Hunter Park

Updated June 11, 2025

Hunter Park | Utah Travel Guide

## Hunter Park (West Valley City, Utah): what to know before you go

Hunter Park is a district-style neighborhood green space in West Valley City with the practical, “use-it-for-everything” mix that matters when you’re actually planning time outdoors: sports fields, baseball/softball, tennis, a playground, a pavilion, and restrooms.

One quick heads-up before the details: official sources list slightly different addresses and acreage for Hunter Park. The City of West Valley City’s facility listing shows 3605 S 6000 W, West Valley City, UT 84119 and 29.1 acres. Salt Lake County’s parks directory lists 3500 South 5905 West, West Valley City and 28.39 acres. Practically, you’re looking for the same park footprint in the Hunter area—if you’re navigating, use the city’s “Get Directions” links on the facility page for the cleanest routing.

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## Fast facts

– Name: Hunter Park
– City/area: West Valley City, Utah
– Category: District Park
– Size: Listed as 29.1 acres (city) vs 28.39 acres (county)
– Core amenities (officially listed):
– Baseball/softball + sports field
– Tennis
– Playground / play structure
– Pavilion (reservable via Salt Lake County listing)
– Restrooms
– Volleyball + horseshoes (county listing)

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## What makes Hunter Park worth your time

### It’s built for “show up and do something”
Some parks are scenic-but-limited. Hunter Park is structured around activity zones: field sports, court sports, and a dedicated play area—so it works for mixed-age groups and for people trying to fit in a quick game or practice without complicated logistics. The official amenity lists consistently emphasize fields + courts + play rather than trails-only or passive picnic space.

### It’s a solid option for organized and informal sports
Both the city and county listings explicitly include baseball and sports fields, and both include tennis. That combination is a clue: this isn’t just an open lawn—it’s a park where you can realistically plan practice time, casual matches, or a low-key weekend meetup around a game.

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## What to do at Hunter Park

### 1) Use the sports fields (grass + baseball/softball)
West Valley City’s facility listing calls out Baseball/Softball and a Grass Sports Field as primary features. Salt Lake County’s listing also includes Sports Field and Baseball.
Best for: pickup games, team practice, casual throwing sessions, or family games where you want space that’s meant to be played on (not a decorative lawn).

### 2) Play tennis
Tennis is listed by both the city and the county.
Practical tip: if you’re meeting someone, “tennis courts” is often the easiest landmark to coordinate around in larger parks—especially when addresses are inconsistent across sources.

### 3) Plan a playground stop
Both sources list a play structure / playground.
If you’re traveling with kids, the key advantage here is predictability: a listed play structure usually means a defined play zone, not a single swing set tucked into a corner.

### 4) Volleyball and horseshoes (county-listed)
Salt Lake County’s parks directory lists Volleyball and Horseshoes among the amenities.
If those matter to your plan, it’s worth using the county listing as your reference point—and verifying onsite, since the city facility page doesn’t list those two items in its shorter feature set.

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## Picnics, group meetups, and pavilion reservations

Hunter Park has a pavilion, and Salt Lake County specifically labels it as “Pavilion – Reservable.” That matters if you’re planning:
– a birthday meal with guaranteed shade,
– a team gathering after practice,
– a community meetup where you need a “home base” point.

Salt Lake County also maintains a park reservation system and notes you can reserve park/facility space online or by phone through Park Operations. If your plan depends on reserving the pavilion (rather than rolling the dice), use those county channels first.

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## Restrooms: a small detail that changes everything

Both the city facility listing and the county parks directory include restrooms at Hunter Park.
For trip-planning, this is one of the highest-impact amenities:
– It expands how long families can comfortably stay.
– It makes sports sessions more realistic.
– It reduces “we have to leave early” friction for mixed groups.

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## Hours and “when is it actually open?”

I’m not going to guess specific opening/closing times for Hunter Park because the official Hunter Park listings shown above don’t publish them directly.

What I can say from Salt Lake County Parks & Recreation: their Parks & Trails page lists contact hours as “Dawn to Dusk (approximately 7:00am–10:00pm).” That’s useful as a planning baseline for county park access patterns, but it’s still not a park-specific posted schedule for Hunter Park.

If exact hours matter (seasonal lighting, event setup, etc.): use the city facility page’s “Get Directions” links (which route you via major map providers) and cross-check any posted signage once onsite.

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## Data quality notes (what may be outdated or inconsistent)

Because you requested strict factual certainty, here’s what’s clearly inconsistent across official sources:

– Address mismatch:
– West Valley City facility listing: 3605 S 6000 W, West Valley City, UT 84119
– Salt Lake County parks directory: 3500 South 5905 West, West Valley City

– Acreage mismatch:
– City: 29.1 acres
– County: 28.39 acres

Neither inconsistency means “the park data is wrong,” but it does mean you shouldn’t build a plan around one single scraped address string (especially if you’re feeding this into maps, schema, or travel listings). When you publish, cite the city/county pages and keep your own address field aligned with whichever authority you treat as primary.

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## Coordinates (from your listing data)

Your supplied listing includes coordinates (40.6936416, -112.0337228). I’m repeating those as provided (not independently verified in the sources above).

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## Sources used (official where available)
– West Valley City facility listing for Hunter Park (features, category, acreage, restroom presence, and listed address).
– Salt Lake County Parks directory entry for Hunter Park (amenities list, acreage, and pavilion reservable note).
– Salt Lake County Parks & Trails / reservation system pages (county park contact hours baseline + reservation channel context).

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