The park features approximately 7 miles of hiking and skiing trails, a soccer and ball field, picnic areas, a sledding hill, seven fireplaces, two sheltered pavilions, and a historic 54-foot high observation tower that was built between 1915-1930.

[9] Dow honored Hubbard's request by suggesting an informal use of the land specifically mapping out roads that followed the natural surface as much as possible as well as reforestation of the area.

[12] Dow further proposed constructing a road leading hikers to the highest point of the park where he stated an observatory should be built.

By the 1960s, the stands of pines grew to obstruct what had previously been a clear view of the statehouse and downtown Montpelier from the tower (and vice versa).

[13] Designed to make Hubbard Park more usable and beautiful- the upgrades focused on improving infrastructure and planting new trees as well as clearing brush and down material to reduce fire hazards.

[13] During the late 1960s improvements to the park were made such as the addition of a nature trail by a youth group under the direction of County Forester, Norman Hudson.

The highest point in the immediate area was Capitol Hill which, at that time, was owned by Jesse S. Viles, former owner of the Pavilion Hotel who approved of the idea of an observatory tower in the park.

[9] Dow emphasized this point: As a drawing attraction, it would pay to put up something effective here, and, moreover, it will be a conspicuous object, being visible from a large part of the city.

The tower was designed by Park Commissioner and avocational architect, Harry Morton Cutler (1867-1930) who was employed as the treasurer for the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier.

Constructed intermittently for several weeks each year by John Miglierini (1869-1930, who immigrated to Montpelier from Italy in 1893) and his employed crew, the tower's stones were gathered from nearby abandoned walls and fences previously used to mark the hillside when it was used as grazing pastures.

[3] Often mistaken as an unfinished structure, the irregular-shaped parapet along the top of the tower was an intentional design feature crafted to resemble that of a medieval ruin.

[2] In 1990, the tower underwent general refurbishing to maintain its safety and integrity which included the replacement of the 50 year old iron stairwell.

[12] During the summer of 2009, the tower was closed for major restoration, where the masonry was re-pointed on the inside and outside, and the metal stairway was sandblasted and repainted with rust-resistant paint.

The annual community-arts based All Species Day Parade spring celebration has traditionally gathered at the soccer field in Hubbard Park at noon on the first Sunday of each May since 1989.

[15] Starting in the summer of 2018, the annual Parkapalooza music festival series was held on the third Saturday of each month from June through September.