Horicon City Parks
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Discher Park
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Home of the Aquatic Center, playgrounds, sporting courts, athletic fields and picnic areas.
Discher Park is a partially wooded 13 acre site located on the north side of the City.
The park essentially has three distinct sections providing a good variety of recreational opportunities. A new aqautic center opened in 1995 and occupies the western third of the park. The aquatics center provides such facilities as a zero-depth pool, a competitive lap pool, water slides, picnic and resting areas, a concession stand and a bathhouse. The central portion of the park contains a pavilion, concession buildings, new restroom with shelter and picnic areas with a playground and sporting courts. The eastern end of the park, where the athletic field is located, provides for baseball and football.
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River Bend Park
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This Park has tennis courts, little league and softball fields, picnic and playground areas and boat launches.
River Bend Park, the largest city-owned park, is located in the south central part of the city along the western shores of the Rock River.
The northern end of the park provides active recreation with tennis courts, little league and softball fields. The rest of the park provides primarily open space areas, picnic and playground areas and boat launch facilities.
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Clausen Bowling Green Park
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Home of our Visitors Information Center, sheltered picnic areas nestled along the Rock River, canoe launching and fishing pier.
Clausen Bowling Green Park is a 4.5 acre neighborhood park located along the Rock River between Barstow Street and East Lake Street. This park has a shelter/restroom building, asphalt parking area, playground, handicapped fishing pier and a visitor information gazebo.
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Kiwanis Park
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Kiwanis Park is an open, grassy 4 acre site at the south end of Hubbard St serving as a neighborhood park. The site has over 800 feet of frontage along the Rock River offering a public meeting facility, two handicap fishing platforms, picnic area, an open shelter and play equipment.
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Whitty Park
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Whitty Park is a 2 acre neighborhood park located along Cty Hwy E on the west side of Horicon.
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Legion Auxillary Park
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Legion Auxillary Park is a 1 acre special purpose park located along the Rock River about 1,000 feet upstream from the dam. The site primarily serves as a boat launch facility with a picnic area.
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Osbourne Park
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Osbourne Park is a 3 acre site located on Cty Hwy 28 at the corner of Raasch's Hill Road. This special-purpose park serves primarily as a wayside stop and picnic area. The site contains a pond, a prairie garden, open area and hiking trail.
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Rotary Park
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Rotary Park is a 1.2 acre new park and considered a neighborhood park for open space recreation and ice skating. It is located at Pheasant Ln and Robin Rd.
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