Parks

Parks dot the Jacksonville and South Jacksonville neighborhoods, offering open, public spaces for strolling, recreation and play.

Befitting the town’s history of awareness of special needs, the Play-for-All Park in Godfrey Park in South
Jacksonville is specially designed for children of all abilities. Built largely by a volunteer effort, the park includes
climbing toys and water play areas.

Jacksonville’s jewel is Community Park, 62 grassy, tree-dotted acres dotted where the hundreds of Jacksonville SoccerAssociation players square off on Saturday mornings and where the town holds many of its festivals.

Walkers are out in force every morning and evening, strolling or power walking past children’s play areas and Gilded Age gazebos — a twin of one that stood for years at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Nichols Park offers small lakes, play areas, shelters, a public pool, a nine-hole short golf course and the adjacent Links, 18 holes laid out in the Irish and Scottish style.