Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, near Autzen Stadium. In June 1967, it was dedicated to Alton F. Baker Sr., the eleventh owner (60 years after it was founded) of Eugene's The Guard newspaper (later The Register-Guard). It features duck ponds, bicycle trails, a dog park and a disc golf course, and directly touches the Ferry Street Bridge across the Willamette River.

Other amenities include the Cuthbert Amphitheater, a venue for outdoor musical and drama performances. The amphitheater is named for Fred Cuthbert, the park's designer.

Whilamut Natural Area

thumb|One of the boulders engraved with Kalapuyan words along the paths of east Alton Baker Park, this one is next to the Willamette River: "Whilamut" "Where the river ripples and runs fast"

The less developed, eastern part of Alton Baker Park is known as the Wilhamut Natural Area and links to Springfield's Eastgate Woodlands via bicycle paths and open space.

The prize recipients honored in the park are

  1. Theodore Roosevelt, 1905
  2. Elihu Root, 1912
  3. Woodrow Wilson, 1919
  4. Charles G. Dawes, 1925
  5. Frank B. Kellogg, 1929
  6. Jane Addams, 1931
  7. Nicholas Murray Butler, 1931
  8. Cordell Hull, 1945
  9. Emily Greene Balch, 1946
  10. John Raleigh Mott, 1946
  11. American Friends Service Committee, 1947
  12. Ralph Bunche, 1950
  13. George Catlett Marshall, 1953
  14. Linus Carl Pauling, 1962
  15. Martin Luther King Jr., 1964
  16. Norman E. Borlaug, 1970
  17. Henry Kissinger, 1973
  18. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 1985
  19. Elie Wiesel, 1986
  20. Jody Williams, 1997
  21. International Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1997
  22. Jimmy Carter, 2002
  23. Al Gore, 2007
  24. Barack Obama, 2009

See also

  • Gillespie Butte
  • Hendricks Park
  • Park Blocks (Eugene, Oregon)
  • Pre's Trail
  • Skinner Butte
  • Spencer Butte
  • Washington Jefferson Park

References

  • The Eugene, Oregon Scale Model Solar System