Hamby Park, Urban park in Hillsboro, Oregon, US.
Hamby Park is a 6.7-acre municipal park in northwest Hillsboro with a developed area and a natural area. The developed portion has a picnic shelter, playground, basketball court, and grass lawn, while the natural section to the west contains a wooded ravine, wetlands, a pond, and a creek crossed by several bridges. About 3,000 feet of paths run through the park, 1,000 feet of them paved.
Eugene Hamby, son of Chevrolet dealer U. J. Hamby, donated three acres to Hillsboro in 1986. In May 1989 the federal government granted $26,975 for development along Northeast Jackson School Road, and construction began that year. The park opened in 1990 and was officially dedicated on September 13, 1995, by Mayor Gordon Faber.
In 2007 Hamby Park became the first park adopted under Hillsboro's adopt-a-park program, taken on by students of the Miller Education Center. In October 2008 those students and SOLV volunteers pulled invasive plants and spread new barkdust. The park also hosts the parks department's weekly Hillsboro Running Club and is a stop on the annual Tour de Parks bicycle ride.
The park has wide, level paths that work well for wheelchairs and strollers, plus easier nature routes to explore. The different pathways let you choose your route based on your ability or preference.
The park's natural area holds a half-mile barkdust trail that leads to a slough, passing a ravine, pond, and wetlands. The city officially dedicated the park on September 13, 1995, in a ceremony led by mayor Gordon Faber.
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