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Central Park |
Central Park
Central Park is located at 9th street and Avenue E. It has summer band concerts on Sunday evenings in the gazebo, play ground equipment and a pond. Central Park is the current home to the lighted floats for the Christmas holiday season. Community groups have been working hard to raise funds for future and continued improvements to the park
Rodeo Park
Rodeo Park is located north of the city on Highway X32. It has 234 acres, 6 open shelters, 1 enclosed shelter, restrooms, horseshoe pits, a frisbee golf course, and 1.9 mile paved hiking/biking trail, soccer fields, and softball diamonds. Rodeo Park is also home tot he Tri State Rodeo and the CE "Eddie" Richards Arena
Victory Park
Victory Park is located at 23rd street and Avenue G. It has a lighted ball stadium for youth games, lighted tennis courts, play ground equipment, restrooms and an open shelter.
Shopton Park
Shopton Park is located at 29th Street and Avenue O. It has an enclosed shelter, play ground equipment, basketball courts, and a softball diamond.
Ivanhoe Park
Ivanhoe Park is located at 37th Street and Avenue L. It has an open shelter, tennis courts, lighted baseball field, basketball court, and a roller-blade/skate park.
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Old Settlers Park Gazebo |
Old Settlers Park is one City block located between 4th & 5th Street and Avenue E & F. It has a basketball court, new play ground equipment, shelter, ball diamond and a gazebo. The area residents, past and present, around Old Settlers Park have formed a committee which has been raising funds for improvements to the park for the past several years. They have memorial light posts and park benches throughout the park. During the summer months they offer a concert with food in the park as their main fund raiser not to mention their annual Christmas walk, where families around the park and City open their homes for tours.
Riverview Park
Riverview Park is located at 6th Street and Highway 61. It has a marina, open shelter, restrooms, reflecting pond/ice skating rink, 2 sand volleyball courts, river walk, play ground equipment and gardens. Riverview Park also hosts the replica of the Old Fort Madison.
The Fort Madison Park and Recreation Department, under the authority of a seven -member board, is also responsible for these additional facilities:
- Riverfront property used for park and recreational purposes (Riverview Park)
- Riverview Park Pavilion
- Riverview Marina (east end of Riverview Park)
- Willow Patch Boat Access (east of the Santa Fe Bridge)
- Tourist Information Center (2nd Street and Avenue G)
- Municipal Swimming Pool
- Kulmeier Reflecting Pond/Ice Skating Rink (Riverview Park)