Metro purchased the property for the park in 2008 from Stimson Lumber Company using money from voter approved bonds passed in 1995 and 2006.

[4] Construction of park amenities started in 2020, paid for from other bond measures in 2013, 2016, and 2019.

[3] The highest point in the park is Iowa Hill, at the end of the Mampal Trail.

Flora at the park includes Douglas fir trees, Oregon white oak, Pacific madrone, and western red cedars.

[6] Animals include black-tailed deer, bobcats, hermit thrush, coyotes, ruffed grouse, Douglas squirrels, and alligator lizards.