Heritage Recreation Center

9010 - 128th Street
Puyallup, WA 98373

Heritage Ballfields

Located between Rogers High School and Zeiger Elementary School, Pierce County and Puyallup School District officials first broke ground for the Heritage Recreation Center on January 14, 2005. The completed project fulfills a county vision going back three decades. Tom Cross, the county's first parks director, believed in joint-use parks and recreation facilities and pointed to the site between Rogers High School and 94th Avenue East as an ideal location.

Built for $8 million on 40 acres, the complex includes:

one lighted baseball field
four lighted softball fields
six soccer fields (one with lights)
concessions/restroom building
children's play area
468-space parking area that serves the center and nearby Rogers High School and Zeiger Elementary School for their events and activities.

The construction project was a Pierce County Parks and Recreation and Puyallup School District partnership with the county putting up the construction dollars and the school district committing land and operation dollars. Heritage Recreation Center is available for School District activities during the school day while Pierce County Parks and Recreation Department schedules the facility for Parks and Recreation activities and community use in the evenings and weekends.

Heritage Recreation Center is linked to the South Hill Community Park via the 1.6 mile paved Nathan Chapman Memorial Trail. The site is also within the South Hill Heritage Corridor, with Pioneer Trail history markers at the site will describe its historical significance. The corridor was dedicated in October 2001 on the occasion of the 148th anniversary of the Longmire-Byles wagon train crossing over the Naches Pass Trail through South Hill.

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Dedication & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Heritage Recreation Center officially opened to the public on Saturday, September 16, 2006, making our vision a reality.

The ceremony opened with the Rogers High School band, followed by a presentation of the colors by the Rogers High JROTC. Welcome and introductions began with Kathy Kravit-Smith, director of Pierce County Parks and Recreation and Dave Morell, chair of the Pierce County Parks and Recreation Citizens Advisory Board.

Guest speakers included Dr. Tony Apostle, Puyallup School District Superintendent, Diana Seeley president of Puyallup School District Board of Directors, Dr. Ray Tobiason former Puyallup School District superintendent; John Ladenburg, Pierce County executive; Dawn Morrell, 25th district state representative; County council members Roger Bush and Calvin Goings; and Jim Kastama, 25th district state senator. All of the dignitaries gathered for a plaque unveiling at the end of the ceremony.

The remainder of the day featured demonstrations, exhibitions, youth sports clinics, inflatable toys, music, food, information booths, and a showing of 'The Sandlot' movie in an outdoor theatre setting.

Many thanks to all who made this day a long awaited celebration.

Food concessions by Murph's BBQ and Domino's Pizza.
Rogers High Scholl Leadership Students, Rogers High School ROTC and Pep Band
Zeiger Elementary PTA
South Hill Soccer, South Hill Baseball, Puyallup Cal Ripkin Baseball
Pierce County Half Century Softball, Pierce County Sheriff Cadets
Pierce County Roy Hobbs Baseball, and Puyallup Lacrosse.

Directions

From the North/South:

From I-5, take Exit 127.
Following the Mt. Rainier/Puyallup signs to Highway 512 going east.
Take the 94th Avenue Exit.
At the stop light turn right onto 94th Avenue.
Head south on 94th for about 2 miles.
Turn right on 128th Street East (traffic light).
Entrance to Heritage is on the left between Zeiger Elementary School and Rogers High School.

From the East:

Merge onto WA-410 W toward Seattle/Tacoma/WA-167.
WA-410 W becomes WA-167 S.
Merge onto WA-512 W/WA-161 S toward Puyallup/Olympia.
Turn left onto 104th ST E/WA-161.
Continue to follow WA-161 which turns into Meridian South.
Turn right onto 128th Street East.
Entrance to Heritage is on the left between Zeiger Elementary School and Rogers High School.

Print map (pdf file)

Pierce County Parks & Recreation
9112 Lakewood Dr. SW, Lakewood, WA 98499