The new 3.5-acre park in West Houston is now open as the largest park to date in West Side Houston and with a wide range of amenities and attractions for the whole family to enjoy.
Following the successful opening of Woodchase Park in 2021, Westchase District officials had been working on a more expansive green space in West Houston. This past April, the public-wifi-enabled Camden Park opened with 3.5 acres at 2951 Wilcrest Drive directly north of Robinson-Westchase Library. The park and the library are connected through its trail system.
Camden Park features 30,000-square-foot lawn space populated with elm, oak, and bald cypress trees with a covered rooftop terrace for parents to look over the kiddos as well as a multi-purpose pavilion where it will host free concerts and cultural performances.
Camden Park also features a fitness area – equipped with free-use fitness equipment – as well as a gated dog park, and games area featuring foosball, ping pong, and a piano.
“This will be a destination park experience unlike any other in west Houston,” says Sherry Fox, vice president of communications for Westchase District.
“As a fully programmed setting, Camden Park will offer hundreds of year-round free events, all programmed by Westchase District, focused on fitness, education, arts and culture.”
The children’s playground at Camden Park is equipped with a variety of fun obstacles and play-scapes that include climbable boulder objects, a water zone, concrete slide, spinner, and climbing wall. The park also includes a special reading room, where kids can either read, play, or do crafts.
On-site at Camden Park is Sunday Press, a cafe, cocktail bar, and breakfast and lunch spot that will be open daily from 7 am to 8 pm.
Scheduled programs at the park include all-skill-levels pop-up soccer at 4:30 pm Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; Zumba at 6 pm on Mondays; Children’s Bingo at 4:30 pm Tuesdays; Tai Chi at 6 pm Tuesdays; live music series at 6 pm Thursdays; chess club at 3 pm Sundays, and much more. Check out their full programming schedule here.