Park
Coal Creek Park
The downtown park on Kattell Street: Maddie's butterfly playground, a splash pad in summer, an ice rink in winter, and the site of Brewfest and the Parade of Lights.
The 6.5-acre park a block off Briggs Street, with the custom butterfly-shaped Maddie’s Playground, a splash pad from Memorial Day to mid-September, an ice rink from early December to late February, two shelters, the Monarch Community Room, a summer cafe, a memorial brick garden and a multi-purpose field. Brewfest and the pre-parade skating happen here.
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- Erie trails: the paved Coal Creek corridor or the singletrack
Erie has two trail systems that suit different days: ten miles of concrete and crusher fines along Coal Creek, open whenever it is light, and 3.15 miles of purpose-built mountain-bike singletrack at Sunset Open Space that the Town closes whenever it is wet. Which to pick, where to park, and where to check.
- Explore Erie: four places in walking order
Park once at Coal Creek Park, walk a stretch of the creek trail, then Town Hall, the Briggs Street shops and a meal on the block. On a Monday, three of the dinner places are closed; the alternatives are here.
- Erie with kids: nine playgrounds, a lazy river, a pump track and the library that never stops
Erie's themed neighborhood playgrounds, two splash pads, a pump track and a library with a program most days. Where to go with children, by age and by weather.
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