- Murray City Park
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Coordinates: 40°39′30″N 111°52′50″W / 40.65833°N 111.88056°W
Little Cottonwood Creek in Murray Park
Murray City Park (or Murray Park) is a public urban park located in and operated by the city of Murray, Utah, USA.
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Features
Murray City Park's most recognizable feature is a large wooden sculpture of Chief Washakie, standing at the main entrance of the park on State Street and 5100 South.
There are numerous public facilities including an outdoor amphitheater, an outdoor swimming pool, an outdoor ice rink, an arboretum, a softball field, a soccer field, multipurpose fields, a gazebo, playgrounds, picnic sites with barbecue grills, hiking trails, restrooms, and five pavilions.
The Boys and Girls Club of Murray is located in the park.
The Park Center is a recreation center at the south end of the park with indoor pools, including a kid's splash pool with slides, a "lazy river" float area, and colorful play equipment. The center also has an elevated track, two full-size basketball courts, a weight room, and a cardio area and a game room. Child care is available for children ages infant through 12.[1]
Ken Price Stadium is a baseball stadium located at the park that hosts the Murray High School team's home games.
History
The park used to house the Salt Lake County Fairgrounds, until newer facilities were built in South Jordan.
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Media related to Murray City Park at Wikimedia CommonsProtected Areas of Utah Federal National ParksNational MonumentsNational Historic SitesDesert Biosphere Reserve • Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area • Mormon Pioneer National Historic TrailNational Wildlife Refuges:Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge • Fish Springs • OurayAshdown Gorge • Beartrap Canyon • Beaver Dam Mountains • Black Ridge Canyons • Blackridge • Box-Death Hollow • Canaan Mountain • Cedar Mountain • Cottonwood Canyon • Cottonwood Forest • Cougar Canyon • Dark Canyon • Deep Creek • Deep Creek North • Deseret Peak • Doc's Pass • Goose Creek • High Uintas • LaVerkin Creek • Lone Peak • Mount Naomi • Mount Nebo • Mount Olympus • Mount Timpanogos • Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs • Pine Valley Mountain • Red Mountains • Slaughter Creek • Taylor Creek • Twin Peaks • Wellsville Mountain • Zion
State Antelope Island • Bear Lake • Camp Floyd • Deer Creek • East Canyon • Flight Park • Great Salt Lake • Historic Rail Trail • Hyrum • Jordan River OHV Park • Jordanelle • Red Fleet • Rockport • Starvation • Steinaker • Utah Field House • Utah Lake • Wasatch Mountain • Willard Bay
Fremont Indian • Goblin Valley • Green River • Huntington • Millsite • Palisade • Scofield • Territorial Statehouse • Yuba
Anasazi • Coral Pink Sand Dunes • Dead Horse Point • Edge of the Cedars • Escalante Petrified Forest • Frontier Homestead • Goosenecks • Gunlock • Kodachrome Basin • Otter Creek • Piute • Quail Creek • Sand Hollow • Snow Canyon
Municipal Municipal parksFort Buenaventura • Gallivan Center • Liberty Park • Jordan River Parkway • Minersville Reservoir • Murray City Park • Sugar House Park • Veterans Memorial Park
Utah State Parks and Recreation Categories:- Outdoor sculptures in Utah
- Parks in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Urban public parks
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