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Grove and West Parks


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Grove and West Parks Grove Park, Fremont and Third, and West Park, 11th and High, are tree-shaded city-owned parks equipped with children's playground areas with swings, slides, and other equipment.


Located at Grove park is also the Municipal Swimming Pool which is open to the public from Memorial Day each spring to Labor Day each fall. Shelterhouses and picnicking facilities are provided at the parks.


The Dr. Ivan Boyd Memorial Scout Cabin, Home of the Baldwin Boy Scouts, stands in the northwest corner of Grove Park.


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Douglas State Lake

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Women's Bridge

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Palmyra Post Office

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Baldwin City, KS Pioneer Life

Clarice L. Osborne Memorial Chapel

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