- TripBuzz found 37 things to do with kids in or near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, including 26 fun activities for kids in nearby cities within 25 miles like Sheboygan, Two Rivers and Kohler.
- From Lincoln Park Zoo to Willie Bee Charters, the Manitowoc area offers 50 different types of family activities, including: Movie Theaters, Bowling, Zoos and History Museums.
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin is located at the mouth of the self-named Manitowoc River on Lake Michigan. This populous city boasts over 30,000 residents in an area of 18 square miles, making for an energized community environment. The city is the center for several entertainment houses, centers, and museums, working within the city to emphasize its history and culture.
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A 1300 acre protected area, Woodland Dunes Nature Preserve is a sanctuary for animals as well as a recreation destination. Activities vary seasonally, including snowshoeing and skiing in winter and particularly good bird watching in spring.
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The paved 5.5 Mariners Trail runs along the shore of Lake Michigan connecting Manitowoc with Two Rivers, and visitors can continue with the Rawley Point Trail, a seven-mile trip through Two Rivers and Point Beach State Forest. Together the Mariners Trail & Rawley Point Bike Trails is 12.5 miles long.
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Featuring horror themed rooms, Splatter Haus is a haunted house during the Halloween season that visitors can explore. The house has actors dressed up in costume that are ready to scare visitors around every corner.
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Visitors can view a variety of farm equipment and other artifacts on display that represent the local rural farm heritage at the Historic Farm Museum. The museum features antique tractors, vintage tools, and room displays from an early 1900's farmhouse.
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The Hamilton Wood Type Museum contains over 1.5 million pieces of wood type in over 1,000 styles and sizes with many pieces produced by the Hamilton Company. The museum also contains 1920s to 1970s advertising cuts and rare specimen catalogs.
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Constructed in 1850, the Historic Washington House was a German immigrants hotel with most of the occupants working at the nearby sawmills. Known as the birthplace of the ice cream sundae, the museum serves over 18 different flavors, and visitors can tour 10 rooms with historic displays of early businesses.
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At the Rogers Street Fishing Village, visitors can tour five historic buildings. Visitors can see a 1936 wooden fishing tug BUDDY O, fishing sheds, an antique Kahlenberg Marine Oil Engine, Great Lakes Coast Guard Shipwrecks exhibit and climb the 1886 Two Rivers' North Pier Lighthouse.
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Neshotah Park is a Lake Michigan beach park that is open to the public. The park features sandy shores, walking and biking trails, picnic areas and volleyball nets.
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The 3,000 acre Point Beach State Forest offers visitors the chance to camp. Visitors can also hike on 17 miles of trails, bike on 5 miles of trail, enjoy 6 miles of sandy beachfront, explore the Rawley Point Lighthouse, fish in Lake Michigan, hunt, trap, snowmobile, and ski.
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This 36-hole golf course has two PGA Championship courses, a clubhouse, pro-shop and a high end restaurant. Golf packages, special event rentals, and instruction are also available.