Lake Park is Worcester’s third-largest park! The land for lake park, 110 acres, was donated to the city by Horace H. Bigelow and Edward L. Davis in 1884 to specifically establish a park on the shore of Lake Quinsigamond. The city didn’t accept the gift of this land until 20 years later.

After Lake Park came into existence and between 1870-1890, weekend attendance at the Lake jumped from 100-20,000 people! Also, the park positively impacted land prices, the average acreage increasing in expense from $35 an acre to $500! In 1956 the state took about 27 acres away from Lake Park to establish Quinsigamond Lake State Park, leaving the city with 75.6 acres of non waterfront property bounded by Lake Ave, Coburn Ave and Nonquit Street – the current boundaries of the park today!

Lake park features the state of the art Tivnan baseball field, numerous hiking trails, the ruins of an old tower, a playground, a basketball court, and a multi use ball field. It also features a number of geographic points of interest, like this huge cleft Boulder, aptly named the ‘Twin Sisters’.