Hastings Park features is one of Vancouver’s largest urban parks, at 154 acres. It is home to the PNE, Hastings Racecourse and Pacific Coliseum. Hastings Park features a vast Sanctuary of gardens, with a pond, bridges, and winding pathways, the Il Giardino Italiano (Italian Gardens) with unique water features, the opera walk, two large children’s play areas, a spray park and the historical WWII Japanese Momiji Commemorative Garden.
There is also a skatepark, with views of the gardens and mountains, Empire Fields (bowl), with playing fields for soccer and softball, as well as an oval running track, surrounded by steep grassy slopes.
Hastings Park Contact Info:
Where: Vancouver
Address: 2901 E Hastings
Phone: (604)254-1631
Website: http://cfapp.vancouver.ca/parkfinder_wa/index.cfm?fuseaction=FAC.ParkDetails&park_id=72