Green Bay sits on the Fox River where it meets the bay: a free wildlife sanctuary, a river boardwalk, a football stadium, and Door County an hour north.
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Photo: Downtown Green Bay and the CityDeck along the Fox River, Chris Rand, CC BY-SA 4.0
Green Bay grew where the Fox River reaches the bay of the same name. Downtown, the CityDeck follows the river. A few minutes east, Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary is a large urban refuge that official city pages say is free and open year-round, with several miles of trails.
Lambeau Field, the Packers' stadium, is a pilgrimage for some visitors and a landmark for everyone else. The National Railroad Museum holds locomotives under a big pavilion. An hour up the peninsula, Door County's harbours and state parks begin.
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Trails, lookouts, waterfalls, beaches and time on the water come first.
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Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
A 535-acre urban wildlife refuge with a nature center, an observation building and nearly five miles of free walking, hiking and ski trails. Official city pages say it is open year-round and free of charge.
Season Official pages say the sanctuary is open year-round and free. Fall and winter hours, from the Tuesday after Labor Day through the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, were listed as 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. for the nature center, observation building and trails, and 9 a.m.–4 p.m. for the Woodland Building, with longer spring and summer hours. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (check before you go).
Nearly five miles of free trails at the wildlife sanctuary. Official pages listed hiking-trail hours as 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. in both the fall/winter and spring/summer schedules; confirm before you go. Visitors bring their own skis in winter.
Season Official pages listed hiking-trail hours as 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. in both seasonal schedules (check before you go).
A small waterfall in a county park east of town, pretty in any season and striking when it ices over. Confirm current access on the Brown County Parks site.
Season A county park; confirm current access on the Brown County Parks site (check before you go).
A city amusement park on the bay. Official pages say parking and admission are free; you pay for ride tickets. Hours change through the 2026 season; confirm the current calendar before you go.
Season Seasonal. Official pages said 2026 hours change through the season; confirm the current calendar (check before you go).
The Green Bay Packers' stadium, with an atrium, the Packers Hall of Fame and stadium tours on the official site. Confirm current tour and hall hours before you go.
Season Stadium tours and the Packers Hall of Fame have their own hours; confirm on the official Lambeau Field site (check before you go).
Locomotives, cars and indoor and outdoor exhibits, with seasonal train rides. Official pages listed hours as 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday–Saturday, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Tuesday, and 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday; confirm before you go.
Season Official pages listed 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday–Saturday, 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Tuesday, and 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday (check before you go).
Outdoor gardens open year-round. Official pages say hours change with the season and that admission is ticketed, with some free days; confirm current hours and tickets.
Season Official pages say the garden is open year-round, with hours that change by season (check before you go).
A historical park of relocated buildings. Official pages listed current hours, when they were read on 12 November 2026, as Tuesday–Friday 10 a.m.–4 p.m., with the grounds open for walking and buildings closed Saturday–Monday; confirm before you go.
Season Official pages listed current hours, when they were read on 12 November 2026, as Tuesday–Friday 10 a.m.–4 p.m., with the grounds open for walking and buildings closed Saturday–Monday (check before you go).
Tourism: greenbay.com is the official visitor site.
Wildlife Sanctuary hours: Official city pages list fall and winter hours, from the Tuesday after Labor Day through the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, as 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. for the nature center, observation building and hiking trails, and 9 a.m.–4 p.m. for the Woodland Building, with longer spring and summer hours. The sanctuary is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Confirm current hours before you go.
We list only places we can check against an official source. Hours, seasons and prices change, so confirm before you go.
Photos on this page
Photo: Downtown Green Bay and the CityDeck along the Fox River, Chris Rand, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Wequiock Falls, a short drive from downtown Green Bay, Yinan Chen, CC BY 3.0
