Frontier Park is one of the more significant of Erie's city parks,
with many recreational and educational uses. The park is located on
33 acres of land along the west side of the Bayfront Parkway
between West 6th Street and West 8th Street in northwestern Erie.
This community park was developed in 1974.
Half a dozen fields are available for children's soccer leagues,
picnicking, and other activities. Six lit tennis courts and a
children's playground are enjoyed along West 6th Street, where
off-street parking holds approximately two dozen vehicles.
Paved walks make a circuit of the park and include two crossings
of the west branch of Cascade Creek. Joggers, bikers, and
pedestrians on these paths can explore both flat and hilly terrain,
lawn areas and reedy swamps, and a deep woods tree canopy and open
spaces. A bike path connects Frontier Park to the Bayfront bikeway.
Plans are afoot for an ice rink.
The Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park (LEAF) was dedicated on
8 September 2001, after four years of local planning, fund raising,
and planting. The LEAF program includes over 225 species of trees
in an arboretum, what organizers nickname a tree museum.
An amphitheater with four stony rows of seating for
approximately 75 persons is embedded in a wooded hillside not far
from West 6th Street. The amphitheater is called the Patricia
McCain Outdoor Classroom. The Labyrinth at LEAF was added to the
park in 2005.
This is a popular park and gets a bunch of visitors. Please use
stealth when searching for the cache.
Please rehide the cache at least as good as you found it.
Don't forget to bring a camera!
