City of Urbana Parks & Recreation

Parks and Recreation inquiries can easily be made through the Administration Office (937-652-4304) or through email at [email protected]. 

The Parks and Recreation Division maintains and operates Melvin Miller Park, Pointe North and smaller City Parks including Gwynne Street Park, Roadside Park and Barbara Howell Park.

​​Park Rules

MELVIN MILLER PARK
​731 CHILDRENS HOME ROAD

• 13 baseball/softball fields
• 13 soccer fields
• 1 football field
• 2 basketball courts
• 2 tennis courts
• 3 handball/racquetball courts
• 270,000 gal. swimming pool
• 3,000 gal. baby pool with a mushroom
• 3 playgrounds with 68 pieces of equipment
• 3 shelter houses with picnic tables
• 2 indoor building areas for rent
• 12-acre "Frontier Land", with playground equipment along unpaved trails
• 2-acre fishing pond
• 18-hole disc golf course
• 2 sand volleyball courts
• 6 horseshoe pits

POINTE NORTH Nature Park
​2222 US ROUTE 68 NORTH

A new opportunity for area families to enjoy nature in a 225 acre landscape that is unique in Ohio for it’s biodiversity and an old growth forest. Towering pine trees and massive oaks provide different wooded habitats. Six lakes and miles of hiking trails showcase a rich seasonal palette of natural beauty.  The abundant aquifers of Champaign County burst forth from a blue hole spring pond and produces a beautiful stream and clear water lakes.
 
While currently closed, the park is undergoing a planning effort by community volunteers in collaboration with the City of Urbana to develop new strategies to re-open Pointe North Nature Park as a hands-on nature park. This multi-phased plan will provide hiking, fishing, kayaking and primitive camping through a series of organized events.

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GWYNNE STREET PARK
​251 GWYNNE STREET

• 1 baseball/softball field
• 1 swingset

ROADSIDE PARK
​ST. RT. 29

• 2 shelter houses 

BARBARA HOWELL PARK
​213 EAST MARKET STREET

• 1 shelter house with picnic tables
• 1 basketball court
• 1 playground