Discover Wilder: Parks, kayaking and memorial sites

Wilder offers several distinct options for your trip: pickleball at City Center Park, kayak access at Frederick's Landing, and a playground and memorial at Veterans Memorial Park. Holt Battery and Wiggins Battery are two additional memorial sites. These highlights can help you plan your stay around specific interests. If you’re looking for a hotel in Wilder, first consider whether sports, water access or local history will shape your visit.

Pickleball at City Center Park

City Center Park opened in May 2021 and has two pickleball courts. If pickleball is part of your travel plans, the two courts offer a specific sporting attraction. Pickleball is the park’s main focus, while water access is the main attraction at Frederick's Landing. This makes it easy to choose between a sporting visit to a park and a kayaking activity as you plan. The opening date also provides a point of reference for the park’s history.

Kayak access at Frederick's Landing

Frederick's Landing is on the Licking River and has a boat ramp. Schack's Yaks’ kayak rental kiosk is also located there; the kiosk provides access to the Licking River or Three Mile Creek. This gives you a clear distinction to consider when planning: Frederick's Landing is on the Licking River, while the two waterways named as kayak options are the Licking River and Three Mile Creek. Before you set out, consider which waterway you want to kayak on, and check the kiosk’s location again before your trip.

Playground and memorial at Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park covers about one acre. The park features a memorial erected in 2002, whose design distinguishes the individual branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The park also has a playground. The approximate area gives you an idea of the park’s size, while the memorial and playground appeal to different interests. If you’d like to include both a memorial site and a playground in your plans, this park offers both.

Two additional memorials

Holt Battery honors Brigadier General J. Holt; Wiggins Battery honors Samuel Wiggins. The names refer to two different people: Holt Battery commemorates J. Holt, while Wiggins Battery commemorates Samuel Wiggins. This makes it clear whom each site honors if you’re interested in Wilder’s memorials.

Getting to Wilder and finding a hotel

Major interstate highways in every direction are readily accessible from Wilder. If you’re driving, you can use these highway connections as a general starting point for planning your trip and tailor the specific route to your destination. These are two distinct planning steps: the interstate highways are relevant to getting to Wilder, while the parks, kayak access and memorial sites relate to your interests at the destination.

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