Newmarket. Town of Recreation and Culture Department, Environmental Park
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Record Details
Established	2009
Funding	City / Town
Address	Gilpen Dr Newmarket, ON   View Google Map
Office Phone	905-895-5193
Website	www.newmarket.ca/en/townhall/newmarketbuildingfirsteverenvironmentalpark.asp
Areas Served	York Region
Intersection	Corner of Gilpin Drive and Woodspring Avenue
Languages	English
Eligibility	All ages
Fees	None
Description	A fully-sustainable park including: playground equipment that replicates natural patterns in the forest; large pavilion framing the forest; amphitheatre backing onto forest setting; residential windmill (also commonly referred to as a wind turbine); solar powered lighting;   permeable paving (allows for water infiltration on paths); succession forest (grid of trees that replicates the succession of forest growth with an educational component); recycled granular base for paved areas; low maintenance grass; collection of all water run-off from the park site; drumlin shaped berms (replicating the geological formation in which the park is situated on); Trail Head entrance--the first 0.5 kilometres of the proposed 6 kilometres of trails in the north west core natural heritage area (stretching from Davis Drive to Newmarket’s northern boundary)
Subjects	Parks
Accessibility	Unknown