Government

Parks with a Play Equipment

The following parks have play equipment.

George Alberson Park - Whitney @ Boskin

• 10 Acres
• Play equipment
• Adjacent to Whitney Elementary School

Alcy-Samuels Park - 1401 Alcy Rd.

• 15 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Play equipment
• 2 basketball courts
• 1/2 mile fitness trail

Alcy-Warren Park - Alcy @ Warren

• 13 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Play equipment
• 2 basketball courts
• 1/2 mile fitness trail

Audubon Park - 4145 Southern Ave.

• 373 Acres
• Photo Gallery
• Leftwich Indoor Tennis Courts, 4145 Southern,
• 4 Indoor and 8 outdoor Tennis Courts
• The Links at Audubon: 18 hole golf course, golf practice range. Golf Clubhouse @ 4160 Park Ave.
• Picnic Area and Play equipment
• 2 Picnic Pavilions, 1 mile fitness trail, and lake
• Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road

Avon Park - 310 N. Avon

• 4.40 Acres
• Play equipment
• Adjacent to White Station and Avon Elementary Schools

Belz Park - Shelby @ Fernwood

• 10.50 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Play equipment
• 1 outdoor basketball courts
• Pavilion
• 3/4 mile fitness trail

Bert Ferguson Park - 8505 Trinity Road

• 48.02 Acres
• Bert Ferguson Community Center
• Dance Studio, Art Studio, Banquet Facility
• 1 Full Basketball Court and 2 Racquetball Courts
• Fitness Rm., and Large Game Room
• 2 Unlighted Soccer Fields and 2 Ball fields
• 4 Unlighted Tennis Courts,
• Pavilion and Playground
• 1 mile Fitness Trail

Bethel LaBelle Park - 2698 LaRose

• 1 Acre
• Bethel LaBelle Community Center
• Playground

Bickford Park - 232 Bickford

• 6 Acres
• Bickford Community Center
• Play equipment and playground ballfield,
• Basketball court
• Pavilion
• Indoor swimming pool
• Adjacent to Caldwell Elementary
• Developed by William A. Bickford
• Given to the city in1869, accepted ca. 1901. (Significantly Altered)

Binghamton Park - 2606 Everett

• 3 Acres
• Play equipment
• Playground ball field
• Soccer field

Boxtown Park - 3448 Boxtown Road

• 38 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Basketball court
• Play equipment

J. J. Brennan Park - Mason @ Oak Grove

• 19 Acres
• Playground
• Ball field
• Soccer field
• Play equipment
• Adjacent to Richland Elementary.

Brentwood Park - Spottswood @ Josephine

• 2 Acres
• Play equipment
• 1/5 mile Fitness Trail

L.E. Brown Park - 617 S. Orleans

• 6 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Basketball court
• Play equipment
• Swimming pool
• 2 pavilions

David Carnes Park - Whitehaven Lane at Auburn Road

• 9 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Play equipment
• Pavilion
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• Picnic area.

Carver Heights Park - 3371 Margaretta Road

• 1 Acre
• Playground

O.L. Cash Park - Ford Road @ Deerskin Drive

• 22 Acres
• Basketball court
• Playground
• Playground ball field
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• Pavilion

Chandler Park - Walker @ College

• 3 Acres
• 2 Outdoor basketball courts
• Play equipment
• 1/3 mile fitness trail
• Pavilion
• Adjacent to Cummings Elementary

Walter Chandler Park - Horn Lake @ Raines

• 151.80 Acres
• Lakeview Senior Citizens Center
• play equipment and picnic area
• West Zone Office.

Cherokee Park - Filmore @ Lamar

• 15.6 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Play equipment
• Basketball court
• Pavilion
• 1/2 mile fitness trail.

Chickasaw Heritage Park - Delaware @ DeSoto

• 17 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Pavilion
• Prehistoric earth mounds
• Historic markers
• Scenic Mississippi River views
• 1 Outdoor basketball court
• Under "Riverfront Development Corporation" Management

Robert Church Park - Beale St. @ Fourth

• 7.68 Acres
• Est. by Robert Church 1899
• Beale St. National Register District
• Play equipment
• Historic markers
• 4 mini pavilions

Dalstrom Park - Shelby & Weaver

• 75 Acres
• Photo Gallery
• Regional park with 2 large playgrounds
• 7 pavilions and 2 picnic areas
• 1.5 mile walking trail
• Parking lot entrances from Shelby Drive and Weaver Road.

Charles Davis Park - 6671 Spottswood

• 8 Acres
• Davis Community Center
• Ball field
• Play Equipment
• Basketball Court

Douglass Park - 1616 Ash

• 43 Acres
• Memphis' First Park for African Americans, Est. 1913
• Douglass Community Center
• 2 Outdoor basketball courts and 1 indoor basketball court
• 3 pavilions and a picnic area
• Swimming pool
• 1 mile fitness trail,
• Playground and ball field

East High Sportsplex - Walnut Grove & Eastview Drive

• 1 Acre
• 3/4 mile Fitness Trail
• 4 Lane 400m Track
• 2 Soccer Fields
• 1 Football/ Soccer Field
• 2 Ball fields
• Playground
• Adjacent to East High School

Egypt Central Park - 3985 Egypt Central

• 13 Acres
• Frayser Raleigh Senior Center
• Fitness Equipment
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• 12 x 12 pavilion
• Play equipment

Emerald Park - Emerald Street & Newberry Ave.

• 17 Acres
• Playground ball field
• 1 mile fitness trail
• Play equipment

Fairley Park - 4950 Fairley Road

• 25 Acres
• Playground baseball field
• Play equipment

Flowering Peach Park - Clarke @ Flowering Peach

• 8.90 Acres
• Play equipment
• 1/3 mile fitness trail
• Pavilion

Frayser Park - 2907 N. Watkins

• 40.54 Acres
• Ed Rice / Frayser Community Center,
• Tennis center w/ 8 outdoor courts
• Play equipment and pavilion
• 1 & 1/2 mile Fitness Trail
• Outdoor and indoor basketball courts
• North Zone Office
• Ed Rice Swimming Pool
• Bike Route Starting Point

Gaisman Park - 4223 Macon

• 24 Acres
• Gaisman Community Center
• 3 lighted softball fields
• Play equipment and playground ballfield
• 2 free tennis courts
• Indoor Basketball
• 1 mile fitness trail
• Swimming pool
• Pavilion/rest rooms
• Monument to the Vietnam Servicemen, dedicated in 1965.

Gardenview Park - Hartz @ Raines

• 10 Acres
• Playground ball field

Gaston Park - 1046 S. Third

• 8.44 Acres
• Gaston Community Center
• Headstart and branch library
• Pavilion
• Play equipment
• 1 Indoor and 1 Outdoor basketball court
• Playground ball field
• 1/4 mile fitness trail.
• Designed by Geo. Kessler 1902
• Land given by John Gaston ca. 1912

Georgian Hills Park - 3930 Lewier

• 19.70 Acres
• Playground ball field
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• Play equipment
• Pavilion

Germanshire Park - Germantown Rd. @ Germanshire Rd.

• 14 Acres
• Soccer field
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• Play equipment
• Pavilion

Glenview Park - 1141 S. Barksdale

• 24.50 Acres
• Glenview Community Center
• 1 outdoor basketball court
• Playground ball field
• 1 mile fitness trail
• 2 free tennis courts
• Pavilion
• Play equipment
• Est. 1943, Former George Schmalzreid Farm.

Gooch Park - 1974 Hunter

• 10.28 Acres
• Lighted swimming pool
• Pavilion
• 3 Outdoor basketball courts
• Play equipment

Grandview Park - University Street, North of Whitney

• 13.50 Acres
• Play equipment

Greenlaw Park - 190 Mill

• 2 Acres
• Greenlaw Community Center
• 1 indoor and 1 outdoor basketball court
• Play equipment

Heroes Park - 4580 Riverdale Road

• 20 Acres
• Play equipment
• Pavilion
• 1/2 mile Fitness Trail
• Behind Fire Station Number 55

Hickory Hill Park - 3910 Ridgeway Road

• 80 Acres
• Hickory Hill Community Center with indoor aquatic center
• Playground
• 4 lighted tennis courts
• Pavilion and picnic area
• 2 sand volleyball
• 1 mile fitness trail.

Hollywood Park - 1560 N. Hollywood

• 4.11 Acres
• Hollywood Community Center
• Indoor basketball
• Play equipment
• Playground ball field.

Hollywood Headstart - 2499 Chelsea

• 3.02 Acres
• Play equipment

Judge Andrew Holmes - Messick @ Hickory Crest Drive

• 20 Acres
• Playground
• 1/2 mile fitness Trail
• E. of Kirby Parkway & S. of Poplar Ave.

Robert Howze Park - Tillman @ Mimosa. Between Walnut Grove and Broad

• 4.87 Acres
• Lester Community Center
• Indoor 8 basketball courts
• Outdoor 6 lighted basketball courts
• Outdoor swimming pool
• Softball field
• Play equipment.

Jackson Park - Pikes Peak Ave.

• 8.30 Acres
• Play equipment

John F. Kennedy Park- 4577 Raleigh-LaGrange Road

• 260.57 Acres
• 9 lighted softball fields
• 2 soccer fields
• Concession and restrooms
• Alzheimer's Adult Day Care Center,
• Northeast Zone Office,
• Nature trails, 2 pavilion, play equipment,
• Maintenance facilities
• 1/2 mile fitness trail.

M.L. King Park (Riverside) - South Parkway @ Riverside

• 379.32 Acres
• Indication of Burial sites from multiple periods.
• Design by Geo. Kessler, 1902 w/ Parkway system and Overton Park
• The Links at Riverside: 9 hole golf course with new clubhouse
• Boat ramp and marina
• Picnic area, 3 pavilions, and play equipment
• Ball field and 4 lighted tennis courts
• Lake and scenic river views

Klondike Park - 1235 Brown @ Henry

• 12.83 Acres
• Sexton Community Center
• Playground ball field
• Play equipment
• 1 Indoor basketball

Sidney Lanier - 781 Crescent

• 10.17 Acres
• Play equipment
• 1/2 mile fitness trail

Lewis-Davis Park - Pendleton @ Deadrick

• 10.83 Acres
• Unlighted baseball field
• Play equipment
• Basketball court

Lincoln Park - 1363 W. Person

• 34 Acres
• Hamilton Community Center
• Pavilion
• Play equipment
• 2 basketball courts
• 1 baseball field
• Picnic area

Lincoln School - 1594 South Orleans Street

• 3.80 Acres
• Play equipment
• Adjacent to Lincoln Elementary

McFarland Park - 4955 Cottonwood

• 11 Acres
• McFarland Community Center
• 1 basketball court
• 1 lighted baseball field
• Play equipment.

Mary Elizabeth Malone Park - Hastings @ LaGrange

• 2.21 Acres
• Playground
• 1/2 mile fitness trail

Pauline "Pep" Marquette Park - Park & Mr. Moriah

• 11 Acres
• Playground ball field
• Play equipment
• Pavilion
• Picnic area
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• Memphis Italian Festival

C. P. J. Mooney Park (Cromwell) - Cromwell @ Clearbrook

• 17 Acres
• 2 playground ball fields
• Play equipment

Morris Park - Poplar @ Orleans

• 6 Acres
• Swimming Pool
• Play equipment
• 2 basketball courts
• Pavilion
• Picnic area
• 1/4 mile fitness trail

New Chicago Park - Breedlove @ St. Charles

• 8 Acres
• Play equipment
• 1 Outdoor basketball court
• Playground ball field

Robert O'Brien Park - Prescott @ Steve

• 9 Acres
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• Football field
• Soccer field
• Play equipment
• Pavilion

Oakhaven Park - 3875 Bishop Bridge

• 20 Acres
• Playground ball field
• 2 pavilions
• Play equipment
• Basketball court
• 1/2 mile Fitness Trail

Orange Mound Park - 2430 Carnes

• 4 Acres
• Basketball court
• Play equipment
• Ball field
• Pavilion

Overton Park - 2080 Poplar

• 342.30 Acres
• Photo Gallery
• Finalist in the 2007 Commercial Appeal's "Memphis Most Awards" in the following categories: "Most Bikeable Route", "Most Picnicable Point", and "Most Perfect Park for Pets".
• Second Place in the "Best Picnic Spot" category in the 2007 Memphis Flyer "Best of Memphis" competition.
• Park designed by Geo. Kessler, 1901. Partial list: Zoo 1905, Golf Clubhouse 1926, WPA Shell 1936
• On the National Register. Example of City Beautiful Movement.
• Rainbow Lake, 2 pavilions, amphitheater
• The Links at Overton: 9 hole golf course with clubhouse
• Play equipment, playground ball field, walking trail, soccer field,
• E.H. Crump statue, and various historic markers
• Home of Veterans Plaza, including the Doughboy statue and the new Korean War Monument
• Home to the Zoo, Brooks Art Museum, The Levitt Shell and Memphis College of Art

Patton Park - Patton @ S. Parkway

• .82 Acres
• Play equipment
• Pavilion
• Basketball court

Peabody Park - 712 Tanglewood

• 3.38 Acres
• Raymond Skinner Handicapped Center
• Pavilion
• Play equipment
• Handicapped access, indoor swimming pool
• Indoor Basketball Court

Pickett Park - 2555 St. Elmo

• 11.58 Acres
• North Frayser Community Center
• Walking trail
• Playground
• Indoor & outdoor basketball courts
• Pavilion.

Pierotti Park - 3678 Powers Road

• 25 Acres
• Raleigh Community Center
• Swimming pool
• Tennis center w/ 8 lighted outdoor courts
• Play equipment
• Indoor basketball court and outdoor lighted basketball court

Pine Hill Park - 973 Alice

• 160.76 Acres
• Pine Hill Community Center
• 1 Indoor basketball court, 1 outdoor lighted basketball court
• The Links at Pine Hill: 18 hole golf course with clubhouse
• Play equipment and swimming pool

Lucille Price Park - Claybrook @ Capital

• 2.5 Acres
• 1 Outdoor basketball
• Play equipment
• Picnic area.

Raines Road Park - Raines & Hickory Hill

• 20 Acres
• Playground
• 1 Pavilion
• Open-play Ball field
• 1/2 Mile Fitness Trail
• Adjacent to Fire Station #53.

Raleigh Bartlett Meadows - 5195 Twin Wood

• 10 Acres
• Play equipment

Otis Redding Park - 12th Road @ Honduras

• 18 Acres
• Playground
• Walking trail

Riverview Park - 1981 Kansas

• 27.72 Acres
• Riverview Community Center
• Indoor basketball court
• Play equipment and playground ball field
• Pavilion
• 1/2 mile fitness trail.
• Swimming pool @ 182 Joubert Avenue.

Rozelle (Annesdale) - Rozelle @ Nelson

• .92 Acre
• Play equipment
• Pavilion and picnic area

Sea Isle Park - 5220 Sea Isle

• 12.40 Acres
• McWherter Senior Citizens Center
• Indoor basketball court
• Lighted softball field
• Play equipment
• 1 mile fitness trail
• 3 soccer fields.

John C. Shivler Park (Denver) - Tulsa @ Bigelow

• 10 Acres
• Basketball Court
• Play equipment

Southside Park - 612 S. Parkway E.

• 3.43 Acres
• Outdoor basketball court
• Play Equipment
• Pavilion

Texas Courts - Texas @ Trigg

• .72 Acre
• Play equipment

Treadwell Park - N. Highland @ Gurnsey

• 10 Acres
• School playground ball fields
• Play equipment
• Football field

Trigg West Park - 1348 Rayburn

• 1.86 Acres
• 2 Outdoor Basketball courts
• Play equipment

Jesse Turner Park (Bellevue) - 1310 S. Bellevue

• 18.29 Acres
• Lighted base ballfield
• Pavilion
• Basketball court
• Play equipment
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• Bellevue Tennis Center w/ 2 indoor and 4 outdoor courts

University Park - University @ Edward Ave.

• 10 Acres
• Play equipment
• 4 free tennis courts
• Playground Ball Field

Minnie Wagner Park - Jonah @ Huguenot

• 3.07 Acres
• Play equipment
• Playground
• Ball field
• Basketball court
• Pavilion

Walker Park - Rochester @ Jenson

• 4.45 Acres
• Outdoor basketball court
• School playground
• Ball field

Washington Park - 1972 N. Second

• 7.80 Acres
• Play equipment
• 1 Outdoor basketball court
• Pavilion

Alonzo Weaver Park (W. Junction) - 730 Mitchell Road

• 37.86 Acres
• Play equipment
• Picnic area
• Pavilion

Dave Wells Park - 915 Chelsea

• 1.78 Acres
• Dave Wells Community Center
• Play equipment

Western Park - Western Park Drive

• 14.60 Acres
• Play equipment
• Playground ball field
• 1/2 mile fitness trail

Westwood Park - 810 Western Park

• 16.20 Acres
• Charles Powell - Westwood Community Center
• Indoor basketball court, 1 Outdoor basketball court
• Play equipment
• Swimming pool
• Playground ball field
• ½ Mile Fitness Trail

Whitehaven Park - 4318 Graceland

• 20 Acres
• Whitehaven Community Center
• 1 Indoor basketball court
• Play equipment
• pavilion
• playground football field and ball field
• 1/2 mile fitness trail
• Roarke Tennis Center w/ 8 outdoor and 4 indoor courts

Polly Williams Park - Auburn @ Craft

• 17 Acres
• Playground
• 3/4 mile fitness trail
• Pavilion

Williamson Park - 292 Williamson

• 4.50 Acres
• Play equipment

Willow Park - 4971 Willow Road

• 58.7 Acres
• Marion Hale Community Center
• Indoor basketball court, 1 Outdoor basketball court
• Play equipment
• Swimming pool
• Soccer field
• 3 lighted softball and 1 baseball fields
• East Zone Office
• Bike Route Starting Point

Wilson Park - Cottonwood @ Clarke

• 12 Acres
• Lighted softball
• Play equipment
• 2 Soccer fields

Winchester Park - Lane @ St. Jude Place

• 8.80 Acres
• Play equipment
• Pavilion
• Part of the earliest public cemetery known as Winchester Burial Grounds ca. 1840
• Memphis' first Mayor, Marcus Winchester's burial place