Hillview Park

Picture and some text from the City of Salem's Hillview Park page

502 Ewald Ave SE     View on Google Maps

This is a neighborhood park consisting of 3.8 acres. Amenities inlcude the following items:

Hillview Neighborhood Park was purchased in 1966, with a HUD Open Space grant reimbursing the City one-half the cost. Several access points are available with a fifty-foot frontage on Ewald Avenue, an eight-foot easement from Holmes Court, and Lantz Street that dead-ends at the park.

Development of the park was begun in 1974, in response to neighborhood interest. The first phase of development included a partial irrigation system with volunteers assisting in brushing out blackberry vines, planting trees and helping install the baseball backstop. Phase II includes additional irrigation, turf, paths, tot lot and multi-use court. Phase III completed the development and includes a sign, wooden type play equipment, planting of additional trees, drinking fountain, shelter building and parking.

The park has become the social focal point for the neighborhood and is often referred to as "our park" by those living nearby. This is one place where the neighborhood involvement in design and construction of the park has really worked.

Last year — thanks to Sunset Rotary Club, lots of volunteers, as well as a Salem Park Improvement Fund (SPIF) grant — a new metal roof was installed on the shelter, which should last a very long time!

This page updated on November 14, 2011.