Editing Tenino, Washington (section)

==Parks and recreation==
{{See also|Tenino Stone Company Quarry}}
The largest park in the community is Tenino City Park. Listed at {{convert|128|acre|ha}}, the park sits south of the center of town, with the [[Yelm–Rainier-Tenino Trail]] crossing through the area. The park contains the Tenino Stone Quarry community pool, the renovated Quarry House,<ref>{{cite news |title=Tenino Receives $350,000 Grant for Quarry House |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/tenino-receives-350000-grant-for-quarry-house,9177? |access-date=29 July 2022 |work=The Nisqually Valley News |publisher=The Chronicle |date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> and the Tenino Depot Museum, along with various ballfields and picnic areas.<ref name="TTEPB">{{cite news |author1=The Chronicle staff |title=Tenino to expand park by 60 acres |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/tenino-to-expand-park-by-60-acres,334417 |access-date=February 28, 2024 |work=The Chronicle |date=February 12, 2024}}</ref> The grounds were expanded by {{convert|13|acre|ha}} during a 2011 "Save Our Park" movement to save land and trails existing behind the park footprint from being logged.<ref name="TTEPB"/>

A supplemental appropriation of over $500,000 was awarded to the city in 2022 for the rebuild of the Tenino City Park's playground after damage from a winter storm the prior year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Warn |first1=Daniel |title=Tenino to Use State Appropriation of $515,000 to Build New Playground City Park |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/tenino-to-use-state-appropriation-of-515000-to-build-new-playground-city-park,287414 |access-date=29 July 2022 |work=The Chronicle |date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> The new play area, named Maytown Community Playground, was opened in 2023.<ref name="TPHR"/> An additional improvement that year to the park was the installation of three [[pump track]]s of various difficulty levels. The tracks were built using funds from the [[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Emily |title=City of Tenino Installs Pump Tracks at City Park |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/city-of-tenino-installs-pump-tracks-at-city-park,320664 |access-date=June 15, 2023 |work=The Chronicle |date=June 9, 2023}}</ref> The grounds were expanded once again in 2024 with the addition of an adjacent {{convert|60|acre|ha|adj=mid}} woodland parcel using funds donated from a conservancy foundation.<ref name="TTEPB"/>

Tenino is home to [[Wolf Haven International]], and {{as of|lc=y|2024}}, the only wolf sanctuary in the world accredited with the [[Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries]] (GFAS).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Emily |title=Wolf Haven in Tenino receives global federation's Outstanding Wildlife Sanctuary Award |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/wolf-haven-in-tenino-receives-global-federations-outstanding-wildlife-sanctuary-award,364448 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |work=The Chronicle |date=October 25, 2024}}</ref>

The [[South Sound Speedway]], a [[Figure 8 racing|Figure 8]] racetrack, is immediately southwest of the downtown area.