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Walrond Park
6842 Walrond Drive
Roanoke, VA 24019

Hours: 6:00am-11:00pm

Description:  Walrond Park boasts beautiful panoramic vistas, some of the area's best public tennis courts, and is home to a small activity center known as the Walrond Senior Center.  Toss a frisbee around on a new disc golf course here. Reserve the Walrond park shelter, one of only a handful of area shelters with a fireplace. 

Directions: From Interstate 81, take exit 146 toward Hollins.  Take a right off the exit ramp onto plantation road.  After the first stoplight, turn right onto Walrond Drive.  Park is 1/4 mile down the road.  DIRECTIONS ONLINE using Google Maps

 Amenities

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Description

Park Area

 

 

57 acres

Picnic Shelters

 

 

one rentable shelter, capacity 64 CHECK AVAILABILITY

Tables

 

 

six 8' tables in shelter

Grills

 

 

2 surrounding shelter, 1 large and 1 small

Playgrounds

 

 

near tennis courts

Bathrooms

 

 

next to main parking lot

Portable Toilet (PT)

 

 

 two year round units

Electricity              

 

 

 available at shelter

Water Fountain

 

 

located near bathrooms and shelter

Athletics Fields

 

 

4 seasonal softball/baseball, 2 soccer, 1 football

Tennis Courts

 

 

 ten asphalt courts with lights

Volleyball

 

 

 

Basketball

 

 

 

Horseshoes

 

 

 located near far shelter and beside ballfield #5

Frisbee Golf

 

first hole near senior center, right of the pond

Trails

 

loop to be complete in 2009-2010

Parking

 

100 spaces