Garner Park on May 10, 2020

Garner Park is one of the City of Madison’s parks. It’s officially located at 333 S. Rosa Road. The park is bounded by Rosa Road, South Hill Drive, Whitney Way and Mineral Point Road. The park was created in 1965 or so, but the distinctive shelter house was not completed until 1976.

The parking lot is located off of Rosa Road near the intersection with Mineral Point Road.

The park is home to the annual Opera in the Park, which is hosted by the Madison Opera.

I enjoy walking on the paths at Garner Park. Most of the paths are paved, though there are a few that are just grass. Here is a map of one of my typical walks:

Walking route in Garner Park on 2020-11-18

I typically walk past the shelter  and the tennis courts towards South Hill Drive and then walk over to Rosa Road and then take the path below the shelter back toward the tennis courts. There are some basketball courts just off of Rosa Road (across from Driftwood Avenue) where the path across the open field begins. This is typically where most people enter the park for Opera in the Park.

• Garner Park (City of Madison web site)
• Madison Opera