City Park
505 W 13th Street
Manitou Mountain offers a diverse array of recreational activities for all ages and interests. Sports enthusiasts can enjoy the ball parks and basketball courts, while those seeking more extreme activities can head to the skatepark. For a leisurely yet challenging outdoor game, the disk golf course provides a perfect setting. Families and groups can take advantage of the pavilion rentals for picnics or gatherings, and kids can cool off and have fun at the splash pad. Additionally, the Summer Parks Program ensures that there are always engaging activities and events.
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The second largest and most intensively developed park in Rochester, contains approximately 33 acres. The site is wooded with large mature trees in a gently rolling terrain. Located next to Rochester High School, it was the site of the former Fulton County Fairgrounds from 1850-1950 and contained a half mile oval drive used for trotting and pacing horses. Today, the park provides basketball courts, softball fields, picnic shelters and facilities, restrooms, sledding hill and play equipment. Manitou Mountain, a large wooden play structure was constructed in 1997. This was built by over 1300 citizen volunteers in a 3 day period as over $100,000.00 was raised in a community fund drive.
Jaycee Park
1204 Monroe Street
Jaycee Park is a small neighborhood park, about two thirds of an acre. The park, located at 12th Street and Monroe Streets in a residential area, was developed with the assistance of the local Jaycee's Club. The site is flat and primarily open lawn. Large mature trees border the park between the streets and sidewalks and smaller younger trees are within the park. Facilities provided include a small shelter, basketball court and play equipment.
Fansler Park
1307 Washington Street
This five acre site at Washington and Clover Streets serves as a neighborhood park for residents of Manitou Heights. The park is bordered on three sides with streets and the fourth side abuts school property at Blacketor Fields which has two softball fields used by their varsity and junior varsity softball teams. The park is flat, open space with few trees. Facilities provided include: basketball, baseball, tennis, picnic tables, pickleball, shelter and play equipment. A restroom facility is available in the park. The surrounding area is residential and primarily serves those people.
Lakeside Park
1530 Lakeview Drive
Lakeside Park was formerly called Dam Landing Park, containing a little over 10 acres of land. The park is located on the north side of Lake Manitou on State Road 25 (East 9th Street). The park was also part of the former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Hatcheries. All buildings have been removed and the fish hatchery basins have been filled in except for one basin. Within the park is Mill Creek, one of the outlets for Lake Manitou. In the early 1990's, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources reconstructed the dam and spillway as a flood control project. The site is flat, bisected by Mill Creek with a few trees. The Park Dept. in recent years has planted several trees around the park. Today, the park serves as a public access site for boating and fishing. The Park Department renovated the park, added restroom facilities and improved the fishing and boating access ramp with the assistance of Indiana Waters Grant. The park has a shelter and butterfly garden with improvements in landscaping made each year.
