Alton Baker Park

Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, near Autzen Stadium. It was named for "Register-Guard" founder Alton F. Baker, Sr.cite web |url=http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=678&PageID=1567&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2 |title=Alton Baker Park |publisher=City of Eugene |accessdate=2008-03-17] It features duck ponds, bicycle trails, and a dog park, and directly touches the Ferry Street Bridge across the Willamette River.

Other amenities include the Cuthbert Amphitheater for outdoor musical and drama performances.

The park also features a model, in 1:1 billionth scale, of the sun and inner planets of our solar system. Though some planets (Saturn, Pluto and Neptune) had been stolen (most likely via hammer and chisel), they were replaced in a revamped solar system layout.Fact|date=February 2007

Wilhamut Natural Area

The less developed, eastern part of Alton Baker Park is known as the Wilhamut Natural Area and links to Springfield's Eastgate Woodlands via bicycle paths and open space.cite web |url=http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=678&PageID=1567&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2 |title=Whilamut Natural Area |publisher=City of Eugene |accessdate=2008-03-17] "Wilhamut" is a Kalapuya word that means "where the river ripples and runs fast". A ceremony to rename the former East Alton Baker Park took place on September 7 2002 and included a traditional Kalapuya naming ceremony.

ee also

*Pre's Trail

References

External links

* [http://www.efn.org/~jack_v/ The Eugene, Oregon Scale Model Solar System]