The City of Jacksonville Recreation and Parks Department is working to create community by making Jacksonville the best place to live, work, and play. Our mission is to offer exceptional leisure opportunities that contribute to continuous improvements in individual health and wellness, a sense of community, environmental stewardship, and economic development. We value and believe in... a high standard of excellence, joint and individual responsibility, involvement in decision making, trust, diversity, a sense of belonging, loyalty, mutual accountability, respect... in ourselves and each other.


Upcoming Events
Check out our monthly flyer containing information on this month's activities and our calendar for our upcoming events.

• Swimming Lessons
• Movies in the Park 2018
• Sounds of Summer 2018
• Family Park Days 2018

Parks Passport Challenge 2018
How many Jacksonville Parks will you and your family discover this summer?  Simply find the park, complete the challenges, answer the questions and submit for a prize!  Get your passport today by clicking this image or visiting us at 100 Recreation Lane, Jacksonville NC.

**Entries are due no later than Monday, September 10 and grand prizes will be drawn on Saturday, September 15 at noon during the Chalk the Park event at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation Complex.  Must be present to win.

Clean & Green
Our parks crews are cleaning up, fixing, and improving our recreational areas. Through the Clean and Green Jacksonville initiative, parks crews are able to enhance our landscape and horticultural improvements. They are also mowing and trimming more often in our parks and along our roadways.  

Improvements
Recently, construction began on the amphitheater at Richard Ray All-American park.  Once completed this area of the park will include a 400-seat amphitheater, stage area, and water feature. The project is expected to be complete in the Fall of 2018.  Also started, is construction on a Splash Pad at Northeast Creek Park.  This splash pad is scheduled to be open in the Summer of 2018 and is just the first phase of a multi-phase project to renovate this area of Northeast Creek Park.

View - Recreation & Parks Master Plan

Jacksonville Challenge Course