Indian Hill Park

Indian Hill Park

Indian Hill Park is located on Ararat Street on Worcester’s North Side and is used by Joe Schwartz Little League.

The park was part of a larger parcel of land that included the North Worcester Public School, whose building can still be seen on Indian Hill Road. What is now Indian Hill Park used to be the school yard for the school. The school building was built in 1893, but replaced by the building currently found adjacent to the park in 1923. In 1980, the city sold the school building to the Salter School and the remaining 4.28 acres of the school grounds along Indian Hill Road are made public. It wasn’t until 2005 that the city transferred those 4.28 acres of public land from the jurisdiction of the city manager to the parks department, officially deeming it a park.

Indian Hill Park is home to a memorial that honors five teenagers who passed away in a cabin fire at the top of Indian Hill in 1967.

More recently, the park featured only a ball field and t-ball field used by Joe Schwartz Little League and a small parking lot. Most of the park was wooded and undeveloped. The concession stand was built completely by volunteers and is used when baseball related events are held at the park.

During the summer of 2016, the city dug up what was the parking lot and wooded area and completely transformed it. The new Indian Hill Park will features an improved and expanded parking area, playground, rain pavilion, picnic tables, benches, and a basketball court.

This park does not currently have a member organization established with Park Spirit. If you are interested in forming such a local group, please let us know!