List of parks in Markham, Ontario facts for kids
Markham, Ontario, is a city with many amazing parks! These green spaces are perfect for playing, relaxing, and enjoying nature. The city's Parks and Forestry Department takes care of all these parks, making sure they are clean and safe for everyone.
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Using Markham's Parks
Most parks in Markham are free to visit. However, a few, like the Milne Dam Conservation Area, might ask for a small fee on weekends.
To keep everyone safe, most parks close from midnight until 5 AM. This helps prevent people from staying in the parks overnight.
You'll find garbage and recycling bins in most parks. If a park has sports fields, like for baseball or soccer, it usually has portable toilets too. City staff work hard to keep the parks tidy. They also expect visitors to help by picking up their trash.
You might notice that older parks have wooden signs. These are slowly being replaced with new, metal signs.
A Look at Park History
Markham's park system mostly grew in the later part of the 1900s. The very first parks appeared in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in the Thornhill area. Morgan Park in Markham Village started even earlier, developing between 1924 and 1957.
As Markham grew into a suburban community, more parks were added. New parks are often created when new homes and neighbourhoods are built.
Discover Markham's Parks
Many parks are named after the neighbourhoods they are in. Others are named after important people or families from Markham's past.
- Aldergrove Park
- Alfred Patterson Pond
- Amber Glen Park
- Annswell Park
- Appleview Parkette
- Armadale Park
- Armstrong Park
- Arthur Lismer Park
- Ashton Meadows Park
- Austin Drive Park
- Bayview Glen Park
- Bayview Reservoir Park
- Beaupre Park
- Benjamin Thorne Park - named after a mill owner and the person Thornhill, Ontario is named after
- Billingsley Woodlot
- Bishop's Cross Park
- Black Walnut Park
- Brando Park
- Bur Oak Park
- Calvert Park
- Cakebread Park
- Carlton Park
- Carolyn Clements Park - named for Carolyn Clements, who helped save old heritage homes
- Castlemore Park
- Cathedral (King David) Park
- Cedar Valley
- Cedar Wood Splash Park
- Centennial Park
- Charlie Clifford Park
- Charing Cross Parkette
- Charity Crescent Park
- Circlewood Park
- Clark Young Woods
- Cobblehill Parkette
- Coledale Park
- Coppard Park
- Cornell Parkette
- Cornell Rouge Woods Park
- Crosby Memorial Park
- Dalton Parkette
- Denison Park
- Don Valley Park
- Elson Park - named for former city councillor Miles Elson
- Featherstone Park
- Ferrah Park
- Fieldside Parkette
- Fincham Park
- Forsters Commons
- Franklin Carmichael Park
- Frederick Bagg Park
- German Mills Settlers Park
- Gordon Weeden Park
- Grand Cornell Park
- Grandview Park
- Greensborough Town Centre
- Harvest Gate Park
- Harvest Moon Park
- Harold Humprhreys Park
- Highgate Park
- Hillmount Park
- Honsberger Field (John Honsberger Field) - named after a local lawyer
- Hughson Park
- Huntington Park
- Leighland Park
- Lloyd Robertson Park - named for Lloyd Robertson, a local resident and former CTV news journalist
- James Edward Park
- John Button Waterway - named after the founder of Buttonville, Ontario
- John Daniels Park
- Johnsview Park
- Macrill Crescent Pond
- Maple Valley Park
- Markham Civic Centre
- McCowan Freeman Parkette - named after local RCAF Pilot WO Alexander McCowan Freeman, who died during World War II
- Middlefield Corners
- Milliken Mills Park
- Milne Dam Conservation Park
- Milton Fierheller Park
- Mintleaf Park
- Monarch Park
- Morgan Park - started as a Rose Garden in 1924
- Morning Dove Square
- Mossy Stone Park
- Mount Joy Park
- Orchard View Park
- Paddock Park
- Paramount Park
- Personna Park
- Pioneer Park
- Pomona Mills Park
- Proctor Park
- Quantztown Park
- Randall Park
- Raybeck Park
- Raymerville Woodlot
- Reesor Park - named for the Reesor family
- Riseborough Park
- Riverwalk Park
- Rough Valley Park
- Roxbury Park
- Roy Rainey Park
- Royal Orchard Park
- Shania Johnston Parkette - named after a local girl who passed away from cancer
- Sherwood Estates Park
- Simonston Park
- Sir Robert Watson Watt Park
- Springdale Park
- Stalmaster Park
- Stargell Park
- Starhill Parkette
- Summerdale Park
- Swan Lake Park
- Tomlinson Park
- Toogood Park
- Upper Cornell Park
- Valley View Park
- Victoria Square Park
- Village Park
- Wilclay Park
- Willowheights Park
- Wismer Park
- Woodland Park
Other Important Green Spaces
Rouge Park used to be a regional park with parts in Markham. It was managed by York Region and the TRCA from 1995 to 2015.
Bob Hunter Memorial Park is located in Markham and is part of the larger Rouge system. In 2015, this park, along with other sections in Toronto and parts of the Pickering Airport lands, became part of the Rouge National Urban Park. This big park is now managed by Parks Canada.
Images for kids
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A public treeplanting event in the German Mills Settlers Park -
A stream in German Mills Settlers Park -
German Mills Settlers Park -
Markham Civic Centre -
Milne Dam Conservation Park -
Toogood Pond in Toogood Park -
Softball action at Crosby Memorial Park
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