Perspective: Freedom Park

  • A public treasure. And so few people go to see and enjoy it. This feature might fix that. Freedom Park, about 50 acres at the northeast corner of Golden
  • Posted September 9, 2012 at 4 a.m.
JEFF LYTLE (5) Egret on the rail of a fishing/observation deck.

JEFF LYTLE (5) Egret on the rail of a fishing/observation deck.

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Bank rising to the west shows how close, yet how far Freedom Park is from civilization; flags at left mark the location of the Freedom Memorial facing Golden Gate Parkway.

Bank rising to the west shows how close, yet how far Freedom Park is from civilization; flags at left mark the location of the Freedom Memorial facing Golden Gate Parkway.

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Wildlife commonly seen include: black racer snakes, great and little blue herons, egrets, ospreys, alligators, bobcat, coyote, otters, barred owls, red-shouldered hawks, yellow rat snake, eagles and ibis.

Add your own sightings to the bulletin board at the park education center.

And while you are there, check out the Freedom Memorial being erected to past and present patriots. Learn how you too can sponsor an engraved paver and move the memorial closer to completion.

Freedom Park.

Go. See. Enjoy.

— Jeff Lytle

Perspective editor

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