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This is a list of parks in Fort Wayne, Indiana. As of 2009, the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department maintained 86 public parks, including three golf courses, totaling 2,805 acres (11 km 2 ). [1] [2] The department also cares for 45,100 street trees and 15,000 park trees. [3]
Johnny Appleseed Park, including what was formerly known as Archer Park, is a public park in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is named after the popular-culture nickname of John Chapman, better known as "Johnny Appleseed", a famous American pioneer, who was buried on the site. Chapman's gravesite is accessible to public view through steel gates.
4.1 acres (1.7 ha) Created. 1986 (acquired) Operated by. Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation. Status. Open all year. McCulloch Park is an urban park in the downtown area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The park is named after former United States Secretary of the Treasury, Hugh McCulloch, who gave the land to the city for a park in 1886.
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. [ 10] Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border [ 11] and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. [ 12] The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous city in ...
December 28, 2010. Fort Wayne Park and Boulevard System Historic District is a national historic district located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The district encompasses 34 contributing buildings, 61 contributing sites, 70 contributing structures, and 15 contributing objects in 11 public parks, four parkways, and ten boulevards associated with the ...
Hence the name, the .20 acre park is home to the original well used by inhbaitants of the first Fort Wayne established on October 22, 1794, dedicated to General Anthony Wayne. The fort was allegedly moved and rebuilt on this location in 1798, with completion in 1804. In 1815/1816, after the Siege of Fort Wayne, a third fort was built here on ...
Southwood Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The district encompasses 1,889 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 4 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in a predominantly residential section of Fort Wayne. The area was developed between about 1906 and 1965, and includes ...
Coordinates: 41°05′03.4″N 85°07′52.6″W. Pedestrian bridge on the St. Joseph River at the Northern end of St Joseph Pathway near IPFW. The Rivergreenway is the backbone of burgeoning Fort Wayne Trails network in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the surrounding area. The Rivergreenway consists of 26-miles [1] of connected trails through a linear ...