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  The City of Dowagiac Parks System is comprised of many neighborhood, community, and specialty parks.
Click on the links below for the locations and features of Dowagiac's many parks, golf courses, and other recreational facilities.
To reserve a park, please call the Dowagiac Parks Department at (269) 782-8200 from Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For Dowagiac Park Fee Schedule, please CLICK HERE.

  Parks
James E. Heddon Park
Water Tower Park
Optimist Park
Rotary Park
Rudolphi Wildlife Refuge & Rudolphi Woods
Walter Ward Park
Northwest Park
Lincoln Community Center
Farr Park
Rudy Park
Burke Park
Beckwith Park

  Other Recreational Facilities in the Dowagiac Area
Dowagiac Union Schools
Dowagiac Little League
Southwestern Michigan College
Golf Courses

  Parks

  James E. Heddon Park—located on M-62 East, just past Colby Street
Picnic Tables — 2 Parking — 20 spaces
Restroom Facilities Trailer Parking — 10 spaces
Fishing Access to Mill Pond
Boat Launch    

  Water Tower Park—located on Clyborn Street, south of E. Prairie Ronde
Picnic Tables — 4 Basketball Courts — 2
Pavilion— 1 Horseshoe Courts — 2
Benches — 2 Softball Diamond — 1
Playground — 1 Parking Spaces — 40
Large Open Green Space Area    

  Optimist Park—located on S. Front Street, south of Chestnut Street
Fishing Access to Dowagiac Creek
Parking Spaces — 18 Pedestrian Bridge over Dowagiac Creek

  Rotary Park—located on Riverside Drive, south of Hill Street
Picnic Tables — 3 Baseball Diamond — 1
Restroom Facilities Parking Spaces — 100
Playground — 1 Drinking Fountains — 3
Nature Trails Hiking Trails
Skateboard Park — Lighted Cross Country Skiing
Softball Diamond — 1 — Lighted Bleachers — 3

  Rudolphi Wildlife Refuge & Rudolphi Woods—entrance off of Dailey Road
Nature Trails Hiking Trails
Parking Spaces — 8 Cross Country Skiing

  Walter Ward Park—located on Cora Street, south of Pokagon Street
Picnic Tables — 3 Basketball Courts — 2
Pavilion— 1 Parking Spaces — 20
Playground — 1 Drinking Fountains — 1
Playfield Area — Combination Soccer / Mini-football field with goals and goal posts  

  Northwest Park located on Wolf Street, west of N. Paul Street
(across from the High School soccer field)
Large Green Space Area Parking Spaces — 50
Softball Diamond — 1    

  Lincoln Community Center—405 E. Division Street
Playground — 4    

  Farr Park—located on corner of W. Division Street and Indiana Avenue
Benches — 4    

  Rudy Park—located on E. Division Street (M-62), just past the VFW Hall

  Burke Park—located on the triangle at Main, N. Lowe, and Spruce Streets

  Beckwith Park—located in downtown Dowagiac at the corner of Beeson and S. Front Streets
Gazebo — 1 Benches — 4


  Other Recreational Facilities in the Dowagiac Area
  Dowagiac Union Schools
206 Main Street
(269) 782-4400

  Dowagiac Union High School — 701 W. Prairie Ronde Street
Playfields — 3 Baseball Diamond — 1
  APEX Sports Complex at Dowagiac Union High School
Playfield— 1 Parking Spaces — 100
Softball Diamonds — 2 Bleachers— 2
Tennis Courts— 4    
  Patrick Hamilton Elementary — 614 Spruce Street
Playground — 1 Basketball Courts — 2
  Justus Gage Elementary — 301 Oak Street  (on triangle at Oak, James, & W. Wayne Streets)
Playground— 1 Softball Diamond — 1
Basketball Court — 1    
  McKinley Elementary — 307 First Avenue
Playgrounds — 2 Softball Diamond — 1
Basketball Court — 1    

  Dowagiac Little League
29101 Yaw Street west of Middle Crossing Road
(269) 782-2423
Baseball Diamonds — 3 Drinking Fountain — 1

  Southwestern Michigan College
58900 Cherry Grove Road
(269) 782-1000

www.smc.cc.mi.us/camplife/health.htm
Playfield — 1 Drinking Fountain — 1
Nature Trails Hiking Trails
Basketball Court — 1 Cross Country Skiing
Softball Diamond — 1 Bleachers — 1
Baseball Diamond — 1 Fitness Center — 1
Parking Spaces — 300    

  Golf Courses
www.michianagolf.com/Dowagiac_Michigan_Golf_Courses.html
  Elk's Golf Course
300 Riverside Drive, Dowagiac (south of E. Division Street)
(269) 782-5685
  Spruce Ridge Golf Club
26831 Dutch Settlement, Dowagiac (east of M-62)
(269) 782-5827
  Hampshire Country Club
29592 Pokagon Hwy., Dowagiac
(269) 782-7476
  Indian Lake Hills Golf Course
55321 Brush Lake Road, Dowagiac
(269) 782-2540

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