Thursday, May 8, 2014

Patton Park Hamilton, MA



              Patton Park is located next to the Hamilton-Wenham Community House. The park is down the street from out house and is only a five minute drive. Recently, the town built a brand new playground that is awesome for kids and even parents. Patton Park is known for its full-sized World War II tank. The park is made up of tennis courts, a basketball court, a baseball field, playground, bandstand, a pool and a pond that doubles as a skating rink in the winter. Pool access costs $3 per person for non-members, $10 max for families. Swim lessons and swim team enrollment are available at the pool. A grill and picnic tables are also available. Enjoy free concerts on Sunday evenings from 5pm - 7pm. The concerts are posted online of which bands are playing and are worth checking out on a nice summer night. Patton Park was dedicated on May 26, 1997. The plaque is on a rock centered by the pond in the park and the entrance to the pool has beautiful columns that the town covers up for the winter as seen in the pics above. The dedication plaque reads: "With grateful thanks from the people of Hamilton to the trustees of the Myopia schooling field trust and Myopia Hunt Club for their generous gift of this park and other land usage rights December, 1941 and July, 1996. The park is worth checking out, I highly recommend it!





2 comments:

  1. Wow that is a wicked nice park. Its cool how they built a playground next to the World War II artifacts that will get peoples attention. I'm sure that not everyone goes to look at the tanks and read the plaques but its still a nice idea to join the two together. At least this way kids and parants have the option of learning more about their neiborhoods and about U.S. history. I would love to go down there myself to check it out maybe even take some pictures with the tank

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  2. I've been to Patton park several times and it's very nice and it's very historical. However, it was named after General Patton who lived in Hamilton. I will go there for the summer with my daughter so I can explore more and take her to the playground.

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