Off New Hope Road is Marsh Creek Park, which has recently added a recreational center and skate park.
The setting is typical Piedmont farmland after 50-60 years - upland pines and chestnut oaks with a slope down to water - though not Marsh Creek. the park is named for Marsh Creek Road, which begins just across New Hope.
The skate park is impressive and quite popular.
Just below the skate park is a rain garden with a beautiful stand of Joe-Pye-weed as seen below.
The new center has a large meadow beside it and its large parking areas have nice ecotone areas, though stilt grass is fast invading.
The microstegia - stilt grass or bamboo grass, is in the center.
This is a lower field, and through the trees are headwaters and a nice small pond.
