The parking at James Day Park is gravel. From the parking area, you can enter an asphalt path that encircles a hill. There is playground equipment on the north side of this hill. If you veer off the asphalt path just past the wooden picnic shelter you can follow French Creek until you reach a double-trunked sycamore tree with a “peek-a-boo” hole in the base (see photo). Just past sycamore is worn, dirt path which enters the woods. This dirt path meanders through woods, alongside French Creek, until you reach the turnaround point at the base of a tree root-covered dirt hill. There is an open grassy area beyond the ball fields on the east side of the park. Some beautiful wildflowers and interesting hardwood tree species can also be seen. More species will hopefully be found as this location is explored more.

Birds that seem to be regulars are Carolina Wrens, woodpeckers, Northern Cardinals, and White-breasted Nuthatch. Spring birds have been Eastern Phoebe along steep creek wall, Red-eyed Vireo, Acadian and Great-crested Flycatchers, Scarlet Tanager, a surprise Summer Tanager, Eastern Kingbird, Swainson’s Thrush, Turkey Vulture flyovers, Northern Rough-winged Swallows along the creek.

James Day Park has two baseball fields, a playground, a tennis court, and two picnic shelters.