The Minot Park District is the unit of the

Minot, North Dakota Minot ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Air Force base approximately north of the city. With a population of 48,377 at the 20 ...

municipal government responsible for maintaining city parks. The District is managed by a board of five directors elected by city voters to four year terms. The district also serves as the local forestry service, trimming and

planting trees Tree-planting is the process of transplanting tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purpose. It differs from the transplantation of larger trees in arboriculture, and from the lower cost but slower and less re ...

across the city. Through its efforts, Minot became a

Tree City USA The Arbor Day Foundation is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees. The Arbor Day Foundation has more than one million members and has planted more than 350 million trees in neighborhoods, communities ...

in 1992.

Parks

:11th & 11th Park :Green Valley Park :Hammond Park :Jefferson Park :Leach Park :Milla Vista Park :Moose Park :Nubbin Park : Oak Park ::Second largest park in the city, located in a dense thicket of

Oak trees An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

. : Polaris Park :Radio City Park :Riverside Park :

Roosevelt Park Roosevelt Park may refer to: United States * Roosevelt Park, Michigan, a city * Roosevelt Park (Albuquerque, New Mexico), a park in Albuquerque, New Mexico * Roosevelt Park (Edison), a park in Edison, New Jersey * Roosevelt Park (Malden), a pa ...

: ::Minot's largest park, adjacent to a zoo. :Rosey Park :Shirley Bicentennial Park, commonly known as the

Scandinavian Heritage Park Scandinavian Heritage Park is a park located in the Upper Brooklyn neighborhood of Minot, North Dakota. Scandinavian Heritage Park features remembrances and replicas from each of the Scandinavian countries: Norway, Sweden and Denmark, as well a ...

. ::Includes a

stave church A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing where the load-bearing ore-pine posts a ...

and the Minot Convention and Visitors Bureau. :Sunnyside Park :Via View

Other facilities

:Corbett Field (

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

stadium) :MAYSA Arena (ice rinks) :Optimist Soccer Complex :

Souris Valley Golf Course Minot ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Air Force base approximately north of the city. With a population of 48,377 at the 20 ...

References

External links

Minot Park District
Parks in North Dakota Park districts in the United States Protected areas of Ward County, North Dakota Tourist attractions in Minot, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-stub