The city of Dickson Parks and Recreation Department manages, maintains and operates eight park facilities throughout the city.

The department’s main office is at 202 S. Main St., next to the Municipal Building. The phone number is 446-1721.

Park facilities include the W.A. Crosby Recreation Complex, J. Dan Buckner Park, Tennsco Park, Lakeview Park, Rocky Top Park, Railroad Street Park, Tice’s Springs Park and Luther Lake.

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W.A. Crosby Recreation Complex
Located on Highway 47 inside the Dickson County Fairgrounds, this facility has a gymnasium and game rooms. It is named for former Dickson Mayor William A. Crosby.

Each morning during the cold weather season, the gym is open for walkers at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday During the afternoon hours, the gym is open for freeplay activities from 1pm-5pm Monday through Saturday

This complex is also the home of the Little Pro Basketball Association and has been for four years. The league is for children ages 6-12. Every year, this association moves up one age group. This fundamentals program is for boys and girls. The city of Dickson Parks and Recreation Department helps sponsor the Little Pro Basketball traveling team, which is the 10-12 age group. The Youth Basketball Instructional Program meets at Centennial Elementary on Mondays and Saturdays.

The Crosby Recreation Complex is the home of the Over 35 Basketball Association. This league was started in 1987 at the Crosby Center. The league plays games on Monday nights at Centennial Elementary.

The complex is also the home of the Co-ed Recreational Volleyball League which started in 1986 with only five teams and now has grown to 12 teams. Games are played at the Crosby Center on Monday and Thursday nights.

The Women’s Basketball League plays at the Crosby Center on Monday nights. This league is for women ages 18 and up.

The Special Olympics basketball tournament is held each year at the Crosby Recreation Complex in February for the past five years.

The Crosby Center also is the site of many activities for clients of Developmental Services of Dickson County.

In February 1998, the Crosby Recreation Complex began a new Jazzercise program.

The Crosby Recreation Complex is available for public rental for athletic events, craft shows and social events. For more information, call Vern Grigsby or Josh Vermilyea at 446-1009.

J. Dan Buckner Park
Located on Weaver Drive off of U.S. 70 West, this multipurpose park is name for former Dickson Mayor J. Dan Buckner.

The park facilities include:

• Six baseball/softball fields with lights, fences and bleachers;
• Three concessions buildings with restrooms;
• Six lighted tennis courts;
• Two children’s playground areas with safety surfaces;
• Three picnic areas;
• Large soccer field area with room for six fields;
• A 2,200-foot paved and lighted walking/running track;
• A covered picnic shelter with restrooms;
• Six parking lots;
• A sand-surface volleyball court;
• One basketball goal with asphalt surface;
• Two batting cages with pitching machines;
• A large fishing lake;
• A natural-surface walking trail;
• Aquatic center with swimming pool, wading pool and a 110-foot water slide, and;
• A 60-acre wildlife area.

Buckner Park is home to the Dickson County Youth Athletic Association, which provides a quality baseball/softball program for boys and girls up to age 18.

The DCYAA manages a t-ball, ragball, baseball and softball program for children ages 5-18. Each year more than 400 children participate in league activities that begin in April and run through July. Signups are held in the Rotary Pavilion in January and February. You can call the Parks Dept for more details. Games are played at Buckner Park.

The Dickson County Soccer Association manages a soccer program for players of all ages from five to adult. There are spring and fall seasons. Signups are held in January and August. Games are played at Buckner Park.

The swimming pool at Buckner Park opens the Saturday before Memorial Day and closes on Labor Day. The pool is open Wed thru Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m. but is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. It also is available for rental during the season. For more information, contact the park office at 446-1721.

Each year the staff at the Buckner Park Pool teaches swimming lessons to children and adults and conducts water safety classes. Call the park office for class times and dates beginning the last week of May.

Buckner Park has six lighted tennis courts. The courts are available for free use seven days a week from sunrise to 10 p.m.

There is a paved walking and running track around the soccer fields. This is the safest and most convenient place to exercise outdoors in the park system.

There is a warm-up exercise station, parking, restrooms and a shelter with picnic tables, telephone and the track is well lighted. The track is open 24 hours a day every day. There is an unlit natural-surface walking trail around the lake.

There are two batting cages in the park. There are two pitching machines available with balls for public use that can be reserved at no cost by calling the park office between April 1 and Oct. 31.

The lake at Buckner Park is stocked with fish, the lake banks are maintained for easy access, and it’s open year-round for fishing and wildlife viewing and there is no fee for fishing.

There is a new playground at Buckner Park with a rubberized safety surface that meets or exceeds all national playground safety standards. It has shaded picnic tables, cooking grills and trash cans. The area is open year-round from sunrise to 10 p.m.

Buckner Park also has two more picnic areas with tables and grills. One is located at the tennis courts and the other’s across the parking lot from the pool.

There is plenty of green space in Buckner Park for people who want to relax in the shade, loaf, and sunbathe, throw a ball or Frisbee, fly a kite, pick blackberries or look for wildflowers.

If you want to shoot some hoops or challenge your friends to a sand court volleyball game, you can find both opportunities near the swimming pool.

Tennsco Park

Located on Tennsco Drive in the Dickson County Industrial Park, this $3 million facility was built and leased to the city by Tennsco Corp., the county’s largest industrial employer. Tennsco founder and Chairman Lester D. Speyer said the park is his company’s way of thanking people of Dickson County for the 30 plus years of success Tennsco has enjoyed here.

Tennsco Park amenities:

• Tennsco Community Center: a 7,600-square-foot building with covered entry, seating for 700 theater-style or 360 under table, a built-in state-of-the-art sound system, a 20-foot-by-32-foot parquet dance floor, a 20-by-15-foot stage with lights, a full kitchen with two refrigerators and stoves, ice machine, sinks and serving window, restroom facilities and parking for 300. This facility is available for rent by calling the park office at 446-1721.
• Adult Softball Fields: four lighted fields with regulation 300-foot fences and electronic scoreboards on all fields.
• Basketball: two regulation-size, lighted, paved courts;
• Two sand volleyball pits;
• 10,000-square-foot children’s playground with sand safety surface and child-safe toys;

The Tennsco Softball Complex is the home of the Dickson County Adult Softball Association which consists of several different leagues such as men’s, women’s, co-ed, church and others. It also is the site of various softball tournaments.

Lakeview Park

Located off West Walnut Street on Lakeview Drive in West Dickson, this park overlooks City Lake. It features four lighted basketball goals, a lighted sand volleyball court, a playground with safety sand surface, grills and a large picnic shelter with tables and restrooms. The park is available for reservation at no charge by calling 446-1721.

Luther Lake

Located on U.S. 70 East next to Colonial Village, the city oversees this 14-acre man-made lake which is popular for walking, jogging, running, fishing, and wildlife watching. A man-made island in the lake makes it popular for ducks and geese.

Railroad Street Park

Located in West Dickson off West Railroad Street, this park is a small picnic area with tables and grills and plenty of shade. It is available for use any time.

Field of Dreams

Located on Hwy. 70 near the Community Center in White Bluff is Field of Dreams Playground. This 17,000 square foot playground resides on land once occupied by a little league baseball field. Many a ball player dreamed big dreams for their future on this very field.

The playground was designed with input from local children. Money to build the playground was made through tenacious fund raising and monetary gifts from individuals and various organizations. Over 500 volunteers joined the effort and built the structure in a way similar to an old-fashioned barn rising. The feat was accomplished in a mere 6 days in September of 2003. The playground is evidence of one of those magnificent occasions when a community comes together as it did in the "good ole days." Neighbor to neighbor, friend-to-friend, and heart to heart, this project brought the people of Dickson County together and created a standing testament to those who helped make the dream of a playground a reality. The playground will be passed from one generation to another and likewise, so will the spirit of the community. Visitors are invited to take a look around at the plaques featured on each piece of equipment, the names on the picket fencing and the names engraved on the bricks at the entrance. These are the names of many of the people who helped make the dream come true.

Field of Dreams Playground has a motto - "Children of All Abilities Play Here." Specially designed ramps, sand tables, and handicapped swings make the playground accessible and fun for kids whether or not they have special needs. Picnic tables and covered pavilions are also available. Special mister stations keep children cool during the summer months.

The playground is open year round and closes at dark.