Ponds, playgrounds and a zoo fill Gene C. Reid Park's 131 acres in central Tucson. Right here you can imagine a lively sweep of amenities: a 9,500-seat baseball stadium, an outdoor performance center, two man-made ponds, public pools and a 24-acre zoo, all woven together with playgrounds, gardens and picnic areas. The park takes up the western third of a much larger 480-acre parks and recreation complex that was established in 1925 as Randolph Park.
That complex also includes two 18-hole golf courses, a tennis and racquetball facility and an indoor recreation center. A paved 2-mile loop hugs the edge of this park and links to another 2.5 miles circling the Randolph golf and recreation centers, perfect for a stroll or a circuit on your bike. The original L-shaped property was set aside in 1925 after the city obtained the land, and the overall park — originally named for railroad executive Epes Randolph, who died in 1921 — was laid out as roughly one mile by one mile with a half-mile-square neighborhood in the northwest corner.
In 1978 the western third of Randolph Park was renamed. Notice the ponds, the stadium, and the paved loop trail circling this green space.