Mill Ends Park
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Mill Ends Park, the smallest park in the world.
Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon is the smallest park in the world. The "park" is a 2 foot (610 mm) wide circle which in 1948 was intended to be the site for a light pole. When this failed to appear, Dick Fagan, a journalist for the Oregon Journal, planted flowers and began to write a regular column about the goings-on in the park. It became an official park in 1976. Mill Ends Park is located at SW Naito Parkway and SW Taylor in downtown Portland.
The park's area is 452 in² (0.3 m²). Among the many things that have been put in it include a swimming pool for butterflies and a miniature ferris wheel (which was delivered by a regular-sized crane).
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See also
- Roe River in Montana, the shortest river in the world
- D River in Oregon, the other shortest river in the world
- Forest Park, a much-larger (about 60 million times) Portland park and forest reserve
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External links
- Portland Parks on Mill Ends Park (http://www.portlandparks.org/Parks/MillEnds.htm)
