Stumbled upon this cute little park area as we were driving around exploring side roads from Old Fort to Asheville. What a gem!
This little community center seems to have a lot to offer:
- The playground is a lot of fun- both our kids, ages 4 & 7, loved it! A well-kept wooden playground with swings (3 regular & 1 baby swing), a seesaw, a tire swing, and a big plastic sea monster for climbing.
- Short paved walking loop with some benches, picnic tables and grill, and 1 of those little exercise stops and a creek flowing by (great for kids to splash around in!)
- Large grassy field
- Basketball court (half court)
- Community garden
- Large picnic table area with covered pavilion
- Leashed dogs allowed (please pick up after them - there are poop bags along the sidewalk)
The community center appears to be closed right now and I haven't checked out the website yet but there's a board with some info by the playground. It seems like they offer yoga classes (Free maybe? Says "donations accepted"), there's an ad for reiki healing, and a whole calendar of events for children and adults.
This center definitely seems to run on donations and volunteers. We were happy to contribute to the painted metal donation post by the playground. Peaceful, safe, beautiful park areas like this are hard to find these days. We're passing through, as we're just frequent vacationers to the area, but I hope the community keeps up this little local gem! read more