PARD by Numbers
How many PARD Department Directors have there been since 1962?
What is 3
Name one of the two fuel types used in Log Cabin Village's blacksmith shop.
What is charcoal or coal
What is the oldest Park in the Fort Worth Park & Recreation system?
**100 Extra points if you know the year established**
What is Hyde Park
1873
This famous landscape architect created the first Park Master Plan for the City of Fort Worth.
Who is George E. Kessler
This place is the oldest of its kind in the state of Texas.
**100 Extra points if you know the year established**
What is the Fort Worth Zoo, established in 1909
How many Master Plans are listed on the Website?
What is 16
How many alligators did Nature Center staff capture and tag in 2024?
What is 24
What was the first park purchased by the City of Fort Worth, and what was its original name?
**100 Extra points if you know the year purchased**
What is Trinity Park (City Park)
1892
This community center was known as Hi Mount Elementary from 1922 to 1935.
What is Thomas Place Community Center
This land was first acquired in 1914 and would eventually become the majority of what major park?
What is the Fort Worth Nature Center
How many different school districts contain at least a portion of a Fort Worth Park?
What is 13
Azle ISD, Birdville ISD, Burleson ISD, Crowley ISD, Castleberry ISD, Everman ISD, Eagle Mountain ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, Keller ISD, Lake Worth ISD, Northwest ISD, White Settlement ISD
Fort Worth has so many miles of Right of Ways and Medians that you could drive to this Florida city and back.
What is Panama City Beach, Flordia
Alphabetically, Z Boaz South is the last park in our inventory. Which is the first?
What is Alexandra Meadows Park
What is a Fort Worth Park that no longer exists?
What is John A. Martin Park
Now a site for TCU Athletics, this was Fort Worth's first golf course.
What is Worth Hills Golf Course
How many acres is the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge?
What is 3,650 acres
What was the original name of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden?
What is Rock Springs Park
What Park is named to honor our City founder who named Fort Worth?
What is Arnold Park
Who was the department's superintendent in 1924, who died in 1953, after which a community center was named?
Who is R.D. Evans
This place once hosted an Olympic team, and a bad fireworks show nearly closed it.
What is Gateway Park
In what year were more parks added to the system than any other year?
What is 1918, a total of 19 parks were dedicated - all surrounding Lake Worth, which was impounded in 1914.
What was the name of the first elephant at the Fort Worth Zoo?
What is Queen Tut
Dedicated in 1953, which park was acquired to preserve a tree?
What is Traders Oak Park
To which time period do the oldest archaeological artifacts discovered at the Nature Center belong?
What is the Early Archaic
(8,500 - 6,000 BP)
What was the city's first public multi-purpose facility designed to meet the recreational needs of residents, particularly its youth, and the general public's need for a venue for community events?
The Fort Worth Recreation Building
It was constructed in 1927, sold in 1983, and turned into a factory and warehouse.