The Parks & Recreation Department continues to be supported by the Mayor and City Council which provides funding to keep parks and facilities expanded and improved to meet the needs of the citizenry of Jacksonville.  

   JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER

5 Municipal Drive

Community Center, 56,000 sq. ft. 

(opened March, 1995, $3.4 million)

Indoor Pool

Gymnasium

Two Racquetball Courts

Fitness Mezzanine

Exercise Classroom

Walking Track (indoor & outdoor)

Banquet Hall with Stage (5,500 sq. ft.)

Meeting Room with Kitchen (1,500 sq. ft.)

Department Offices

Billiard Tables

Table Tennis

1 Lighted Multi-Purpose Court (basketball)

Meeting & Classrooms

Offices

           1        Martin Street Recreation Center (5,250 sq. ft.)

1        Pavilion

1        Playground - with fall zone cushioning

1    "Splash Zone" pool complex - opened

DUPREE PARK

Aerial View

1700 Redmond Road

168.74 acres

2        Lighted and fenced Babe Ruth/American Legion ball fields

5        Lighted and fenced Softball fields

4    Field soccer/football complex (2 lighted)

1    Sertoma Trail - Paved 1.3 mile meandering trail

1    10-acre lake with fishing pier

6    Restroom buildings

4    Concession areas

5    Pavilions with electricity

1    Festival Pavilion with electricity

1        Playground (Marshall Smith Memorial Playground) – fall zone cushioning

1        Horseshoe pit in pavilion area

1        Covered Benches

1        Dog park - opened July, 2007

1        Disc Golf Course, 18 holes - opened spring 2007

1        Boys & Girls Club facility

1        Pavilion

1        Playground  - with fall zone cushioning

3    Multi-purpose courts

1        Open space area

4        Youth baseball fields, lighted and fenced

1        Concession/restroom/storage building

1        Playground equipment area – fall zone cushioning

1        Open field area on gas line easement

1        Open picnic table & 2 benches

3        Pavilions (two with electricity)

1        Multipurpose court w/basketball goals

1        Playground  - with fall zone cushioning

3    Open picnic tables

1        Covered picnic table

1        Sets of horseshoe pits

1        Restroom building

1        Lake with two piers for fishing

Asphalt launching ramp

            1    Footbridge over spillway

1        Pavilion

1        Waterless restroom facility

      Open area for play

1        Horseshoe pit

1        Covered Bench

1    .5 mile walking/jogging trail 

(Howard B. Dunn  Memorial)

1        Playground with fall zone cushioning

1        Pavilion

          Paved parking area

Once purported to be site of an old cemetery, building on the grounds is not allowed.

1        Covered picnic table

1    Playground equipment area w/fall zone cushioning

1        Multi-purpose court (basketball)

1        Pavilion

1        Open picnic table

1    Playground - with fall zone cushioning

1   Playground - with fall zone cushioning

1   Basketball Court

1   Pavilion

6        Lighted tennis courts on grounds of Jacksonville High School