10/19/2026
Altamont Park is a passive park designed for low-impact, unstructured recreational activities such as walking, jogging, and bird watching. Neighborhood and city residents alike enjoy walking along its southern edge under the shade of 100-year-old hardwood trees. In addition to and east of the belvedere, a still extant 1912 concrete stairway once allowed not only local residents but also miners working in nearby iron ore mines to move quickly between the former 42nd Street tram stop and the upper reaches of Red Mountain. The stairway transects the park, connecting Cliff Road to Altamont Road. At the base of the nearby ravine, locally known as “the cut,” is a small spring. Lastly, the park is home to a century-old cannon—the remaining one of four—that the Parks and Recreation Board moved to the site in 1930 as a temporary installation intended for relocation to Legion Field.
The park is a habitat for wildlife: 40 bird species live in the park year-round while over 80 species of migratory birds come and go. For an extensive list of bird sightings, please consult https://ebird.org/hotspot/L7970853
