John Stretch Park

The park provides picnic areas, restrooms, a large grassy field, an outdoor basketball court, and a boat ramp.

The entire north edge of the park is dominated by the twenty-foot dike surrounding the lake.

Set into this dike at one end of the park are flood control machinery and a lock for moving boats into and out of the lake.

This park also displays several diesel engines, valves, and pipes that once were part of the flood control facility.

A plaque in the park explains that Stretch worked as director of recreation and conservation for the flood control district between 1963 and 1970.

Flood control machinery on display