Reverchon Park
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Reverchon Park is a public park
Park
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 in the Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn, Dallas
Oak Lawn is a neighborhood in Dallas, Texas , defined in Dallas City Ordinance 21859 as . The unofficial boundaries are Turtle Creek Boulevard, Central Expressway, the City of Highland Park, Inwood Road, and Harry Hines Boulevard. It is over in area...

 area of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
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, Texas
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 (USA
United States
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). It lies along Turtle Creek
Turtle Creek (Dallas County, Texas)
Turtle Creek is the name of small tributary of the Trinity River with headwaters in north Dallas, Texas . It generally runs southwest through north Dallas, passing through Highland Park , then back into Dallas through the Oak Lawn community and Turtle Creek neighborhood alongside Turtle Creek...

 and is adjacent to the Katy Trail
Katy Trail (Dallas)
The Katy Trail is a jogging, walking, inline skating, and bicycling path that runs through the Uptown and Oak Lawn areas of Dallas, Texas , following the path of the old Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, which was known as MKT or the Katy.- About :...

. The main entrance to the park is at Maple Avenue and Turtle Creek Boulevard
Turtle Creek Boulevard
Turtle Creek Boulevard is a thoroughfare that runs through the Turtle Creek neighborhood of Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas , generally alongside the actual Turtle Creek...

. Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University
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 baseball existed briefly at the ballpark from 1977-1980 before the baseball program disbanded.

The park is 46 acre (0.18615556 km²) in size and offers around 40 leisure and recreational program for citizens, including health screenings, tutoring, athletic leagues, yoga, volleyball, and after-school programs. The park also is home to baseball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, and a playground accessible to children of all abilities (designed by the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
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, and the City of Dallas).

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