Unity Park shows where downtown Ocoee's rain goes
A quarter-mile boardwalk circles a working wetland, stream, and pond that slow and clean downtown runoff before it reaches Starke Lake.
The pond at Unity Park is not leftover space between the path and downtown.
Ocoee built the five-acre park to receive runoff from part of its downtown district. A stream, settling areas, planted wetland, and large pond slow the water and remove material before it continues toward Starke Lake. The pond also gives heavy rain somewhere to collect away from streets and buildings.
The lighted boardwalk circles the wetland for about a quarter mile. That makes the water system easy to see without turning a short walk into a lesson plan. Look for the stream, weirs, wetland plants, pond, and the places where water can move after a strong storm.
Start with the city page for current access, hours, and notices. Rain can change how the park looks and how comfortable the path feels. The water details there show what each feature does.
Unity Park gives Ocoee a compact downtown green space, but its better trick is making hidden city work visible. Once you know where the rain goes, the park and the lake chain read differently.
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