Park Hours
7 a.m. to dusk
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Size
38.85 acres
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Amenities
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Picnic shelters and tables
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Barbeque grills
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Basketball court
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Two baseball/softball fields
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Four tennis courts
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Trails
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Open play area
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Children’s (5-12yrs) play structure at the Stikes Rd entrance and play structure with separate swing at Sunset entrance.
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Toddler (2-5yrs) play structure (two slides, astro rail, climbing structures, bridge, rocking dinosaur and motorcycle, separate climbing log, activity panel) at Stikes Rd entrance.
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Restroom: yes
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Parking Lots: 3 (one at each entrance)
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Entrances: there are 2 pedestrian and 4 vehicular entrances to Wonderwood Park, including Sunset Drive SE at the NW corner, Brentwood Drive SE on the east side, and Stikes Drive SE on the southside, and 32nd Avenue at the SW corner of the park.
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Wonderwood Park Forest Management Plan Implementation
The City of Lacey received a $10,000 Urban and Community Forest Program grant from Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on March 1, 2011. Funding assistance is provided by the USDA Forest Service. The grant funds were used to retain a consulting urban forester, Washington Forestry Consultants, Inc., to prepare a forestry management plan for Wonderwood Park.
A public meeting was held at the park on August 22 to get input from citizens and neighbors of Wonderwood Park. The forestry management plan was approved by the Board of Park Commissioners on September 26, 2011.
Wonderwood Park Forest Management Plan Final 
The recommendations in the plan are being implemented. On November 10, boy scouts removed invasive plants and planted 100 Western red cedar seedlings. On November 19, boy scouts hung 11 bird nesting boxes.
Beginning December 1 and continuing through Dec. 15, 2012, twenty-eight trees infested with laminated root rot, recommended for removal by WFCI in the management plan, will be removed by a contractor. Wildlife snags will be created on eleven of the twenty-eight trees.
The City of Lacey Parks Maintenance Department has filed the appropriate Land Clearing Permit Exemption Requests with the Community Development office, and will provide the contractor with the tree removal permit. All removals will adhere to the following scope of work unless otherwise noted.
• Trees may be climbed and fell in pieces or cut and fell whole. In either instance the contractor is to consider the overall health of the forest when falling trees, taking care to minimize damage to surrounding trees. For this reason, the cutting of other trees larger than 4” diameter to create an open area for a tree to land is prohibited.
• Once on the ground, trees will have all branches removed from the stem and laid flat on the forest floor. No debris will be piled up. All debris blocking any developed or undeveloped trail will be removed from the trail.
• Stumps will then be cut at ground level.
Exceptions are highlighted on pages 30-31 of WFCI’s “Wonderwood Park – Forest Management Plan”. These include trees numbered 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 16.
• Trees # 1, 8, and 9 have been designated by WFCI as wildlife snags. Trees # 12 and 16 have been added as snags. The contractor will top these trees at approximately 20’. The debris from the topping will be pieced down and laid flat on the forest floor. The City of Lacey Parks Maintenance Dept will be responsible for the axe frill treatment to the trunk recommended by WFCI.
• Tree #4 is not a complete removal. Only the eastern stem is to be removed. If the stem removal requires climbing no spurs will be used on the trunk of the tree that will remain. The final pruning cut of the removed stem shall adhere to all ISA standards.
• Tree #13 has already been removed.
The removal of several large Douglas Fir trees in a Laminated Root Rot pocket will create a significant disturbance to the surrounding area. The intent was to harvest the timber via horse logging, however no contractor was willing to conduct the work. All fir trees within this pocket, larger than 20” DBH (#’s 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30) will be climbed and pieced down in 10’ to 20’ segments. All branches will removed from the stem and laid flat on the forest floor. 25’ of the tree will remain as a wildlife snag. After removal if it is critical to lighten the timber load on the forest floor, the City may request that the top half of each tree be pieced into firewood lengths for later removal.
Tree Removal
For more information on the Forest Management Plan and project, please visit the Park Planning and Projects page, or contact Lori Flemm, Lacey Parks and Recreation Director at (360) 438-2633.
Park Aerial Overview 
Park History
In 1971, the City of Lacey purchased approximately twenty acres for what would be the first park in the city with $14,500 of city funds, and a grant of $58,000 from the Washington State Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation. Two years later, the city purchased an additional 20 acres with a second grant from the Washington State Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, in the amount of $52,500, and a donation of $17,500. The following year, the city received a third grant from the Washington State Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, in the amount of $101,816 and together with $25,454 of city funds, developed our first park. Then in 1977, phase 2 of the park’s development was funded with $107,302 of city funds and a fourth grant of $192,688 from the Washington State Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation. In 2005, Wonderwood Park was redeveloped using a total of $1,010,000 in voter approved bonds and city funds and a fifth grant from the Washington State Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, in the amount of $280,000.
Park Rules
Please help ensure a positive experience for all park visitors and wildlife by observing
park regulations.
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