Lancaster Parks Information

	Memorial Park (35.5 acres) is of citywide significance and is Lancaster's most heavily used recreation area. It contains an excellent variety of recreational facilities and support facilities, including a swimming pool, a new pool building and a small-child wading pool, 74 picnic tables, 7 picnic shelters (which can be rented), a good selection of playground apparatus, interior park roads, two softball diamonds with fencing and light, bleachers, drinking water, and a basketball court. A pond provides a place for children to fish in the summer. The park also has two volleyball courts, an ice stating area in the winter, and a sledding hill. Four restroom buildings are also located at different locations throughout Memorial Park.
	Ryland Park (2 acres) is an open space, which includes two picnic tables and the Schreiner Memorial Library.
	Klondyke Park (10.4 acres) is of citywide significance to Lancaster even though it is located approximately two miles north of the city's corporate limits adjacent to the Grant River. Its recreational improvements are largely associated with passive recreation in the form of picnicking (4 tables) and fishing. The area is also used for nature study and has historical significance to residents in that it contains remnants of the city's first public water supply system. There is also a restroom building located on the premises, but it is not handicapped accessible.
	Schreiner Park (20 acres) has been in city ownership and dedicated to recreation since 1905. It was formerly the site of the city's swimming pond, but the city's swimming pool constructed in 1933 terminated it use. This community park has been developed with nature trails, a shelter building with four tables, and a "par course" for exercising. A walking bridge has been added to enable people to cross the stream that flows through the park. Three additional timber bridges have recently been constructed to make it easier to maintain the park. These bridges are also used by persons walking through the park. This park is intended primarily as a nature preserve, so the city does not provide any access for automobiles.
	Courthouse Square provides a unique open space area for the downtown commercial district. The historic Grant County Courthouse, with its ornate dome, is one of the most beautiful courthouses in the State of Wisconsin. The Southwest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has recommended that the Courthouse Square and the surrounding commercial buildings be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as a downtown historic district.
	Schacht Soccer Field (3.7 acres) in 1999, the City acquired additional parkland on the north side of the City. The land was donated, by a local businessman, to the City for soccer fields. They have been used for Lancaster Youth Soccer since 2002.
	Baus Park (5 acres) was acquired by the City in 1999 and is located on the south side of the City. This land will be developed into a park. Plans include an athletic field, basketball court/ice rink, and handicap accessible playground equipment.

Rent for park shelters     $25.00