Parks & Recreation Five Year Recreation Plan ... - City of Marquette

Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update 2011
City of Marquette
Neighborhood Playgrounds/Playlots
Shiras Hills Park
A small playground facility located on the south side of the Shiras Hills residential development
include grassy field with baseball backstop, hard play surfaces, small slide, swings, (six swings
total) climbing apparatus (jungle gym), merry-go-round, tetherball pole, sandbox, picnic tables,
drinking fountain, asphalt surface basketball court (two hoops/different heights) and small
storage/utility building. Most of the equipment is old and/or in poor condition. Restrooms
(portable) are available on a seasonal basis.
Giants Foot Park
Giants Foot Park is located in South Marquette
on the corner of Albion and Mountain Streets.
The playground contains sand play areas,
concrete surface basketball court (two hoops),
two sets of swings (6 total), merry-go-round,
climbing apparatus, bike rack, picnic tables,
three permanent benches, two tot riding
apparatus, cross country skiing trail and hiking
trail, drinking fountain and a storage/utility
building. Being a hilly part of the City, the
partially tree covered site is interspersed with
rock outcrops. The park was developed
principally by the neighborhood Giants Foot Park Association and City of Marquette.
Playlots
At this time, there are no facilities maintained by the City solely as a playlot. However, such
facilities are incorporated into most of the larger recreational facilities discussed above.
Greenspace
Father Marquette Park
Located directly north of the Lake Superior Community Partnership, Father Marquette Park
overlooks Lake Superior, the new Founders Landing area, and Marquette‘s Lower Harbor. The
.5 acre site has a grassy open space, with landscaping and flowers, six park benches, picnic
table, public phone, and an impressive bronze statue of Pere Jacques Marquette, the Jesuit
missionary priest and explorer (1637-1675). The 20 foot tall monument sits on a prominent point
amid rock outcrops and is surrounded by a fine rock pathway/step system. Presented to the City
of Marquette on July 15, 1898, the statue bears the words ―James Marquette-Intrepid Explorer‖.
Local Native American tradition relates that Father Marquette camped on Lighthouse point
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