AMBUCS Park
1200 E. University Ave.
Urbana, IL
Amenities
- ADA Accessible
- Ball Diamonds
- Drinking Fountains (Apr-Oct)
- Flower Beds
- Grills
- Grills - Accessible
- MTD Bus Route - Orange
- Open Fields
- Parking
- Path/Trails
- Pavilion
- Picnic Tables
- Picnic Tables - With Shelters
- Playground
- Playground - Accessible
- Portable Toilets (Seasonal)
- Restrooms (Apr-Oct)
- Sculpture
- T-Ball Field
- 22 Acres
Description
AMBUCS Park is a park site leased from the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District since 1960. Originally known as Woodland Park, it was renamed after the Greater Champaign County AMBUCS service club in 2000.
This park features an accessible playground, many large trees and a ball field that is used for softball and the Kiwanis-sponsored Challenger Baseball League, a program founded by Tom Jones for youth with disabilities.
AMBUCS is a wonderful place for a picnic. The Jean Driscoll Pavilion is an open air facility that can accommodate about 120 people, and is near an adjacent playground, restrooms, grill and parking. The smaller Nick Santi Pavilion is adjacent and is also available for rentals.
An accessible playground with numerous elevated ramps was installed in 2013. The playground additionally features outdoor musical instruments on an accessible path that encircles the play areas.
The bathrooms and drinking fountain are available seasonally from mid-April through mid-October.
There is a gravel parking lot near the Jean Driscoll Pavilion with one accessbile spot as well as a paved lot next to the playground.
