{"id":2412,"date":"2024-04-15T13:47:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T17:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2024-04-15T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T17:54:47","slug":"ellerslie-park-observation-tower-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/announcements\/ellerslie-park-observation-tower-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellerslie Park Observation Tower Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2408\" src=\"https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Local-lens-tower-e1713203408968-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Local-lens-tower-e1713203408968-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Local-lens-tower-e1713203408968-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Local-lens-tower-e1713203408968-768x1250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Local-lens-tower-e1713203408968-944x1536.jpg 944w, https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Local-lens-tower-e1713203408968.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/>Ellerslie Park Observation Tower Now Open<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harris County and the Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting event on Saturday, April 13, 2024 officially opening the new Ellerslie Park observation tower. The unique tower is 75 feet high, has 87 spiral stairs, cost $700,000, and was paid in part by a local private foundation in a public-private partnership. The tower is opened to the public at no charge during normal park hours. Come to Ellerslie Park and climb the tower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellerslie Park Observation Tower Now Open &nbsp; Harris County and the Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting event on Saturday, April 13, 2024 officially opening the new Ellerslie Park&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ellerslie Park Observation Tower Now Open - Harris County Recreation Department<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/recreation.harriscountyga.gov\/announcements\/ellerslie-park-observation-tower-now-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ellerslie Park Observation Tower Now Open - 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