Bill Yeck Park is a 194-acre natural area along 1.75 miles of Sugar Creek. The park is treasured by hikers, bird watchers and nature enthusiasts. We are preparing a new master plan for the park! At this first stage in…
Forest Field Park Playground: Design Preference Survey
Forest Field Park has been a site for exciting improvements over the past year, including a paved walking path, gravel trails and a new restroom building. Now we are replacing the playground! The new playground will include an all accessible…
New Addition to Yankee Park
The Centerville-Washington Park District is celebrating the addition of the fourth Little Free Library within your park system. A Little Free Library is a collection of books allowing anyone to stop by, pick up a book to read and leave another behind…
More Pollinator Habitats Coming Soon
Pollinators, most often honey bees, are responsible for one in every three bites of food we take! The loss of pollinators threatens agricultural production, maintenance of natural plant communities and important services provided by those ecosystems, such as carbon cycling,…
Grant Park Trail Closure Notice
A section of the Grant Park yellow trail has been temporarily CLOSED to travel due to the accelerated rate of erosion and potential hazard that may be encountered along that section of trail. Signs and construction fencing will be installed…
Forest Field Park Construction
Community-directed improvements are coming to Forest Field Park! A favorite site for hikers, picnickers and tennis players, the 44-acre community park is adjacent to Bill Yeck Park, a 194-acre nature park. In addition, it is the central practice site for…
New Playground Coming Soon
The Iron Horse Park playground has served the community long and well, but it is ready for an upgrade! Following the direction of the 2014 levy approved by voters, the Centerville-Washington Park District is systematically replacing older playgrounds. Work to…
Pleasant Hill Park Expansion Plan
Exciting things are happening in your parks! The newly acquired extension of Pleasant Hill Park will remain largely undeveloped as a nature park for the community. The Clean Ohio Conservation Fund provided the Centerville-Washington Park District with funding to acquire…
Ash Tree Removal in the Parks
Forestry activity for the removal of ash trees infested by the emerald ash borer (EAB) will continue throughout the winter in many of your parks. Much of this work will be completed by International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified contractors.…
Owlexander’s Tyke Hike
Visit a new park feature! Hike the Schoolhouse Park path with Owlexander, the Park District mascot, and his woodland friends. Busy tots will practice physical skills such as balancing on one foot like a bird, hopping like a bunny and…