Lithia Park

Beautiful little park! We had a picnic and walked around. Enjoyed every minute. Family friendly. Don’t miss it!

Artisan fair, great shops and mix bake shop has my fav espresso treat; affogatto! Wonderful weather = great trip up from Redding!

Lovely. Nice walk along river with picnic areas, clean restrooms, playground, and tennis courts. Definitely a nice way to spend a few hours.

Five stars for one of the best city parks I have ever been to, and 4 stars off for the no dogs allowed policy that turned me off to the park and in fact the entire town because if this rule.
I encourage strict rules about dog behavior and owner responsibility and I’m all for issuing tickets if people can’t be responsible. Here you have this great park that’s entirely central to so much of what makes Ashland a desirable place to be and then you don’t allow on leash companion animals? I Janet had this problem in Amy other park in all of Oregon, it just seems so unreasonable and I hope they change this.
Up till the minute I was told by a park volunteer I was lucky not to be getting a ticket for having my dog in the park, I was ready to relocate the whole family and my business to Ashland, but this made me feel so unwelcome and sad about it all.

You can tell how uptight Ashland is by the ‘no animals’ sign at this «park». How lame and sad. Ashland is worth a stop for gas and food but if you have dogs just keep on going.

Beautiful park. The bridges are beautiful especially when covered in snow. Must see while in Ashland!
Not great selection of parking however

No dogs allowed. Seriously? The park is not that great.

Amazing nature get-​away right in the middle of Ashland! Beautiful scenery, a long simple hike that connects to the mountain.

This is a must-​do activity for any tourist visiting Ashland. It’s incredible to have this kind of nature so accessible to the town square. The trees, the japanese gardens, duck ponds, picnic areas, fire pits, lagoons, and more are simply breathtaking. There’s also a playground for kids near the entrance.
The park is very nicely designed with both paved walking paths and sawdust-​covered trails. A great place to take a peaceful walk, trail run, or just get out with a book or sketchpad and enjoy nature.
Ahhhhhh… Omm…
Note: Some of the upper level trails have Poison Oak, but they do have signs posted.

Lithia Park is a lovely, 100 year old park that was designed by the same landscape architect as San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, John McLaren. It butts right up to where the Shakespeare Festival is held. That indeed alone tells you this is something very special.
The entrance to the park overlooks the plaza in old downtown Ashland, and is named for the supposedly beneficial mineral waters (from a nearby lithium oxide springs) that were a brief draw in the early 20^th century. The water can be tasted, spouting from a public fountain in the plaza. It is nasty stuff, unless you one of those die hards who also finds that rusty nails have redeeming flavor elements. Two hard core cyclists were partaking of the mineral water, and I, supposing they were as disgusted as I was, pointed toward the other «filtered» drinking fountain nearby and said, «That’s the real water over there!» The man replied, «THIS is the real water!» Oooops! I forgot I was in Oregon.
The lush park is rather shaped like a leg, long and relatively narrow, with duck ponds and a lively creek that dances as it makes its way downhill over stones and naturalized tree stumps. The park has a rose garden, Japanese garden, ice rink, bandshell, and multiple playgrounds. There are gracious old trees, bridges, unpaved paths, grassy areas, picnic tables, wonderful places for kids and dogs to play and explore. And as the trees die, they create rotted holes and hidden places that I imagine would be wonderful fairy gardens. It is a serene, magical place to spend the day.

This park was designed by the guy who did Golden Gate Park. I can see the similarities — and it is interesting! Both are beautiful parks, but it’s interesting to see how they were built — the similarities and differences due to the presence of a little creek running through the park.
Here’s things that make it better than Golden Gate Park:
— Animals seen here and there… deer and wild turkey
— The running creek is pleasant to listen to while walking the trail
— A couple of people playing instruments were quite good! A guitar and a cello while I was there
— Feel «safer» without panhandlers and «people on wheels» zipping down the trails that SF is so famous for.

The deer roam around here in entire families like bosses and aren’t afraid of cars or people. It’s amazing. Came here for a short walk and met a four-​point buck, his two lovely does, and their three cute fawns. I just stood and watched them munch grass for 15 minutes. Beautiful, graceful animals.

Ashland’s most well known park was featured in every travel map, book, and website I’ve looked at, not to mention from the mouth of one of my co-​workers who used to live in the area.
The entrance we came in by has a lengthy river running through it. There are a few bridges crossing over it and I highly recommend taking a minute on them to fully take in the view. The river itself is not off limits as we watched both children and adults playing in the water.
The park is full of hiking trails, duck ponds, mini waterfalls, and even a playground for the little ones. Even though we only viewed about half of the park that half was beautiful. Nothing but tall tress and a whole lot of green as far as the eye can see.
The bathrooms were clean, the people were polite, and except for a few hippies hanging out at the top of the park it was pretty quiet.

Beautiful park located within Ashland. I went in the evening so parking was a bit rough. When driving, watch out for the deers.

My favorite part of my recent trip to Ashland.
It is difficult to explain why the park is so magical, but it was an amazing way to experience my morning jog. From the creek babbling alongside me, to picturesque bridges and a «garden» of rock stacks, it was just perfect.
Whether you run, jog, walk with purpose, or just wander, this is a great free attraction you don’t want to miss in Ashland.

GO! Loved all the trails one could take. If you go to the very end past the swimming reservoir there are little fairy ponds that the locals consider a secret.
The day we were there, they had a brown bear sighting on one of the trails. So just be aware of your surroundings.

Was back here recently, appreciating an unseasonably warm and sunny day. Gotta appreciate this 100 acre forest spread in the middle of the town center, designed by same genius creator of SF Golden Gate Park: John McLaren!
Love especially the meandering creek, the large maples, black oaks, sycamores, sequoias, etc
Duckies abound here as well. So close to the main hub in town on the south end of the Plaza

The main trial leading to the swimming reservoir is comfortable walk even in the summer at a very manageable 1.43 miles. There are a couple of rolling hills; nothing any able bodied person couldn’t handle. Most of the trail follows the creek, 80% of the trail protects you from direct sunlight, lots of picture taking opportunities along the way.
*Bring a water bottle (a duh)

Gorgeous Serene Park In The Middle Of Bard-​Land
SITREP
«To be (in a park), or NOT to be (in a park)?». That is the question.” And the answer is: We were in the park!
THE SETUP
Lithia Park is a beautiful oasis in the middle of Ashland, OR, just off of the main drag (literally called «Main St.»):
* Grassy & Green
* Lush shrubberies (many with a two-​level effect)
* Tall solid trees (that could never be cut down with a herring)
* Area after area after area of different gardens, ponds, secluded alcoves
* Benches, bridges, manicured walkways
* A river, duck ponds and waterfalls…
.a veritiable Paradise…
…AND ABOUT THOSE DUCK PONDS
Love the water environment set up here for our feathery friends, AND the attendant population of water fowl of both ducks and gooses.
It makes for a fun, relaxing, enjoyable environment.
A «MINOR» PARK FAIL
However, my main quibble here with Lithia Park — since they go to the extent of setting up this environment for water fowl — is they won’t let us feed the duckies:
Really? Every duck pond I’ve enjoyed from San Diego to Sacramento to Seattle let’s us feed the ducks. Has the PC Bullshit Patrol really reached these heights of absurdity? Brings to mind a favorite relevant quote…
«Lord, what fools these mortals be!»
— Guess «who», Ashland…
THE LOWDOWN
Awesome beautiful park that you can TOTALLY enjoy…(well, ALMOST)… *sigh*

Drove thru as recommended by fellow Unilocalers. We came at the perfect time, early morning. There was wild deer roaming and the leaves on trees were a beautiful red orange and yellow. Something I’ve never seen. The deer didn’t seem to startle easy either even when we got out of the car to capture a closer photo.
if your in the area take some time to take it in.