Wooster Memorial "Spangler" Park

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Wooster Memorial or "Spangler" Park is found off of U.S. Route 250 just five miles West of town. Consisting of over three hundred and twenty plus acres of pristine woodland for hiking. There are over six miles primitive of trails, scenic overlooks, the Rathborn Run, picnic pavilions and public restrooms Wooster Memorial offers some wonderful educational opportunities or just a place to get back to nature. Foot traffic only please no bikes, horses or motorized vehicles permitted.

Mr. Paul Spangler (1900-1986), a Wooster native and high school teacher, long dreamed of this area becoming a park. In 1961, he began a series of land donations to the City of Wooster and requested that the area be named Wooster Memorial Park. Today, the park consists of 254 acres, of which 121 acres (Becker Farm) were purchased by the City in 1968 through local foundations.

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