10/27/2019
Please note... As of Thursday, October 31st at sundown, Mounts Park will be closed for the 2019 season. It will open to the public again in Spring 2020. Please see the official notice from Hamilton Township below.
We hope you enjoyed our beautiful natural park, wildlife and sunflowers. Thank you for your support! 🌻
Mounts Park update.
On this crisp Fall morning, don’t forget to take advantage of the beautiful color-change occurring in Mounts Park. Enjoy the Park this week as it will be closing at sundown on Thursday and opening back up in the Spring with some wonderful upgrades. Please read the 2019 upgrades and the upcoming 2020 plans below.
2019 Upgrades:
1.) We opened the new entrance off of Stubbs Mills Rd. and added a gravel drive into the Park complimented by a new entrance sign.
2.) We started a new tradition by having a “Picnic in the Park” day for all of the residents to enjoy fellowship with one another while gathered at the Park.
3.) We created a sunflower field that became wildly popular thanks to a very dedicated group of volunteers.
2020 upgrades:
1.) We are happy to announce that this week, the Township received notice that we secured a grant to put an 8 foot wide, mulched walking trail around the entire perimeter of the small lake. This trail will include lakeside views, fully enclosed wooded views, and open field views as the trail will encompass all aspects of the park.
2.) We have completed the monitoring of the large lake and budgeted for a 3rd seasonal employee to be dedicated to mowing parks, affording us the ability to properly manicure, maintain, and open the large lake to the public for bank fishing this Spring.
3.) We will be finish-mowing a much larger area of the park to allow more areas for picnics, playing, and just enjoying the beauty of the Park.
Hamilton Township has continued to move Mounts Park forward over the past 3 years from it being completely closed to the public to being seasonally opened, and all of the upgrades listed above. We will continue to focus efforts on beautifying Mounts Park while keeping its rustic and naturalistic atmosphere.
These systematically scheduled upgrades are incremental for budgeting reasons and the available man-power of our Public Works Department. These progressive upgrades to the Park will continue in an effort to hopefully have Mounts Park open year-round in the coming years. None of this would have been possible without the actions of your Board of Trustees and the hard work of the Township staff and multiple groups of passionate volunteers.
Enjoy you weekend and enjoy your Park.
