It includes the eighteen hole Henry Homberg Golf Course; the Beaumont Botanical Gardens and Warren Loose Conservatory, the second largest public conservatory in Texas; a hiking trail; an equestrian center; and facilities for several sports and outdoor activities.

In 1923 Captain W. C. Tyrrell donated roughly 1500 acres of land in downtown Beaumont to the city to be used as a park.

[1] From November 24, 1935 and June 30, 1941, Civilian Conservation Corps Company 845 built drainage ditches, the park entrance way, the golf course, horse stables, roads, nature trails, picnic tables, and recreation buildings.

[4] The Cattail Marsh Nature Area consists of approximately 900 acres of levees, ponds, and mudflats.

Located next to Hillebrandt Bayou, the marsh system was created as one of the final stages of waste water filtration for the city of Beaumont.