Pitcher Park

I walk by here regularly… just people sitting around smoking stuff and the house is never open. Cute area but thats about it.

Nice park!
Lots of trees and a good place to relax. We walk with the kids and they enjoy going through the park.

Small little park but still one of my favorites. Nice place to enjoy a game of chess with a friend.

This is a tiny park. There are no baseball or soccer fields, only a small hill to relax or have picnics on and a few tables engraved with checker sets on which one could play either checkers or chess. While the park doesn’t offer much in the way of entertainment, it’s picturesque and a popular spot for weddings or birthday parties.

Small local park, I came here at night when it was almost closed. Safe, nice and quiet. A romantic spot to be with your love one, or just to relax by yourself for a lazy day.

Secret park! Don’t tell anyone about it or you’ll be castrated by the ghosts of hungry puppies.

This pocket park located in Old Town Orange is adorable! This is not the kind of park where you bring the fam for an all day picnic. This is where you can come eat some lunch, take some beautiful pictures, check out some Orange history in the barn, complete with an antique fire engine, or learn how honey is made in the honey house (by appointment only). It really is cute as a button! Looks like it’s on a movie set and definitely fits right in this historic district.

Quick & Dirty: Very cool little park. More like a garden though.
Long & Small:
Pitcher park is a tiny little park in the downtown Orange historic district. It’s called Pitcher Park because the land was donated by the Pitcher family. There are some cool old buildings in this park that look like they’ve been there for quite a while.
Most people don’t know about this park because it’s so small and looks like it could be someones property, but it’s not. Well it is, it’s ours. It’s such a neat little place to go take a walk through or sit and read for a bit. One of the best kept secrets in Orange, that’s for sure. There’s some great shade trees here and a few tables and benches.
Would I go here again? Yep, it’s on my running route and a great stop off for a drink of water!
Should you go here? Sure, it’s such a cool little park!
See Ya,
Sam

Pitcher Park is one of my favorite secret spots around Old Towne Orange. I think I like it because it’s such a peculiar little park, with only a couple tables and a place where you can get honey sticks, and is seemingly carved into a corner of a block filled with Orange’s historical craftsmen houses. There used to be a time where I was pretty sure this place was just a figment of my inebriated imagination; somewhere I could only find by getting back into a befuddled and meandering state. Don’t worry though, because if you’re interested, this place DOES exist. Go read a book here, or maybe after eating in the circle, take a walk with your sweetheart down to Pitcher, but be sure to hold her hand because then she’ll know that you think she’s special and that will make the moment you kiss under the gazebo an even more special, so-cute-I’m-going-to-puke moment.
Here is a link with a few photos and info:
Here’s a little info from the city of Orange’s website:
Pitcher Park was formerly the home of Henry and Grace Pitcher beginning in 1912, and the property was gifted to the City of Orange in 1988. The park features stone pathways through the property which lead you around clumps of trees, a lively flower garden, and vegetable plots, and stone tables — some of which have inlaid checker/​chess boards. Pitcher Park is also home to the Honey House and Orange Fire Museum. Unlike your typical park, bike riding, skateboards, roller-​blading, and picking fruit are prohibited at Pitcher Park.