After the tragic death of a young role-playing enthusiast, the Jeremy Rochman Memorial Park devoted itself to creating a fantasy landscape complete with wizards, orcs, warriors, castles, and even a massive sleeping dragon.
A vocal fan of the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, Jeremy “Boo” Rochman was tragically killed in a car accident at the tragically young age of 19. To honor his memory, his father bought a parcel of land across the street from their home in order to build a memorial park. His late son’s passion was for the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, so his father decided to turn the park into a fantasy land that his son would have been proud of.
Enlisting artists and students from the community, the elder Rochman created a park full of the kind of fantasy wonders that his son might have dreamt of in his games. The crown jewel (pun intended) of the park is the wood and steel castle in the center, which features fearsome orcs, hidden wizards, and brave knights adorning every nook and crevice of the fortress. In the surrounding park there are statues of dueling wizards, and the faces of nymphs peek out from tree trunks. The other major feature is the huge sleeping dragon that can be clambered over or imaginarily vanquished.
Many other smaller and more innocuous features can be found hiding in Boo’s park, but possibly the finest aspect is the celebration of imagination.
caine2003 on September 21st, 2020 at 21:50 UTC »
I drive passed this several times a week. It used to be packed. The pandemic has thinned the number of people who go there now. I've never been to it, but the pics I've seen and the stories heard, make it sound pretty cool.
heather3113 on September 21st, 2020 at 21:22 UTC »
I drove my kids 6 hours 1 way to see this. I didn't think we spent enough time there for a 6 hour drive, but they had fun. Local kids brought nerf guns and let mine join in.
Cantusemynme on September 21st, 2020 at 19:24 UTC »
It's a really neat place. The castle is like 3 different sets of walkways intermingled, almost maze like. There are a bunch of painted stone statues of wizards and knights, and also a rather large dragon head for the kids to climb on.