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 Oelwein Parks
 Appreciation Park
Size: 1 acre. Located at 1st Avenue and 1st Street SW, this park is also known as Orville Christophel Memorial or Log Cabin Park. The park offers a historical monument from days of yore, picnic tables, benches, and parking for downtown shopping.
 City Park
Size: 69 acres. Located on South Frederick this park is frontage property to a 55 acre artificial lake named Lake Oelwein. Modern playground equipment was installed with the help of the Kids Playground Fund.
The park offers picnic shelters with tables, open play area, tennis court, sand volleyball, horseshoe courts, restroom facilities, modern and primitive camping, and a dump station. The lake offers "no wake" boating.
The campground overlooks Lake Oelwein and provides public boating access. Facilities include 30 modern RV sites, primitive campsites, private shower facilities, and dump station. For more information, call City Hall at 283-5440.
 Levin Park
Size: 2 acres. Located at 4th Avenue and 4 1/2 Street SW, this park offers picnic tables, an open play field, and is bordered by a natural wooded environment. A bike/skateboard/walking trail accesses it on the west.
Platt's Park
Size: 16 acres. Located at 7th Street and 7th Avenue SE, this park offers 1.25 miles of foot paths, picnic shelters and tables, playground equipment, horseshoe court, restrooms, and a large playfield. This park is the home of a Gazebo and "Trail of Dreams" created by Oelwein Care Center. New playground equipment was installed with the help of the Kids Playground Fund.
 Redgate Park
Size: 24 acres. Located on West Charles Street, this park offers a large wooded area, as well as picnic facilities, playground equipment, tennis court, horseshoe courts, restrooms and Bocce Ball courts. This park has new playground equipment installed by the Kids Playground Fund.
 Reidy Park
Size: 3 acres. Located at 2nd Street and Hillside Drive SE, this park offers a basketball court, playground equipment, picnic facilities, new and improved tennis courts, and new playground equipment installed by the Kids Playground Fund.
 Sports Complex
Size: 32 acres. Located on 20th Street SE, this park offers two soccer fields, two softball fields, and two baseball fields. The complex is restricted in use, for league play only at this time. Modern restrooms, concessions stand, and drinking fountains are available. Completion of this project depends on money and volunteer help.
 Walter P. Chrysler Park
Size: 2 acres. Located at North Frederick and 2nd Street, originally two small parks referred to as "Twin Parks" or "Gazebo Park". Dedicated to Walter P. Chrysler, who once resided in Oelwein, the part to the east offers a gazebo with picnic facilities, water fountain, flower gardens, and a planting of Thunderchild Flowering Crabapple Trees, received through an Arbor Day Challenge Grant and Oelwein Trees Forever. The second part holds the Korean and Vietnam Veterans Memorials, donated by the McNamara family in 1998.
Wings Park
Size: 24 acres. Located at 4th Street and 5th Avenue NE, Wings Park is the home of the Oelwein Family Aquatics Center. The park offers picnic shelters and tables, tennis courts, 3 softball fields, basketball court, horseshoe courts, restrooms, and playground equipment installed with the help of the Kids Playground Fund.
 Family Aquatics Center
Located at 411 4th Street NE, this facility offers a zero-depth entry pool, 150 foot water slide, 6 racing lanes, 1 and 3 meter diving boards, sunning deck & grass areas, modern changing facilities, playground facility, concessions facility, and a 9-hole miniature golf course. It's the "cool" place to be on a hot summer's day!
Great Western Park
Newest park in town, on northwest side, is a wildlife preserve.
Click here for map of park locations in Oelwein.
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