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Sylvania Parks and Forestry

Sylvania Parks
The City Forester is Art Landseadel, L.A.

Park

Description and Location

Addington Park Neighborhood open space park. Located on Addington Lane.  .33 Acres
Burnham Park Passive park with picnic area, grills, shelter house, Plummer Pool, tot lot, bandstand Music -in-the-Park series, senior citizen recreation proghams.  Located between Maplewood Avenue and Erie Street.  3 acres
Centennial Farms Park Open game field for Centennial Farms residents. Located on Timothy Lane at Centennial Road. 1.72 acres
Centennial Terrace and Quarry Swimming area, water slide, dance floor.   Located at corner of Centennial Rd. and Erie St.  30 acres.  30 acres
Fossil Park Olander Park System operation; Passive quarry for fossiling, Paleontology studies, and picnic areas.  Located off Centennial Road near Sylvania-Metamora Road.  Call (419) 882-8313 for open hours. 10 acres
Harroun Community Park Nature preserve with trails bordering Ottawa River Shelter. Located on Main Street just south of the river at rear of St. Joseph's Church parking lot.   26.67 acres
Clayton Fischer Park Active park with ball field, children's play equipment, picnic area and skating circle.  Located between Marshall and Carter Road.   3.55 acres
Maplewood Square Park Passive park with gazebo seating and downtown floral display. Located at Maplewood and Main. .08 acres
Veterans Memorial Park Active park with four baseball fields,  course for exercise run, and space for soccer. Sylvania's Memorial Grove of trees and Veterans Memorial are the centerpieces of this park. Located at the end of Garden Park Road.  19.37 acres
Memorial Grove at Veterans Memorial Park Memorial Tree Grove was established to accommodate those who wish to memorialize Sylvanians who have served our city and country. The Division established and maintains this area of reverent reflection which includes memorial trees, and bronze plaques.  4.0 acres
Museum Garden Park Sylvania Historical Museum Formal Garden.   Located at 5717 North Main Street.  2.04 acres
Olander Park The Olander Park System operation; with thirty acre lake, water sports, picnic areas and shelter lodge. Located at 6930 Sylvania Avenue.  60 acres
Pacesetter Park Soccer and ball fields. Located at 8601 Sylvania-Metamora Road.  80 acres
River Centre Park Formal feature park located at the corner of Main and Monroe Streets. .3acres
David E. Richards Park Passive: naturalistic woodlands along Ten Mile Creek. Located on Sun Valley at Bridge.  14.50 acres
James E. Seney Triangle Park Landscaped show park with flowers and Triad of Trees public art sculpture. Located at Alexis Road and Monroe Street.  1.10 acres
Whetstone Park Olander Park System operation; picnic, shelter and playground area.  Located at Twain Drive and McGregor Lane.
Street Trees One of Sylvania's most important environmental programs involves the planting and maintenance of our street trees. Each year hundreds of trees a planted along Sylvania's thoroughfares. At the beginning of 1995, Sylvania had six thousand seven hundred forty-nine trees lining its streets.
Heritage Trees Sylvania is blessed with many large oak and maple trees that are over two hundred years old. The Division undertakes special efforts to preserve these trees, where ever they are located, because of their important to our natural heritage.  Our largest tree is a Bur Oak on the front lawn if the Administration Building at 6730 Monroe Street.
Tree City USA Designation Sylvania, the City of Trees, has been honored for 25 years as a Tree City USA. This coveted national award is given to only a handful of cities in America that have demonstrated both the ability to care for their existing trees, and a commitment to expand their City forest of 7341 trees.
Arbor Day Celebration Each year the Division sponsors an Arbor day program. Students from Sylvania Schools are invited to attend the festivities and to help in planting a large tree. The program allows the participants to focus on the importance of trees and their tie to our well being. 


To obtain more information about Sylvania's parks you may contact the Division of Parks & Forestry in the following ways.

 

E-mail Addressed To:
city.parks@sev.org

Regular Mail Addressed To:
City of Sylvania
Division of Parks and Forestry
8425 Sylvania-Metamora Road
Sylvania, Ohio 43560

Telephone:
(419) 885-8992

Facsimile Transmission To:
(419) 882-4817

 

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