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The Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center (SHARC) is a multi-pool indoor and outdoor facility located in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally opened in 1954 as an outdoor at Shute Park, an indoor recreation center and pool opened in 1981. The indoor recreation center, which includes a weight room, spa, a wading pool, and classroom ...
Hidden Creek Park East, formerly known as 53rd Avenue Community Park, is a municipal park in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States.Partially opened in 2008, the park covers 43.5 acres (17.6 ha) along northeast 53rd Avenue in the middle of the city.
Shute Park is a municipal park in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States.Acquired in 1906, the 13-acre (53,000 m 2) park is the oldest park in the city.Located at southeast Tenth and Maple streets along Tualatin Valley Highway, Shute Park includes an aquatic center, a branch of the Hillsboro Public Library, and a community center.
One of twenty-three parks in Hillsboro, Rood Bridge is located along the Tualatin River and Rock Creek where the two water bodies meet. [19] [20] The park is accessed by Rood Bridge Road where Rood Bridge crosses the Tualatin. [21] Wildlife at the park includes woodpeckers and owls among others. [22] River House at Rood Bridge Park
Hillsboro's Department of Parks and Recreation operates more than 20 facilities, including the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex which includes Hillsboro Stadium and Ron Tonkin Field. There are 23 parks, two sports complexes, the Walters Cultural Arts Center, the Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center, and three other mixed-use facilities. [134]
The design of the park won the 2003 Oregon Recreation & Parks Association Design Award. [7] The city had hoped to build a new library on a property just north of Orchard Park, but bond measures in 2002 and 2004 were defeated, and the city later acquired an existing building for the main branch of the Hillsboro Public Library. [8]
Bagley is a half-block neighborhood park covering two acres in downtown Hillsboro. [2] [9] [15] The park stretches along Second Avenue between Jackson and Edison streets two blocks north of the Washington County Courthouse and one block north of the Zula Linklater House.
In 1999, Hillsboro bought a 9.6-acre (39,000 m 2) parcel for park to be built at Cornelius Pass Road and Francis Street. [2] The land, which abuts Reedville Creek, was a filbert orchard when the city made the purchase. [3] That same year the city announced plans to build a city owned skatepark at a then undetermined location. [2]