Wausau Whitewater Park — Attraction in Wausau

The Wausau Whitewater park is an outstanding chance to hone your skills when the local, natural runs are too tame. Be sure to check the website to verify dates the recreational releases. There are at least a couple of weekends during the summer that are reserved for disabled veterans (really an amazing event - how often do you see paddlers who are blind or that require adaptive kayaks? Awesome!) and a competitive event, but elsewise they usually do a release at least every other weekend. The course is a series of drops which scale from flat water (at the bottom) to a fun boof over the sluice gate from the reservoir (please see the best photo I have ever had taken of me). The rapids are a lot of fun and offer something for all but the most advanced paddlers. The total course is around 1/3 of a mile from top to bottom, so it is easily walkable with a kayak in tow. Though, if you plan on doing it repeatedly, you might want some transport or you might get a little worn out. All in all, it is a gem of a spot in a prototypical Midwestern town that is worth checking out. (Now, if you are planning on going over the dam and not very experienced, I highly recommend a full-face helmet. Simply trust me on this, please...) I hope to see you...

Nice little place to walk around around or even go kayaking or canoeing if the dam is open with many places to launch your boat as well as random events with different clubs down there, also there is a nice path that goes up the river quite a ways with a place to grab ice cream upstream from there and multiple spots to rest and enjoy the sights along the riverfront there is also a farmer's market on Wednesdays and Saturdays long this route and a few sculptures near by including a peice one near the road, a large steel one upstream a bit, and near the farmer's market area a little memorial for people from a industrial accident in 94, and being near downtown it's worth a look if you're in the area and want to stretch...

Lovely park with some of the best WW features in the country. I hadn’t been back in ~ 10 years, and they’ve made some nice additions to the park and the river. The new riverfront walking path is particularly nice. Love that there are lessons and lots of new boaters taking part in the fun.

My only quibble would be that almost all of the river features are holes, albeit of various intensities, rather than a mix of holes and green waves. I think adding green waves would be nice bc they are fun with longer boats, and also more user friendly for beginners while they learn boat control...