415 E. Water Street, Elmira, NY.
Elmira
Elmira City Parks
http://www.cityofelmira.net/public-works/parks-and-recreation
The city of Elmira maintains 24 public parks.
Click here to visit the city’s parks and recreation
website where you will find detailed information
about the location and amenities of each park.
Eldridge Park
Entrances off Grand Central Ave., Westside Ave.,
and Woodlawn Ave., Elmira
http://www.cityofelmira.net/public-works/eldridge
The park offers rides, a miniature golf course,
an arcade, a walking trail around Eldridge Lake,
paddleboats, a skate park, soccer fields, baseball
diamonds, a dog park, and picnic facilities. The
rides, games, and ice cream shop are generally
open on weekends from Memorial Day weekend
to Labor Day.
Fees for some attractions
Lackawanna Rail Trail
Trail runs from E. Water St. to Eldridge Park at Clemens Center Pkwy.
The paved trail runs 2.5 miles along the former Lackawanna Railroad tracks in Elmira. It is open to the public for walking, running, and bicycling in the summer and snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in the winter.
Blandford Park
Harriet Street and Market Street, Elmira
This park has a pavilion and playground equipment.
Brand Park
Catherine Street, Elmira
The park has a bandstand, a playground, basketball courts, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, pavilions, and grills. On Sundays during the summer it hosts the Brand Park Summer Concert Series.
Brick Pond
Sullivan Street between Matthews Street and Pattison Street, Elmira
The park has a playground, as well as a pavilion and grill on a peninsula in the pond.
Clemens Square
This park is a link between the First Arena, the Clemens Center and the parking garage. It has benches, walkways, and decorative planters.
Cypress Street Park
Between Southport, Cypress, and Beecher Streets, Elmira
This park has a playground, water sprinklers, a basketball court, a baseball field, and a pavilion.
East Water Street Park
E. Water Street, Elmira
This park across from the Kennedy Valve Plant is a baseball field.
Ernie Davis Park
Lake Street, Elmira
The park includes basketball courts, a playground, a pavilion, and grills.
Gaines Street Park
Gaines Street, Elmira
This small neighborhood park with a playground and a pavilion.
Grove Park
Between Fourth, Grove, and Walnut Streets, Elmira
This park has a playground, water sprayers for cooling off in the summer, a basketball court, horseshoe pits, grills, and the Hal Roach pavilion.
Hathorn Park
Adjoining Hathorn Court along Davis Street, Elmira
This park has a pavilion, a playground, and a sprinkler for kids to keep cool during the summer.
Katy Leary Park
Connelly and River Streets, Elmira
There is a pavilion, tennis courts, a water sprinkler, a playground, and a community garden at this park.
Magee Street Park
Magee Street and W. Center Street, Elmira
This small neighborhood park with swing sets and a slide.
Mark Twain Riverfront Park
Water Street from N. Main Street to Lake Street, Elmira
This park has a brick pathway, benches, fountains, and a sculpture dedicated to soaring.
McKinnon Park
Between Sullivan, Lake, and Thurston Streets, Elmira
This park features the city’s only football field and also has baseball diamonds, basketball and tennis courts, a playground, pavilions, and grills.
Millers Pond
Corner of Parkside Drive and Overlook Drive, Elmira
The park has a playground, tennis courts, a pavilion with picnic tables, and grills.
Jim Nelson Park
West Hudson Street, Elmira
This park has a baseball field, basketball courts, a playground with a super-long slide, and a pavilion.
Patch Park
Corner of Clemens Center Parkway and Washington Street, Elmira
This park offers an open field for baseball and playground equipment.
Pulaski Park
Corner of Center and Davis Streets, Elmira
This park has a playground, basketball courts, a baseball field, pavilions, and grills.
Quatrano Park
Parker Circle and Parker Drive off of Oak Street, Elmira
There are volleyball, tennis and basketball courts, baseball diamonds, soccer, nets, a playground, a pavilion, a horseshoe pit, and a community garden at this park
Frank A. Rohde Park
Beach Street, Elmira
This park has a playground, a basketball court, a pavilion, and grills.
Sly Street Park
Between Lake Ave., and Brand, Falck and LaFrance Streets, Elmira
This park has playground equipment and a pavilion.
Wisner Park
Main Street between Church Street and W. Gray Street, Elmira
Wisner park has memorials to veterans of the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War and to fallen police officers. On Thursdays during the summer, the park is host to a farmer’s market.
Pirozzolo Park
1255 W. Water St., Elmira
The park contains several baseball and softballfields, lighted tennis courts, a swimming pool,
soccer fields, a food concession, basketballcourts, and a playground.
Fee for pool entry
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Tanglewood Nature Center and Museum
443 Coleman Ave., Elmira
http://www.tanglewoodnaturecenter.com/
Tanglewood offers educational programming for children and adults and houses more than 40 native and exotic animals. Visitors can hike over ten miles of trails on site at Gleason Meadows and Frenchman’s Bluff and at Personius Woods on West Hill Road.
Newtown Battlefield State Park
2346 Co. Rt. 60, Elmira
http://nysparks.com/parks/107/details.aspx
The stone monument at the battlefield commemorates the Battle of Newtown, fought in August of 1779. The state park offers hiking trails, picnic tables and pavilions, an observation deck, a playground, and camping facilities.
Fees for camping and pavilion rentals
Hoffman Dam
West Hill Road, Elmira
http://www.chemungcounty.com/index.asp?pageId=91
The lake at Hoffman Dam is stocked for fishing. Visitors can use canoes and rowboats on the lake but swimming is not allowed.