University Park

A nice clean park with plenty of friendly people and activities for the kids.
I didn’t see any dog poop in the grass and the grounds were well maintained. Playground has 2 baby swings, 2 bigger swings, a merry-​go-​round, two teeter totters, a fun corkscrew slide, a full basketball court, bathrooms and drinking fountains in the summer.
There is tons of open space for frisbee, football, and such, and some nice private picnic areas lining the perimeter.
The surrounding neighborhood is very attractive and historical.

Eugene has great parks but this is definitely a classic.
For those in the basketball community this used to be the best park to catch a pickup game any day of the week in the summer. It rivaled the Bean courts and Underbridge as the place to play in town outside. Those who play here simply call it U.P. All the highschool and college players would come down here to play on the modest court that was small enough to run 4 on 4 fullcourt. Halfcourt shots were well within range of some of the guys who filled it up regularly. The wait could be long and would stretch as deep as six games on a good afternoon. But half the fun was hanging out with all the other ballers and watch the sunbathers out in the grass.
Sadly, the old wood backboard is gone, replaced sometime in the early 2000’s by a ridiculous single stantion, double rimmed metal behemoth. The games aren’t as good anymore but you can still catch a game here if you’re lucky. Usually just some out of town UO kids or nostalgic South cats.
Good luck, and keep running those games.