Special two part-er: twin parks (Part 1)

North of Oakton, south of Thomas are the twin parks of Green Slopes and Hickory Meadows. Sometimes a park, sometimes a lake, always a pair of retention basins. We start with Green Slopes in Part 1. This sprawling park is nestled next to the Orchard church and features a Sledding Hill and Tennis Court. Before I am corrected by the Picklers, part of the Tennis Courts have been reconditioned to become Pickle Ball courts (Holmes Jr. High PE teacher Ms. Boyd was only 3 decades early on calling Pickle Ball the sport of the future).

Of note for runners, the Sledding Hill is a great place to hill train. Early mornings in the summer you can join others testing themselves on a resource not found often in the Heights, a “hill”.