Sports & Recreation
Ocean Avenue, just outside the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum on Boynton Beach’s Town Square campus, Kid’s Kingdom was built by a group of volunteers and it continues to be a source of great community pride. If you’re interested in playing basketball, baseball, soccer or just flipping the Frisbee around with some friends, you’ll find numerous fields and courts around town. Looking for a great place to see some of Florida’s natural flora and fauna? Check out the various “scrub” parks in town and take a nature hike soon. Keep your eyes peeled for the albino raccoon at the Seacrest Scrub – it really does exist! Finally, if you’d enjoy taking an art or exercise class, want to play cards or a little shuffleboard, or perhaps listen to a choral group or music one afternoon, you can find a wide variety of offerings through the various community centers in Boynton Beach. Seniors, in particular, can enjoy numerous activities including dancing, interesting lectures and health programs, group outings, classes and even transportation around town with the Shopper Hopper transportation service. Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park A1A in Ocean Ridge • 742-6225 Voted the #1 beach in Palm Beach County by The Palm Beach Post, Oceanfront Park offers amenities including picnic areas, boardwalk, showers, concession stand, restrooms, and of course, the beach. Lifeguards are on duty from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The park is open untill 11:00 p.m, seven days a week. Boat Club Park 2010 N. Federal Highway • 742-6225 This park provides the only salt-water boat access in Boynton Beach with four boat ramps, six holding docks and 137 boat/trailer parking spaces. The park also has a 300-foot fishing pier, picnic areas, pavilions, restrooms and a small play area. The park is open from sunrise to sunset with the exception of people who are boating or fishing. The City also has a number of smaller parks. For more information, please call 742-6225. Congress Avenue Community Park and Tennis Center 3111 S. Congress Ave. • 742-6575 The Tennis Center provides 17 soft and four hard tennis courts. Amenities include the pro shop, clubhouse with showers, lockers,
lessons and group events. Open from sunrise to 9 p.m. daily. Ezell Hester Jr. Community Park 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. • 742-6551 One of the largest parks in the system at 23 acres, Ezell Hester Jr. Community Park offers fields for football and baseball. The community center on site offers a wide variety of programs from after-school activities to Jazzercise classes, cultural events and athletic programs. In addition, there is a natural scrub area for hiking and a very large playground. The park is open from sunrise to sunset (the community center is open until 10 p.m. daily). Intracoastal Park 2240 N. Federal Highway • 742-6225 The newest park in the Boynton Beach system, the Intracoastal Park, built in 2003, provides four picnic pavilions, two restrooms and a large, accessible playground. Located on the scenic Intracoastal Waterway, this park also offers a recreation/ rental clubhouse offering spectacular views. Jaycee Park 2600 S. Federal Highway This 5 acre park has just been completed and includes a large, fenced playgroung area with a play set for children 2 to 5 years of age and a playset for children of 5 to 12 years of age, 2 bocce ball courts, 3 picnic shelters, two of which are on the Intracoastal Waterway, a walking trail, picnic areas and beautiful natural landscaping. Knollwood Park 8121 Lawrence Road • 742-6225 The 3-acre, passive park was paid for by the city and developer D.R. Horton. The company built the park without cost to the city, in exchange for fill taken from digging the lake. The park features a walking trail, gazebo, and wetland plantings. Pets are not permitted. The park is open from sunrise to sunset 365 days, and admission is free. Meadows Park 4305 Meadows Blvd. • 742-6225 Located in the northwest part of the city, this seven-acre park offers a basketball court, volleyball courts, tennis courts, picnic shelters, picnic areas, an exercise trail, bocce ball court, restrooms and two new play areas. Seacrest Scrub 3400 S. Seacrest Blvd. • 742-6225 This 54-acre site is an example of a natural scrub area containing plants and animals indigenous to a scrub site, such as the
Florida scrub jay, gopher tortoise, scrub mouse, sand pine, large flowered rosemary and scrub palmetto. The Seacrest Scrub is open to the public for environmental education, scientific research and passive recreation activities such as photography, bird watching and nature walks. Community Centers Art Center 125 S. E. 2nd Ave. • 742-6221 The Art Center facility offers a multitude of art classes for every age group including arts and crafts, fine arts, pottery, painting, afterschool activities, summer camp and pre-school classes. Civic Center 128 E. Ocean Ave. • 742-6240 Programs at the Boynton Beach Civic Center include youth and adult dance classes, a teen club, summer camp, pre-school programs, Jazzercise, language classes, piano and keyboard classes, bridge, choral groups, music concerts and the Outlook Club for the visually impaired. Senior Center 1021 S. Federal Highway • 734-0638 The newly renovated, 10,000-sq.-ft. facility offers a multitude of programs for seniors including computer classes, card games, dances, live music, health screenings, music lessons, driving classes, group outings, art classes, safety courses and special events. Local groups provide a variety of services including AARP, R.S.V.P, Delray Medical Center services, the Aker Kasten Community Outreach program, Shopper Hopper transportation services, programs from the Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County and a daily lunch provided through Mae Volen Senior Center. Local anglers know that Boynton Beach has an undisputed advantage over other cities along the coast in Florida. Within just a few minutes of departing from the Boynton Beach inlet, you can be right in the thick of the Gulf Stream. As the closest community to the river within the Atlantic Ocean, Boynton Beach provides fishing enthusiasts with 800ft.-deep crystal blue water abundant with sailfish, yellowfin tuna, king mackerel, red snapper, mahi mahi, pompano and other fish primed for the fight. Boynton Beach owns and operates Boat Ramp Park, a public launching facility just a few minutes from the Boynton Beach inlet. For more details, call 742-6225. If you don’t have your own boat, you can rent one or try deep sea or drift fishing on board one of the charter-fishing boats at the Sea Mist Marina
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