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Location
1733 College Street
Size
8.269 acres
Phone
(530) 661-2000

William Crawford, Sr., Park (a.k.a. Crawford Parkis a park located at the southeast corner of El Dorado Drive and College Street in the south part of town, bordered on its south side by the Farmers Central Ditch, and with houses on Donner Way backing up to it on the east. It features a skate parkvolleyball courts, tennis courts, a basketball court, a horseshoe pit, a rain garden, a walking trail (plus access to the adjacent Farmers Central Ditch Path for longer-distance walking), a playground, barbecues, sheltered picnic tables, restrooms, and a parking lot off College Street. It can be reserved for private use.

The north edge of Crawford Park is an access point to the West Bike Loop.

Trees and shrubs planted at Crawford Park include two invasive weed species: Purple-leaf Plum/Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera) and Flowering Pear/Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana). However, three tree species native to Woodland can also be seen at the park: White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia), Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa), and Valley Oak (Quercus lobata). In addition, the Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) trees at the park are native to other parts of California. Other non-native trees at Crawford Park include Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum), Norway Maple (Acer platanoides), Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Camphor Laurel (Camphora officinarum), American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara), Chinese Hackberry (Celtis sinensis), Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis), Chinese Fringe Tree (Chionanthus retusus), Narrowleaf Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia ssp. oxycarpa 'Raywood'), Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba), Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), Black Tupelo/Sour Gum (Nyssa sylvatica), Photinia (Photinia × fraseri), Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis), Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis), Tarata (Pittosporum eugenioides), London Plane (Platanus × hispanica), Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum), Little-leaf Linden (Tilia cordata), and American Elm (Ulmus americana).