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Parks

Yankee Park

Community park · 36.68 acres

Yankee Park playground Children climbing on the new Yankee Park playground Yankee Park tennis courts

Field Status

0 of 2 fields open

Soccer fields

  • Soccer Practice Area Not scheduled

Other areas

  • Cross Country Area Scheduled

Every field in the District

About

Two tennis courts, two pickleball courts and a playground are located close to the shelter. To the north, on the other side of a line of trees, is an open field that includes baseball diamonds, soccer fields and football practice areas. A nature trail leads through the wooded area in the southeast quadrant. Flowering crab apple trees line the north and east borders. There is a paved path around the perimeter of the park.

This Fall Here

  1. Adult Wellness

    Pickleball Leagues Single Player Will Call

    Pickleball Courts · Ages 18 and up

    7 of 12 spots left

  2. Adult Wellness

    Beginner Pickleball Lessons - Session B

    Tuesdays, October 20 - November 17 (No class November 10), 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

    Pickleball Courts · Ages 18 and up · $50 residents, $65 nonresidents

    5 of 10 spots left · Register by Friday, October 16

Recent News

Features

  • AED (automated external defibrillator) at shelter
  • Baseball Diamonds (4)
  • Drinking Fountain (off November-March)
  • Grill
  • Little Free Library
  • Multi-use Trails (paved), Perimeter path length (including sidewalk along Yankee Street) is 0.82 mile. The center path length is 0.19 mile.
  • Parking Lot
  • Pickleball Courts (2)
  • Picnic Shelter
  • Play Equipment (all-access)
  • Restrooms (portable in the winter)
  • Soccer Fields
  • Tennis Courts (2)

History

As the newly formed Park District was proceeding with the acquisition of its first 4 neighborhood park sites, it was also watching development between Yankee Street and McEwen Road, south of Alex-Bell Road and north of Centerville-Miamisburg Road. A community park was desired as a home to the Washington Baseball League and others for their games. In 1964, the Park District purchased an 18-acre parcel, the south portion of today's park, that would be part of a 30-acre school-park complex that was to be developed jointly by the Park District and the School Board. The School Board purchased 10 acres and held it until their plans changed. They passed it to the Park District in 1983. Seven plus acres was added to the northeast side of the park in 1969.

Note: History courtesy of Pat Aldrich, Centerville-Washington History

Before You Go

Hours
The park is open during daylight hours.
Address
7500 Yankee St.
Centerville, OH 45459
Pets
Domesticated animals are permitted if they are controlled at all times on a visible leash not more than eight feet long.

Directions

Yankee Park on the map of the DistrictMap of Washington Township and the City of Centerville with Yankee Park marked and the District’s other parks in gray.
Where Yankee Park sits among the District’s 51 parks

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors and the U.S. Census Bureau

What’s Here

Play

Sports & courts

Trails & nature

Shelters & picnics

Comfort & access

Drawing of Yankee Park: its boundary, ball fields, play area, parking, buildings and shelters, trail, paved path
  • Ball fields
  • Play area
  • Parking
  • Buildings and shelters
  • Trail
  • Paved path

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Reserve a Shelter

Shelter reservations are made on RecDesk, where you can see open dates and book.

Shelters on RecDesk

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