Gilman Park, about 50 acres on the northeast side of Pierce, occupies the site of the 1878 mill dam (washed out in 1924 and rebuilt in 1936). It has the Bill Cox Memorial Lake (1970), the 14-acre Gilman Park Arboretum (1993) with a 1.2-mile path, the Pierce Historical Society Museum, the city pool, playgrounds, a ball field and shelters. The campground has four sites with electricity and water, first come, first served, May to October, $10 a day.