Parks

Summerfields Neighborhood Park

Dedication

1978

Size

9.4 acres

Additional amenities

Backstop
Bench
Bleachers
Electrical box
Park lighting
Playground area
Soccer field
Softball/baseball field
Stand-alone swing
Table
Trash receptacle

Fun facts

Summerfields Park is a neighborhood park adjacent to Parkview Elementary School in north Fort Worth.

History

Summerfields Park is north of Interstate 820N in a neighborhood developed in the 1970s. The 9.4-acre park was acquired in 1978 and is adjacent to the appropriately named Parkview Elementary School. Amenities include a playground, paved trail, backstop, bleachers, soccer and softball/baseball fields, bench, table, electrical box, trash receptacle, and restrooms.^{^[1]}

[1] “Meetings Announced for Proposed Renovations to Several City Parks,” City News, (http://fortworthtexas.gov/citynews/default.aspx?id=130404, link no longer active); additional information provided by Michelle Villafranca, April 26, 2023.

Recreation

This neighborhood park has a short trail to the playground and numerous sports fields.

Geology

The park is solely in the Pawpaw, Weno Limestone, Fort Worth Limestone, and Duck Creek geologic formations. Ammonites, echinoids, oysters and pectens are some of the fossils found in these bedrock stratas.

Soils

Sanger soils cover the park and consist of very deep, well drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in clayey marine sediments.

Ecology

Species diversity of this park is low. Species observed are typical generalist species including field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), King Ranch bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum) - non-native species, turkey tangle frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora), and ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata). Birds include northern mockingbird, northern cardinal, and grackles.

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

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