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Mill Creek Park is an urban park in Youngstown and Boardman, Ohio.It stretches from the near west side of Youngstown through unincorporated Boardman Township. The park encompasses 2,658 acres (1,076 ha), including three lakes and 45 miles (72 km) of recreational trails. [1]
The Mill Creek Park Suspension Bridge is a bridge in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. The 1895 bridge carries Valley Drive across Mill Creek to connect the east and west sides of Mill Creek Park. Following the wishes of Volney Rogers to create fanciful park entrances, Charles Fowler of the Youngstown Bridge Co. designed the
Youngstown: 38: Mill Creek Park Historic District: Mill Creek Park Historic District: March 15, 2005 : Mahoning Ave. to Boardman-Canfield Rd., Mill Creek, 960 Bears Den Rd. Boardman Township and Youngstown: 39
In 1958, Elizabeth A. Fellows bequeathed the property to Mill Creek Park, together with funds to create a public garden on the site. She died in 1958 at the age of 96 in her home. In 1962, plans of how the garden would be designed came to fruition by Landscape Architect John L. Paolano.
In 2005, Mill Creek Park was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. [129] A plaque commemorating this event is near a memorial statue of Volney Rogers, the Youngstown attorney who set aside land for the creation of Mill Creek Park. [124] A smaller recreational area called Wick Park is on the city's north side.
Boardman abuts one of the Youngstown area's most popular attractions, Mill Creek Park. Within the park grounds, there is an 11-acre (45,000 m 2) rose garden, several small waterfalls, a lily pond with geese and turtles, marshlands, and Lanterman's Mill, where grain is ground daily. In addition, there is a 36-hole golf course.
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Leaving Cornersburg, US 62 dips into Mill Creek Park. US 62 is carried over Mill Creek by a historic open-spandrel arch bridge built in 1920. [citation needed] Immediately after this bridge, US 62 passes through the historic Idora Park neighborhood, before continuing on a more northward track toward Downtown Youngstown.