It provides electrical hook-up camp sites, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, hiking, and numerous picnic sites. Splendid 40-acre Fairview Park on Centralia's west side is the largest of the city's eight active parks and a place where folks gather for family picnics and outings. The main swimming pool is 60 by 80 feet in size with depths from just under four feet to five feet. The wading pool is a big 30 by 50 feet with depths of one to two feet. The diving pool has three meter and one meter boards and a depth of 13 feet.
Spectators watch the action from bleachers.
Other facilities in Fairview Park include picnic areas, nearby playground equipment, lighted tennis courts, horseshoe pits, and lighted softball and baseball diamonds. The facilities of other parks in the city include baseball and softball diamonds. Centralia's Recreation Department schedules a comprehensive, year-round program of recreation for residents of all ages. The Department is headquartered at the corner of Second and Oak Streets in the new Recreation Complex. Instead of one organization controlling the facility, the school districts, St. Mary's Hospital and the Centralia Recreation Department have agreed to joint control of the Complex, so as many people as possible get to use it.