The park Midvale
One park, a course, a stage and a museum on the corner
Midvale City Park, and the four months it is fully open
At 425 West 6th Avenue, this is Midvale's main park, and it carries most of the city's public life on one block: pavilions, an amphitheater, a playground, courts, a splash pad, a free nine-hole disc golf course with a real season, and a volunteer museum on the northeast corner open nine hours a week. The one fact that governs the rest is the calendar. The restrooms and the power run only from June to September.
By Scott Buehler, Moving Utah
Updated October 2026
The short answer
Midvale City Park, at 425 West 6th Avenue, is the city's main park, and it carries most of Midvale's public life on one site: pavilions, a playground, a softball field, pickleball and basketball courts, a seasonal splash pad, an amphitheater, a free nine-hole disc golf course, and a volunteer-run museum on the northeast corner. The one thing to sort out before you plan anything is the calendar. Reservations, and the restrooms and power at the outdoor facilities, run only from June 1 to September 30. For the other eight months the park stays open and free, but the bathrooms are locked and there is no power, so an October gathering here is a picnic rather than an event. The disc golf course keeps its own longer window, roughly late March to early December depending on weather, and the museum on the corner opens just nine hours a week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to four.
Start here
One park carrying most of a small city's public life
Midvale City Park sits at 425 West 6th Avenue on the old-town side of the city, and it closes at 10pm. What it holds is a longer list than a park this central usually manages: pavilions, an amphitheater, a playground, a softball field, pickleball courts, basketball courts, a disc golf course, a seasonal splash pad and seasonal restrooms.
Two of those are unusual enough to carry their own sections below. The disc golf course is a nine-hole layout with a practice basket on the north grounds, rated beginner and intermediate, with a real season attached to it. And on the northeast corner stands the Midvale Museum, run by the Midvale Historical Society and Museum rather than by the city, open Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from noon to four.
The third thing to know is not on any amenity list and it governs everything else. Midvale's outdoor reservation season runs from June 1 to September 30. Outside those four months the facilities are open first come first served, but the bathrooms are closed and there is no power. That is the single most useful thing to know about the park, and it is the reason a Midvale October is a very different park month from a Midvale August.
Midvale City Park by the numbers
9 holes
on the disc golf course, plus a practice basket
4 months
of outdoor reservation season, June to September
9 hours
a week the museum on the corner is open
10pm
the nightly closing time for the park
The course
Nine holes with a season printed on them
Disc on 6th is the free amenity in this city that most rewards knowing about in advance, and it comes with details precise enough to plan around.
Nine holes and a practice basket, laid out on the north grounds of the park, and the course is rated beginner and intermediate rather than pretending otherwise. Hole 1 begins in the park's northwest corner, reached from the west parking lot, which is the sort of detail that saves ten minutes of wandering on a first visit. Each hole carries signage with a map on it, so you do not need to arrive with anything but discs.
The season is the part that catches people. The course runs from March 31 to December 1, depending on weather, which is an unusually explicit window for a city disc golf course. Most park courses simply exist and take their chances. This one has dates, and it means January and February are not quiet cold rounds here, they are shut. Both ends of that window turn on the weather, so late March and late November are calls to make with the Parks Department on 801-567-7235 rather than assumptions.
The other thing to hold is that this is a course laid over a working city park rather than a dedicated site. The fairways cross ground that other park users are also on, and players are asked to be courteous to other users, to respect neighboring property owners and to follow the disc golfer's code. In practice that means checking your line before you throw, and it means a weekday morning is a completely different round from a Saturday afternoon in July.
A set season is a favor rather than a restriction, once you know it exists. Plenty of cities let a park course quietly deteriorate through the winter and leave visitors to discover the state of it on arrival. Midvale sets out the window instead, which means a plan made in advance is a plan that works. It also means the shoulder weeks in late March and late November are genuinely uncertain rather than probable, so a call to the Parks Department on 801-567-7235 at either end of the season is the difference between a round and a drive.
The corner
A museum open nine hours a week
The Midvale Museum stands at 350 West 7615 South, on the corner of this park furthest from the disc golf tee. It is not a city department. The Midvale Historical Society and Museum runs it, and its purpose is to collect, preserve and interpret the city's history for the public. The number to call is 801-567-7285.
The hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, from noon to four. That is nine hours a week, and it is why most people who intend to go never do. It is a volunteer organization rather than a staffed city department, so those hours are held together by people giving their time and can move for the ordinary reasons that happens. A call before traveling is thirty seconds and it is the difference between a visit and a locked door.
It matters more here than the same museum would matter in most suburbs, and the reason is physical. The western third of this city has been rebuilt within living memory on ground that had to be cleaned first, so almost everything a visitor sees on that side postdates the industry that put the city here in the first place. This room is where the earlier version is still assembled. The buildings that housed it have moved around too: the art house on Main Street is the former museum building, renovated in 2024.
The practical scheduling point is that Saturday noon to four overlaps exactly with the best hours of the park it sits on. A Saturday that takes in nine holes of disc golf, a walk around the park and half an hour in the museum is one parking lot, one afternoon and no charge beyond whatever the museum asks at the door. The Main Street page covers what to add if you have the rest of the day.
In a city whose west side had to be rebuilt from the ground up, nine hours a week is the whole of the public opening on the record of what came before.
The reservation season
Four months on, eight months of no power and no bathrooms
This is the operational fact that decides whether a gathering here works, and it is plain enough that nobody has an excuse for getting it wrong. The season is June 1 to September 30. What changes on October 1 is not just the ability to book.
| June 1 to September 30 | October 1 to May 31 | |
|---|---|---|
| Can you reserve | Yes, 8am to 10pm, and never on a Sunday | No, for the outdoor facilities; they are first come first served |
| Bathrooms | Open, on a seasonal basis | Closed |
| Power at the facilities | Available | Unavailable |
| What is reservable | The park pavilion, the amphitheater and the field here, plus the pavilion at the park on the west side | Nothing outdoors; the Community Center is the exception and books all year |
| What it costs | Charges apply, including 195 dollars resident for the amphitheater for seven hours or less | Nothing, because there is nothing to book |
| What still works | Everything, including the splash pad in its own season | The paths, the courts, the playground and the park itself, which still closes at 10pm |
Reservation season, hours and charges from Midvale City, current for the 2026 season. Other charges: the Community Center is 225 dollars resident and 300 dollars non-resident for seven hours or less, the amphitheater is 195 and 260 on the same basis, a special event permit for 50 people or more is 100 dollars, and security deposits run from 200 to 500 dollars depending on the facility. Charges can change, so confirm on 801-567-7232 or at [email protected].
The consequence for a household is straightforward and it is worth thinking through before an October birthday or a March reunion. A free pavilion with no power and no bathrooms nearby is a picnic rather than an event. Anything involving amplification, catering equipment, a long afternoon or small children needs the season, and the season is a third of the year.
The Midvale Community Center is the way around it, and it is the only building open year round. It carries a multi-purpose room, a kitchen and restrooms, it can be reserved rather than left seasonal, and bookings can be made up to 365 days in advance. Charges are 225 dollars for a resident and 300 for a non-resident for seven hours or less. For anything happening between October and May in this city, that is the building rather than the park.
One more rule sits on top of all of it: a special event permit is required for gatherings of 50 people or more, at 100 dollars, and security deposits between 200 and 500 dollars attach depending on the facility. None of that is unusual for a valley city. What is unusual is that Midvale lays out the whole schedule in one place, which means a plan can be costed exactly rather than estimated.
The amphitheater
A civic stage that earns its keep for one week a year
The amphitheater is the piece of this park that a visitor is most likely to walk past without registering, because for most of the year it is an empty stage on a slope. It is a reservable facility, 195 dollars for a resident and 260 for a non-resident for seven hours or less, and the park stage address is 455 West 7500 South.
Its loudest night of the year is the Friday of Harvest Days week at the end of July, when the Midvale Arts Council puts a concert on it at seven o'clock. The midweek evenings of that same week happen elsewhere and mostly indoors, at the arts center on Center Street and at the library, which is worth knowing if the stage is the thing you came to see.
What happened to the 2026 finale is the useful lesson attached to this stage. The morning ran as advertised: the seven o'clock fun run and pancake breakfast, and the nine o'clock parade. The afternoon and evening did not. With an Extreme Heat Watch in force and temperatures forecast to reach dangerous levels, the city called off the rest of the Harvest Days program and the fireworks on the day.
That is a fair picture of what a hot first week of August asks of any outdoor program on this valley floor, and it is worth carrying into any city's summer calendar in this county rather than only this one. The early hours of a hot Saturday hold. The evening hours are a forecast. Streets on the parade route close for the morning, which is a car to move the night before for anybody living on one of them.
The rest of the system
Four other parks and each one does exactly one job
Midvale's park system is small and unusually unduplicated. Rather than a dozen similar green rectangles, the list is short and each site has a distinct purpose, and knowing which is which saves a wasted drive across a city that only takes a few minutes to cross in the first place.
Bingham Junction Park at 6980 South River Reserve Court is the west side's full service park, with pavilions, a playground, a softball field, basketball courts and seasonal restrooms, and it is the one with the sledding hill. Jordan Bluffs Park at 7970 Bingham Junction Boulevard is the courts and trail park: basketball, pickleball and volleyball, a playground, small pavilions and Jordan River Trail connections, with no restrooms, and it closes at dark rather than ten.
Fire Station Park at 607 East Fort Union, behind Fire Station 22, is a pavilion and a playground on the east side of the city with no restrooms. Adams Street Park at 8300 South Adams Street is the dog park, also with no restrooms. That is the whole system, and the two on the west side both sit on reclaimed ground, which the Bingham Junction page and the river page take in turn.
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The park, answered
Midvale City Park, at 425 West 6th Avenue, holds pavilions, an amphitheater, a playground, a softball field, pickleball courts, basketball courts, a disc golf course, and a seasonal splash pad, and it closes at 10pm. On the northeast corner of the same site stands the Midvale Museum, which is run by the Midvale Historical Society and Museum rather than by the city and keeps its own separate hours.
Yes. Disc on 6th is free to play and open during park hours, with nine holes and a practice basket on the north grounds of the park. It is rated beginner and intermediate, hole 1 begins in the park's northwest corner, and the closest parking is the west lot. Signage on each hole carries a map. The season runs March 31 to December 1 depending on weather, and course questions go to the Parks Department on 801-567-7235.
From June 1 to September 30, between 8am and 10pm, and never on a Sunday. Inside that window the park pavilion, the amphitheater and the field are reservable, along with the pavilion at Bingham Junction Park. Outside it the outdoor facilities are first come first served, but the bathrooms are closed and there is no power, which is the fact that decides whether an autumn or winter gathering here can work at all.
Recent charges are 225 dollars for a resident and 300 for a non-resident to use the Community Center for seven hours or less, and 195 and 260 on the same basis for the Midvale City Park amphitheater. A special event permit is 100 dollars for gatherings of 50 people or more, and security deposits run from 200 to 500 dollars depending on the facility. Charges can change, so confirm on 801-567-7232 or at [email protected] before budgeting anything.
The Midvale Community Center is the only one available year round. It carries a multi-purpose room, a kitchen and restrooms, it is reservable rather than seasonal, and bookings can be made up to 365 days in advance. Every outdoor facility in the city, including the park pavilion, the amphitheater and the field, comes out of the booking system on September 30 and returns on June 1.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to four in the afternoon. It stands at 350 West 7615 South on the northeast corner of Midvale City Park and is run by the Midvale Historical Society and Museum, on 801-567-7285. Because it is volunteer run rather than staffed by the city, those hours can move, so a call before traveling is worth the thirty seconds. Saturday afternoon is the slot that pairs best with the park itself.
Yes, and it is reservable inside the summer season for a recent 195 dollars for a resident for seven hours or less. The park stage address is 455 West 7500 South. Its busiest evening of the year is the Friday of Harvest Days week at the end of July, when the Midvale Arts Council puts a concert in the park on it at seven o'clock.
The park closes at 10pm. During the June 1 to September 30 reservation season the pavilion, the amphitheater and the field can be booked between 8am and 10pm, and never on a Sunday. Outside that season the park stays open and free up to the same 10pm close, but the restrooms are locked and there is no power at the outdoor facilities.
Midvale's park list is short and each site does a distinct job. Midvale City Park is the flagship. Bingham Junction Park at 6980 South River Reserve Court is the full service west side park with the sledding hill. Jordan Bluffs Park at 7970 Bingham Junction Boulevard carries basketball, pickleball and volleyball courts plus the Jordan River Trail connections, closes at dark and has no restrooms. Fire Station Park is a pavilion and playground, and Adams Street Park is the dog park.
One park, four months of it fully switched on
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