Olney City Park — Attraction in Olney

A Classic Municipal Park and Fairgrounds. Olney and Richland County hold several events here each year, check out the Events Calendar on the City of Olney website or contact the Chamber of Commerce for more details...and even though there may not be anything scheduled, just drop by and try your luck at spotting a White Albino Squirrel or two.

There is a Playground for the kids and it's a nice shady place for a summer picnic or just a quiet walk either by yourself or with a companion...

... don't forget to visit in late July during the Richland County Fair. This year (2023) the Bierman Farms Food Truck came in with Nachos that were Out of This World... More than Enough for a Meal and Plentiful enough to Share with...

The entire town is wonderful and one of the best places about it is city park. During the Christmas season you can see they're very extensive light display which is really worth the trip. In the gazebo area if you tune your radio to the correct channel you can hear 30 to 40 minutes of music correlated with lights. Then if you come back in the morning you can of course see the white squirrels. They're not around all the time so make sure you know a bit about wildlife so you won't be disappointed. Come in the morning or the late afternoon on days that are not too hot. These white squirrels are true albinoes and well...

I was in town for a softball tournament in Olney. In between games we had a long break so we took the kids over to play in the creek to cool off and see the squirrels. At first we drove around looking for white squirrels and could not find any then we went and played in the creek and out of nowhere white squirrels where all around the creek jumping playing. The kids where so excited to see them. The park was also very clean and well kept. I would recommend stopping by if you are...