A Guide to City Parks in Vancouver, Washington

Vancouver is a beautiful city located on the north bank of the Columbia River. It is the fourth largest city in the state of Washington. Vancouver has more than 100 city parks. Here is a brief description of some of them which are popular among the residents of Vancouver.

Esther Short Park

This wonderful park is located at the heart of the city. Established in 1853, it is the oldest public square in the state of Washington. The Salmon Run Bell Tower and the bronze statue of "The Pioneer Mother" are some attractions of this park. The park is famous for its summer concerts and movies.

Esther Short Park

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Cherry Neighborhood Park

This 3-acre park is located in the Battle Ground Area. It offers many facilities like playground, basketball court (half), benches, open lawn area and walking trail (0.2 miles). There is no entree fee. The beautiful park is open from 7 a.m. to dusk. It is definitely a great place to spend time with children.

Bagley Park

This beautiful park is located in Bagley Downs Neighborhood, just east of the Jim Parsley Center. This 16.20 acre park offers many facilities like picnic tables, ball fields, play equipment, restroom, benches and paved walkway. There is no entry fee. The park is open from 7 a.m. to dusk.

Bella Vista Park

This popular park is located in the Bella Vista Neighborhood. This 5.32 acre park offers many facilities like paved walkway, play equipment, sports court and picnic table. There is no entry fee. This park is famous for its beautiful landscape. The park is open from 7 a.m. to dusk.

Arnada Park

This beautiful park is located in the Arnada Neighborhood, one of the popular parks in Vancouver area. This 3 acre park offers many facilities like sports court, picnic shelter, open lawn area, play equipment, benches and paved loop walkway. The park is open from 7 a.m. to dusk. There is no entry fee.

Marine Park

This beautiful park offers many facilities like hiking trails, picnic tables, play equipment, boat ramps, ball field, picnic shelters and rest room. This 26 acre park is open from 7 a.m. to dusk. There is no entry fee, but you have to pay for the boat launch.

Wildwood Park

This park offers facilities like picnic tables, play equipment and open lawn area. There is no entry fee. This 3.23 acre park is open from 7 a.m. to dusk. This is one of the beautiful parks in vancouver WA.

Wintler Community Park

Located at 6225 SE Beach Dr, Vancouver, WA 98661, USA, the Wintler Community Park is a neat little park with a beautiful beach. It is well-known for its amazing walk and promenade.

Frenchman's Bar Regional Park

This is one of the parks in vancouver WA for weddings. It is one of the parks in vancouver WA with water features.

Leverich Park

Located along Burnt Bridge Creek, the Leverich Park covers an area of 33 acres. Here you will find picnic areas, hiking trails, a disc golf course and much more. It is a nice park to visit with your family.

Biddlewood Park, Clark College Park, Carter Park, Clearmeadows Park, Centerpointe Park, Franklin Park, Fir Garden Park, David Douglas Park, John Ball Park, First Place Park, Marshall Community Park, Meadow Homes Park, Oakbrook Park, Van Fleet Park, Liberty Park, Old Apple Tree Park, Raspberry Fields Park and Tiger Tree Neighborhood Park are other popular parks in Vancouver.

5 Superb National and State Parks in Washington

Sl No	Name
1	Olympic National Park
2	North Cascades National Park
3	Mount Rainier National Park
4	Flaming Geyser State Park
5	Cape Disappoint State Park

The more successfully a city mingles everyday diversity of uses and users in its everyday streets, the more successfully, casually (and economically) its people thereby enliven and support well-located parks that can thus give back grace and delight to their neighborhoods instead of vacuity.

— Jane Jacobs

Places to Visit Near Bengaluru

If you have explored various tourist attractions in Bangalore, here are five amazing places around Bangalore.

Mysuru

Located around 140 kilometers from Bangalore, this beautiful city is the cultural capital of Karnataka. Mysuru charms you with its palaces, heritage buildings, gardens, temples, lakes, traditions and much more.

B R Hills

This hill range is located in Southeast Karnataka. The region, which is a protected reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, is known as Biligiriranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary. This tiger reserve houses ecosystems that are unique.

Ramanagara

Located around 50 km from Bangalore, Ramanagara is in Bangalore-Mysore highway. Lord Rama is supposed to have visited this place during his vanavasa and stayed on one hill, which is today known as Ramadevara Betta.

The town is well-known for its granite outcrops. It offers many opportunities for rock climbing. This region features, among other flora and fauna, sloth bear and long billed vulture.

Mekedatu

River Arkavati merges with River Kaveri in Sangama. From this location, around 3.5 kilometers downstream, the river Kaveri flows through a deep and narrow gorge. This area is called Mekedatu. The river, which is more than 150 meters wide at the confluence (at Sangama) flows through the hardly 10-meter-wide gorge at Mekedatu. One can see the ferocious flow of all that water, 

Mekedatu means 'goat's leap' in Kannada. The name comes from an incident which is believed to have been witnessed by herdsmen in that area a long time ago. 

It is said that a goat being chased by a tiger made a desperate attempt to save its life by leaping from one side of the gorge and managed to cross over the raging river below, whereas the tiger did not attempt to replicate this feat, and abandoned the chase. The point where the goat leapt has widened since then from erosion caused by the river Cauvery. It is about 190 km from Bengaluru via Kanakapura.

Dodda Aalada Mara

Dodda Alada Mara means big banyan tree.  This 400-year-old tree is located in Kethohalli, a village in Bengaluru Urban district. This wonderful picnic spot is around 28 km from Bengaluru.

These are just five of the many wonderful locations around Bengaluru. If this article has helped you, please let it help your friends also. Share it.