ACORN HILL CHILDRENS PARK
Picture this: Children, their families and friends clambering over and through hollow logs, making crafts from 'found' materials, exploring 'Mine Town' and riding a wooden 'train' through 'Hollins Station', all just minutes from your home.
Acorn Hill will be such a place - a natural play area geared to children, their families and friends - planned for a one-acre site on the peninsula in Robert E Lee Park, overlooking Lake Roland. Parking is available adjacent to the park entrance on Lakeside Drive. There is also access from the Falls Road MTA station.
Acorn Hill is the creation of a group of Nature Council volunteers working with the landscape architectural firm Hord❘Coplan❘Macht to design an area of the park that focuses on children’s activities.
Various play stations, including structures for climbing, swinging, exploring and balancing are planned. These are designed to help children develop physical skills, using natural materials in an open environment where they can learn while having fun. The station names highlight the history of the park, including its factories, mines, railroad and reservoir. In addition to the stations, Acorn Hill will have picnic and quiet areas, a bird sanctuary and spaces for art projects.
Programs will emphasize environmental conservation and exploration of animal and plant habitats, with talks by park rangers and a theater for productions by and for children.
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