Parks

Historic Stop Six Park

Dedication

1969

Size

6.25 acres

Additional amenities

Backstop
Basketball court
Bench
Drinking fountain
Electrical box
Fitness station
Grill
Park lighting
Parking lot
Playground area
Restroom
Shelter
Soccer field
Softball/baseball field
Stand-alone swing
Table
Trash receptacle

Fun facts

Formerly known as Rosedale Plaza Park, Historic Stop Six Park was acquired in 1969 to provide parkland for an underserved African American community in east Fort Worth. Two tracts totaling 5.66 acres were initially acquired at a cost of $25,028.80. Early improvements included playground equipment such as bouncers, climbing apparatus, and a basketball goal. More improvements were provided in 1985-86 that included a parking lot, shelter, basketball slab, play structure, irrigation, and a softball backstop. The park now includes 6.25 acres. In 2024, City Council approved the renaming of Rosedale Plaza Park to Historic Stop Six Park to honor the park’s history and the significance of Historic Stop Six Park in Fort Worth’s cultural landscape.

Recreation

The park has a 0.3 mile cement ADA loop trail that encircles a basketball court, picnic and pavilion area with a grill. Spreading live oaks provide deep shade for a summer picnic.

Geology

The geology is Grayson Marl and Main Street Limestone of the Cretaceous. Grayson Marl consists of greenish-gray thinly interbedded limestone with nodular bits of shale, sand and fossiliferous material. The Main Street Limestone is hard, thin interbedded gray and white layers.

Soils

The park is equally distributed with three soil types. The Ponder series is also deep, well-drained soils formed in a calcareous marine environment. The Rader soils consist of very deep, moderately well-drained soils formed in clay and loam alluvium derived from sandstone and shale. These soils can be found on ancient stream terraces on inland dissected coastal plains. Wilson Series soil that formed in calcareous clayey alluvium of Pleistocene age derived from mudstone.

Ecology

The park is a popular neighborhood park filled with active and passive use recreational areas. It is maintained and does not have a Natural Area. Wildlife species observed at the park are the common urban species; with a few surprise sightings of eastern bluebirds and black swallowtail butterflies.

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

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