Creekwood Park

Dedication

2018

Size

30.7 acres

Additional amenities

Bench
Fishing Pond
Trail

Fun facts

History

The 30 acre park was donated to the City through the parkland dedication program.

Recreation

Creekwood Park recreation is focused on the ponds (5 acre pond to the east 0.25 acre pond near the border with Northwest Community Park, and a 1.75 acre pond in the west section). A 1.5 mile cement walking trail connects the ponds together across the neighborhood, as well as connecting Creekwood Park to Northwest Community Park. The trail follows the creek and provides some wetland fringes for wildlife viewing. There are several foot bridges that cross swales and there are benches that provide a place to rest and enjoy the view.

Geology

The west side of the park is in the Pawpaw Formation,Weno Limestone and Denton Clay. Pawpaw is a calcareous ledge-forming marl interbedded with limestone and clay. The east side of the park is in the Fort Worth Limestone and Duck Creek Formation of the early Cretaceous. This formation exhibits ancient marine burrows and Pecten, oyster, echinoid, and ammonite fossils.

Soils

The soils at the park are predominately Slidell Series, which is a calcareous clay soil. The east side of the park, where the larger pond is located along Blue Mound Road is in Frio Series soils which are calcareous loamy and clayey alluvium in the floodplain of Big Fossil Creek.

Ecology

The park hosts several ponds connected by a tributary of Big Fossil Creek. Along the creek, some prairie wetlands remain.

View animal, plant and insect species observed at Creekwood Park and make some of your own observations through iNaturalist. See link under the "Related information" Section.

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