Welcome to West Park

Here, centrally located in Allentown, exists an outstanding park, designed as an arboretum, which contains 78 varieties of trees and more than 300 varieties of shrubs. Thanks to the vision of the late General Harry C. Trexler, and those in our park system who continue to follow his wishes, this park remains an excellent place to enjoy the variety of nature, the calm of a summer day, or the constant parade of seasonal colors.

Today, the majestic tress that line the walkways of west park are its main attraction. It is sad that so few of us know to call a tree by its name. The many types of tress in the park have been labeled, and other characteristics. There are the common tress such as eight varieties of oak and three kinds of of birch. Among the exotic trees are the Japanese Ginkgo, the Kentucky Coffee, and the Chinese Cork.