Morris Hill Park

• Dog Off-Leash Area
• Public Art
• Restrooms
• Horseshoes
• Playground

Morris Hill Dog Park is a 1-acre fenced in dog park featuring mulch ground cover, a picnic shelter provided by the Idaho Humane Society, picnic tables, benches, trees, and a doggie drinking fountain (water is available from mid-April through mid-October). The park also houses fire hydrants and dog agility toys for your dog to enjoy, and provides mutt mitt dispensers and trash cans for you to pick up after your pet.

Dogs and their owners should be sure to follow the City's leash and pick-up ordinance going to and coming from the dog park, and follow the Dog Off-Leash Area Rules and Regulations while visiting the park.

Number of Horseshoes courts: 2

There are 2 horseshoe pits available at a first-come, first-serve basis.

Swingsets: yes
Age group: 2-12

The play equipment suitable for children ages 2-12 includes saddle spinners, an orbiter, swings and other elements. Additional features include a wheelchair-accessible cycler and a molded bucket seat for the swing set. The playground surface is wood chips.

The sculpture is on the north side of the park on a semicircular concrete slab protruding into the arboretum from the walking path that circumnavigates the park. The artist, Francis Fox chose this site because of its potential for a quiet and intimate experience with the sculpture, the arboretum, and the cemetery.

CONCEPT
The bronze sculpture will also function as a circular bench. Most of the artists' research for this project, over the past two years, was focused on tree seeds. Through this investigation and his growing familiarity with the site, Francis was inspired to choose an idea that could elicit a general sense of growth and contemplation from the viewer. The vertical form of the bench relates to trees in both their mature and infant stages of life. The domed bottom of the sculpture suggests balance. These formal choices combined with the seating function, and the site location, all contribute to create a potential non-verbal awareness of trees and a general experience of life cycles.

MATERIALS
The sculpture is completely cast in bronze with a two inch solid stainless steel pole embedded in concrete.

Park restrooms are available at this park.  Restrooms are now open. Park drinking fountains are now operational.  

For a list of restrooms and portable restrooms that are available year around in parks and the reserves, click here.

A Master Plan is a concept drawing illustrating recreation facilities and landscape features planned for a park site.  It does not necessarily represent what amenities are currently in a park.