Greenwood / Ashworth Park
4500 Grand Avenue
Inside of Greenwood Enclosed Shelter
Greenwood Open Shelter
Greenwood Wading Pool
Rose Garden
Located in heavily-wooded Ashworth Park, east of 45th Street and south of Grand, are the Bill Riley Recreational Trail trailhead/parking, an open-air shelter with picnic tables, playground, wading pool, Ashworth Memorial Pool, tennis and basketball courts and several picnic areas for family and social gatherings.
Greenwood Park, stretching from 45th Street to 48th Street, south of Grand offers Sylvan Theater, Clair and Miles Mills Rose Garden, an enclosed shelter and the Mary Miss Greenwood Pond Double Site outdoor classroom. It is also home to the Des Moines Art Center and several outdoor works of art.
Amenities
- Picnic Tables
- Grills
- Restrooms
- Enclosed Shelter
- Open Shelter
- Playground Equipment
- Wading Pool
- Basketball Court
- Tennis Court
- Backstop
- Recreation Trail
- Nature Trail
- Mary Miss Outdoor Classroom at Pond
- Ice Skating
- Sledding
- Sylvan Theater
- Formal Garden
- Swimming Pool
City of Des Moines, Iowa
Parks and Recreation
- 602 Robert D. Ray Drive
- Des Moines, Iowa 50309
- Phone: (515) 237-1386
- E-mail: Information Center
- Web Site: http://www.dmgov.org