Community
Parks
Photo by Jess Vealetzek
Besides having a great playground for kids, Memorial Park is the perfect place for other events like the annual volleyball tournament that takes place during
the Good Neighbor Days celebration.
Howard Lake has multiple parks with up-to-date equipment,
public water access, and beautiful terrain.
Memorial Park, located near Wright County Road 6, off ers
plenty of playground equipment, a covered pavilion area for
parties and picnics, is the home of the Orphans’ baseball fi eld,
and is the practice fi eld for the American Legion’s traveling
baseball team.
Memorial Park includes a volleyball court, a fi shing pier,
public restrooms, and new bleachers donated by a local family
of dedicated Orphans fans.
Lake Ridge Park, in the Lake Ridge development north of
town, was created in 2007. It includes playground equipment for
children, and benches for their caretakers.
Near the Dutch Lake subdivision, one can fi nd the 12th Street
Park, which includes an ice skating rink in the winter months,
and a nature trail full of wildlife in the warmer months.
Lions Park along Hwy 12 has been completely refreshed
with a new and bigger swimming beach that is handicapped-
accessible, a restored green space, and concrete paths around
the rain garden and down to the beach. The west end of the park
has been outfi � ed with native plants and rip rap that stabilizes
the shoreline.
Opportunities at Lions Park include a boat launch, swimming
beach, fi shing pier, picnic pavilion, public restrooms, and a
variety of playground equipment, making it a great place to host
events. In fact, in 2018, the park became home to the Howard
Lake Farmers Market Thursday a� ernoons.
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School Future Farmers of America
members recently began selling produce at the Farmers Market. The FFA
group has its own garden at school, so their items are super-fresh.
Lions Park has been fully revamped with a large, sandy swimming beach that
is handicapped-accessible. The park features a playground, a picnic shelter,
and a fi shing pier. The view of the park is beautiful from the lake.
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