Green Bay
Green Bay is a city in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat.
Green Bay is a city in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Green Bay inlet at the mouth of the Fox River on Lake Michigan. With a population of 107,395 at the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in Wisconsin and third-most populous city on Lake Michigan. The Green Bay metropolitan area has an estimated 335,000 residents.
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Worth seeing in and around Green Bay
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the north central United States, located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The home field of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League, it opened 69 years ago in 1957 as City Stadium, replacing the original City Stadium at East High School as the Packers' home field.
3.9 km · outdoor football stadium located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA · Wikipedia - 02Diocese of Green Bay
The Diocese of Green Bay is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the northeast region of Wisconsin in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
0 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 03University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay is a public university in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1965, it is part of the University of Wisconsin System.
7.8 km · public university in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. · Wikipedia - 04Resch Center
The Resch Center is a 10,200-seat multi-purpose arena, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States built in 2002. It is the home of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team, the Green Bay Gamblers ice hockey team, and the Green Bay Blizzard indoor football team.
3.5 km · arena located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 05National Railroad Museum
The National Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1956 by community volunteers, the National Railroad Museum is one of the oldest and largest U.S. institutions dedicated to preserving and interpreting the nation's railroad history.
4.2 km · railroad museum in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 06St. Norbert College
St. Norbert College is a private Norbertine liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin, United States.
8.6 km · private Catholic liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 07Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
The Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary is a 600-acre municipal urban wildlife refuge. It is the largest park in the Green Bay, Wisconsin Park system and home to the second largest wildlife rehabilitation program in Wisconsin.
3.7 km · park in Green Bay, United States of America · Wikipedia - 08Bay Beach Amusement Park
Bay Beach Amusement Park is a municipal amusement park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The park contains rides, concessions, and a multi-purpose pavilion.
3.4 km · Public amusement park in Green Bay, Wisconsin · Wikipedia - 09Grassy Island Range Lights
The Grassy Island Range Lights are a pair of lighthouses originally established to guide traffic through the channel into the harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. They were deactivated and moved ashore as part of a channel-widening project.
2.7 km · lighthouse in Wisconsin, United States · Wikipedia - 10Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge
The Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge is a bridge on the north side of Green Bay, Wisconsin. It carries Interstate 43 over the Fox River just south of its mouth into Green Bay.
2.3 km · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Lambeau Field
Home stadium of the American Football Green Bay Packers also features a tour of the stadium and the Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame (HOF), featuring exhibits of team history.
- 02Neville Public Museum
Sun noon-5PM, closed Mon, Tue noon-8PM, Wed-Sat 9AM-5PM.
- 03National Railroad Museum
This sprawling museum has dozens of train engines and cars on display outdoors and in hangars, plus a model railroad in the Children's Depot, a short train ride, and an observation tower.
- 04Heritage Hill State Historical Park
- 05Green Bay Botanical Garden
2600 Larsen Rd,.
- 06Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral
139 S Madison St,.
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Things to do
- 01Bay Beach Amusement Park
A park featuring carnival rides and a roller coaster along the bay of Green Bay.
- 02Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
A park focused on providing the opportunity to learn about and interact with wildlife.
- 03NEW Zoo
Take a walk on the wild side and visit the many animals of the zoo.
- 04Packers Training Camp
During the late summer before the start of the NFL regular season, the Green Bay Packers practice on outdoor fields across from Lambeau Field (weather permitting).
- 05Green Bay Phoenix
The sports teams of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay are also popular in the area, especially the men's and women's basketball teams (the school has no football team).
- 06The Weidner
Weidner Center for the Performing Arts), 2420 Nicolet Dr, weidnertickets@uwgb.edu.
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Where to eat
The Pancake Place, 143 S Military Ave,. Lots of pancake options, huge omelets, piles of hash brown skillets, and a full lunch/dinner menu ~$8. Kavarna Coffehouse, 143 North Broadway,. Hands down best vegetarian food in the Greater Green Bay Area. Good coffee, local microbrews, and also a great place to find leads into other Green Bay/Wisconsin gems that you wouldn't find unless you met the right folks. ~$10.
- 01Fox Harbor Pub and Grill
Sandwiches, wings, burgers, pizza, and seafood in 1896 Fetterman Hotel building along Fox River Trail.
- 02Cheesesteak Rebellion
A Star Wars themed restaurant that serves cheesesteaks, cheese curds and other classic Wisconsin bar fare.
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Getting to Green Bay
- Airports
- General Mitchell (MKE), 174 km · Gerald R. Ford (GRR), 270 km · Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 282 km
- Stations
- Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport, 9.6 km
- Milwaukee → Green Bay165 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · $15–21
- Chicago → Green Bay298 km · quickest by road, 5h 6m · $27–37
- Grand Rapids → Green Bay256 km · quickest by road, 9h 14m · $49–65
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Green Bay
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Green Bay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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