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Contact Information

201 4th Street SE
Room 150
Rochester, Mn 55904 (Map)

Phone: 507-328-2525
Fax: 507-328-2535

Mon-Fri 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Department Contacts

Shelter Rental Fees

Level One

$250.00 + tax

  • Bear Creek (300 people)*
  • Essex (300 people)*
  • West Silver Lake (100 people)

These shelters have electrical service, full service restrooms, ample adjacent parking, playgrounds, other park facilities and a covered picnic area with picnic tables to accommodate the number of people listed above (8 per table).

Level Two

$140.00 + tax

  • Cooke
  • East Silver Lake
  • Quarry Hill
  • Slatterly
  • Soldier's Field
  • Three Links ^(100 people and 4 hour increments 11am-3pm or 4pm-8pm) 

These shelters have limited electrical service, full service restrooms, adjacent parking, playgrounds, other park facilities and covered picnic area with picnic tables to accommodate up to 125 persons (15 tables).  ^The Three Links Shelter is reserved in four(4) hour time blocks and has picnic tables to accommodate up to 100 persons.

Level Three

$75.00 + tax

  • Central*
  • East*
  • Eastwood
  • Foster Arend*
  • Kutzky
  • Watson Sports Complex 

These shelters have limited electrical service, adjacent restrooms or portable toilets, limited parking, playgrounds, other park facilities and picnic tables to accommodate up to 50 persons (8 tables).  These shelters do not have water with the exception of Central & Watson which have a drinking fountain at the adjacent restroom building.

*Parks where amplified sound is permitted with the proper permits.

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