Shackleford Park is an east side park and was acquired in 1984. It takes its name from the adjacent street. It is bound by Howard Street on the north, Rutan Street on the east, Knox Street on the south and Shackleford Street on the west. The 11.97-acre site was held in reserve for nearly 20 years. It and three other reserve park sites received playground and other improvements in early 2000 from funding from Capital Improvement Programs. In 2003, a balance of $44,965 from Community Development Block Grant funds that had been earmarked for the Eugene McCray Community Center project was transferred for use in Shackleford for the construction of trails and related park improvements.
Recreational highlights of the park include a 0.40 mile cement loop trail, a basketball court, playground and picnic area.
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.
The geology is the Crosstell series consists of deep, moderately well drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in clayey residuum derived from claystone. It lies within the Eastern Cross Timbers ecosystem and has post oaks growing in soils that post oaks don't typically grow in (sandy iron-rich soils).
The park lies within the Eastern Cross Timbers ecosystem and has a few post oak and blackjack oaks growing in soils that post oaks don't typically grow in (sandy iron-rich soils).
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4615 Shackleford Street, Fort Worth 76119 View Map
4615 Shackleford Street , Fort Worth 76119
Shackleford Park sign
Shackleford Park picinic table
Shackleford Park basketball court
Shackleford Park post oak
Shackleford Park bench
Shackleford Park playground