Roeding Park
Park in Fresno, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roeding Park is a 90-acre (360,000 m2) regional city park in Fresno, California established in 1903 via a gift from the Roeding family.
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Type | Urban park |
Location | Fresno, California |
Coordinates | 36°45′12″N 119°49′22″W |
Area | 145.27 acres (58.79 ha) |
Created | 1903 |
Operated by | City of Fresno |
Status | Open all year |
Public transit access | FAX: 33 |
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The Fresno Chaffee Zoo occupies approximately one third of the acreage in the middle of the southern half of the park. The southwest corner includes Storyland, Playland and a lake between them. The rest of the park includes several ponds, groves of ash, cedar, pine, and eucalyptus, maple, and redwood trees as well as picnic areas, tennis courts and a Southern Pacific train engine. The park also has a Japanese War Memorial.[1]