Sustainable Sites/Ecological Services/ Natural Resources/Open Space • Provide additional landscaping whenever possible to augment that which exists and to provide visual interest. General • N/A
Katherine Rose Memorial Park Type of Park:
Community Park
Address: Size of Park:
303 North Walnut Creek Drive 25.5 acres
Comments – This is Mansfield’s premier park – the one that sees the most use and is the most well known to the majority of the public. Serving as a trailhead for the Walnut Creek Linear Park, Rose Park offers many activities for citizens of all ages – from playgrounds for children, basketball and volleyball for teens and adults, to a jogging and walking loop for adults and seniors. The park features wide open areas, interspersed with intimate spaces which are created by physical amenities – like pavilions, courts, and benches – and mature trees. The park is bordered by the Walnut Creek Linear Park, which provides an attractive backdrop for the park’s many activities, Walnut Creek Drive, and a railroad track. The noise from the road and the railroad tracks is significant and at times very distracting, though this distraction is greatest only when trains pass by. There are two factors that make Rose Park special. The first is the history of the site as a Pecan Orchard. This can be seen in the placement of the large, mature pecan trees placed on a grid in the middle of the park. The second factor is the park’s integration with the Walnut Creek Linear Park system, which improves accessibility to and from the park and provides numerous other opportunities for recreation for people visiting Rose Park.
Chapter 3 – Existing Conditions
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