking sites, an archery... more info
Midwest Mountaineering 612-339-3433
309 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454
Summer activities at this park include canoeing, kayaking, backpacking, camping, hiking, and climbing; winter activities include cross country skiing, ski skating, snow... more info map
National Sports Center 763-785-5601
1700 105th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55449
The National Sports Center features an indoor sports hall, a twelve-thousand-seat outdoor stadium, four sheets of Olympic-sized ice, and an eighteen-hole putting course... more info map

Spirit Dance Coaching 612-823-7022
3808 Pillsbury Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55409
Lynn Baskfield has been doing equine guided coaching for over 10 years and she is recognized worldwide. She is expert in teaching about the Wisdom Horse Equine Guided... more info

Kate Haven Golf Course 763-786-2945
8791 Lexington Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55014
This public nine-hole executive par-thirty golf course offers rolling hills and water hazards. more info map
Rush Creek Golf Club 763-494-8844
7801 County Road 101, Minneapolis, MN 55311
This championship eighteen-hole golf course features a driving range and putting greens, and also offers an on-site pub and restaurant. more info map
Sundance Golf and Bowl 763-420-4700
15240 113th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55369
Sundance Golf and Bowl features a regulation eighteen-hole golf course, while also offering a twenty four lane bowling alley, as well as banquet facilities. more info map
Tournament Greens 763-785-5643
1700 105th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55449
Designed by the PGA Tour, this eighteen-hole putting course of real bent grass greens presents a challenge to even the lowest of handicaps. more info map

Wilderness Inquiry 612-676-9400
808 Fourteenth Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Wilderness Inquiry provides day and overnight wilderness canoe, kayak and rafting trips, as well as dog sled and horse pack adventures; equipment and food are provided. more info map

Columbia Ice Arena 763-571-6701
7011 University Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55432
This arena consists of two ice rinks that are available for hockey, figure skating and public ice skating; the movie, "Mighty Ducks", was filmed at this facility. more info map
Depot Skating Rink, The 612-339-2253
203 Fifth Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55401
The Depot Skating Rink is a seasonal climate controlled indoor figure skating rink, with special lighting and a high quality sound system. Open figure skating is... more info map
Schwan's Super Rink 763-785-3687
1700 105th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55449
This state-of-the-art facility is the largest ice arena of its kind in the world, and is the only arena with four Olympic sheets of ice under one roof; the facility is... more info map

Hyland-Bush-Anderson Park Reserve 952-941-4362
10145 Bush Lake Road, Minneapolis, MN 55438
This recreation area offers an eleven mile skiing trail that runs through both hilly and flat lands, as well as through woods and an open meadow that surrounds a lake;... more info map
Theodore Wirth Regional Park 612-522-4584
1301 Theodore Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55422
The Theodore Wirth Regional Park features an eight mile ski trail that runs through open parkland and woods, with most of the trails being at an intermediate level; the... more info map

Bunker Hills Wave Pool 763-767-2895
1038 Parkway Road, Minneapolis, MN 55304
This twenty-five-thousand-square-foot pool offers fun for the entire family, with waves generated every five seconds for fifteen minutes, followed by a ten minute rest... more info
Tropics Indoor Water Park 651-490-4700
4580 Victoria Street, Minneapolis, MN 55126
This water park is the home of the metro's largest and most exciting indoor water slide, and features a two-hundred-ten-foot twisting water slide and more; one may also... more info map