Editing South Hill, Washington (section)

==Parks and recreation==
South Hill is home to three major parks owned and operated by Pierce County.

Heritage Recreation Center is a 40-acre sports complex with baseball fields, soccer fields, and multi-purpose fields located between Rogers High School and Zeiger Elementary School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=1325 |title=Pierce County, WA - Official Website - Heritage Recreation Center |publisher=Co.pierce.wa.us |access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref>

South Hill Community Park is a 40-acre park with a playground, two soccer fields, and both the South Hill Loop Trail and the Nathan Chapman Memorial Trail, a 1.6 mile paved pathway through forest and wetlands that connects the park to the Heritage Recreation Center. According to the Pierce County website, the Nathan Chapman Memorial Trail was named after Sgt. [[Nathan Chapman (soldier)|Nathan Chapman]], a South Hill resident and the first American soldier to die in the war in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?nid=1334 |title=Pierce County, WA - Official Website - South Hill Community Park |publisher=Co.pierce.wa.us |access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref>

Meridian Habitat Park & Community Center is a 36-acre park located on State Route 161.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=1329 |title=Pierce County, WA - Official Website - Meridian Habitat Park & Community Center |publisher=Co.pierce.wa.us |access-date=2017-01-25}}</ref> The site was previously an amphitheatre owned by Champion Center Church and home to the annual Jesus of Nazareth passion play from 1982 to 2006. The church sold the amphitheatre to Pierce County for $6.9 million in 2006, but the stage caught fire and was destroyed by an electric fire in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.komonews.com/news/local/8203237.html |title=Puyallup amphitheater fire ruled accidental &#124; Local & Regional &#124; Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News &#124; KOMO News |access-date=2015-07-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720211648/http://www.komonews.com/news/local/8203237.html |archive-date=2015-07-20 }}</ref>

Bradley Lake Park and Wildwood Park are within the city limits of Puyallup.