Lithia Park

park, Ashland, Oregon, United States

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Lithia Park is a 93-acre (38-hectare) public space located near the city center of Ashland, Oregon. This park is a significant local attraction and is known for its spring water, which contains high concentrations of lithium salts and was once the focus of a mineral spa. The park is situated in the southern part of the Rogue River valley, at the base of the Siskiyou Mountains. Ashland itself is a city in Jackson county, Oregon, settled in 1852 and named after Ashland county, Ohio, and Ashland, Kentucky. Tourism is a major source of income for Ashland, partly due to attractions like Lithia Park and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.1

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Lithia Park, a 93-acre (38-hectare) tract of land near the city centre, is a local attraction; spring water (known as Lithia water for its high concentration of lithium salts)—once the focus of a mineral spa—is piped in to the park’s bubblers. Ashland is also the…
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Lithia Park, a 93-acre (38-hectare) tract of land near the city centre, is a local attraction; spring water (known as Lithia water for its high concentration of lithium salts)—once the focus of a mineral spa—is piped in to the park’s bubblers. Ashland is also the…
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