Parks
Mapping Maricopa’s parks
Proposed park
Remembering Rotary Park
Pacana Park may be the city’s first official park, but it was not Maricopa’s first place to play. That distinction belongs to Rotary Park, which opened in the late 1950s at what is now the northeast corner of Plainview and Mercado streets, the site of today’s Mike Ingram Heritage Park. Managed by the local Rotary Club, the 3½-acre park filled a major need in the small community. A pool built in 1958 an- chored the site, along with a ramada with picnic tables and grills, a basketball court, a volleyball pit and restrooms. For decades, Rotary Park was a gath- ering place for families looking for relief from the heat. That role evaporated when Copper Sky Regional Park’s aquatic cen-
Lakeview Park
Mike Ingram Heritage Park
“I used to go there when I was living here and host teen events there. It was the only [public] pool in town, but everything has a lifespan,” he said. “There just no lon- ger was a need for that pool and it was just loved to death.”
ter opened in 2014. The Rotary Park pool closed that year and was filled in 2019. Parks and Recreation Director Rocky Brown remembers the park well from his early days in Maricopa, when he served as the city’s youth coordinator and recreation manager.
Pacana Park
East Park
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Copper Sky Regional Park
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City parks through the years
Parks, Trails and Open Space master plan released
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Parks Master Plan update kicks off
Lake View Park opens
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Mike Ingram Heritage Park opens
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Pacana Park opens
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