Eastland Park is a small neighborhood park situated at the corner of Douglas and Chapel in East…read moreNashville and offers a simple, but good time outdoors. I came by for the walking path, which is .25 miles long and circles around the perimeter of the park. Inside that perimeter sits a bit of open green space, a covered picnic area, basketball course and a playground. There are no restrooms or water fountains here. The park is no frills and offers a small space for the neighborhood to get out and about in. Overall, keeps me outside and in the super walkable East Nashville neighborhoods, so I am a fan.

I stopped with my son so he could stretch his legs while running errands…read more This park has two play areas, one for smaller kids and another for bigger kids. There's also a small basketball court, a swing set, and field to run around. There isn't a designated parking area, just street parking. The park was pretty clean when we were here, except for a empty water bottles on the basketball court. This does seem like the neighborhood hot spot for dog bathrooms breaks so watch your shoes while running around in the field. There's plenty of trash cans here so hopefully people cleanup after their pets. My only real concern is the park is not fully gated in, so kids can easily run into the street and the cars driving near the park do not slow down. Stay vigilante!

Beautiful green space in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood. Great for walks or to take the dogsread more

Great park in Germantown! Usually a lot of people walking their dogs! The park is complete with a…read morefountain, basketball court, and Rec sports on certain nights of the week including kickball. The greenway also runs right through for a great walking or running path that leads all the way downtown along the river.

Parkwood Park has a community center attached to it in a small children's playground. It also has…read morewhat could be used as a baseball field and a walking path. There are a few benches scattered around and overall it was a nice place to get a little bit of a walk in. If I had any complaint, it would be that I wish there was a little bit more of a nature type walking path. But all in all, it was still a good place to visit.

Very well taken care of park. Great place to walk. Huge field you can also play in…read more - blacktop with hopscotch, four square, and one basketball goal - huge field (used for little league baseball) - paved walking loop; one lap is 4/10 of a mile - not shaded on walking path - some trees in the field area for shade - community center with a gym and other things inside - parking lot - benches spaced all around the walking loop - playground with swings - tennis courts

This park opened on the site of an old rock quarry, and was named Rock City Park, in 1966. It was…read morerenamed in 1972 to South Inglewood Park. It has 19 acres, a community center, a playground, public restrooms, picnic shelters, baseball diamonds, football/multipurpose fields, and a paved jogging/walking path. This park underwent an extensive renovation in 2008, and it still shows. The park is well maintained, and the fixtures are nice. The back end of the park is very hilly with a rolling terrain, which I'm sure will be gorgeous in bloom this spring.

South Inglewood Park isn't large and it isn't especially fancy. It doesn't even remotely approach…read morethe size or beauty of Shelby or Centennial Park, but it is a park, and I'm strongly pro-park! It does have two baseball fields and a pavilion, and if you live in the Inglewood/Cahal/Stratford area, it's a nice place to get out and enjoy the weather. Occasionally I like to get take-out from a nearby restaurant (like Chicago Style Gyros or Bailey & Cato) and picnic at South Inglewood. It's usually pretty abandoned, though there are occasionally kids or locals running about. South Inglewood Park is in a part of town that isn't...well, upscale. I've never seen any shady activity going on in or around this modest little park, however; though I wouldn't recommend going there at night. South Inglewood is really small, but it's pretty neat. Besides, who can complain when they squeeze a nice little park into your neighborhood?

England Park was opened in 2014, with 11.25 acres sitting in the Nations area of town. This whole…read morearea was devastated during the record flood of 2010, and as you stand on Delray Drive, imagine most of these houses were underwater in 2010, with little more than their roofs visible out of the water. The city of Nashville banned any future development in floodzones, and the city and the taxpayers purchased over 60 properties affected in this area alone. This park was named after Martha and Andy England, an elderly couple who drowned in their home during the flood. The project was especially successful thanks to the folks at make-a-smile.org who built the playgrounds. The park has a beautifully paved walkway, a small playground, and some picnic tables. It runs concurrent with Richland Creek.

Small park near the house. Parking for about 5 cars or so but there are plenty of trees and picnic…read moretables. Nice little park if you live in the area and want to walk on a paved track. There's also a creek that runs right behind it.

At 32 acres, Frederick Douglass Park is a large, nice park. It has a soccer field, baseball field,…read moreplayground, and a sandy volleyball court, which was something we hadn't seen before. The park was originally established in 1936, and was in a predominately Black neighborhood, often referred to in newspapers at the time as the "Fred Douglas Park for Negroes." It was demolished in 1963, and rebuilt a quarter of the mile down the road. It was originally called Douglas Park, in the May 1935 Parks Board, and someone scribbled "Fred" before Douglas in the meeting minutes. For eighty years, the park was named Fred Douglas Park. Many believed the park was named after the famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and historians hunted for a prominent Nashvillian by the name of "Fred Douglas" to no avail. The park changed named by unanimous voting in 2017 to the Frederick Douglass Park we now know. There are no real paved paths, so plan to run around in the grass. It is a very well maintained park.

With the Maxwell area being a source of recent activity on the east side, I'm pretty surprised to…read moresee that no one's reviewed Douglas Park. I'm guessing that as more people start to populate this side of Main St, the review ghost town might change. Douglas Park is an attractive area staple that should entice people throughout the general area to check it out, not just neighborhood residents. For a residential/neighborhood green space, Douglas Park has a lot to offer. The park itself offers a variety of potential experiences: sports, gatherings, dog walking, book reading, relaxation, etc. It boasts a soccer field, baseball diamond, hills, large shade trees, and a playground. I was impressed with the maintenance the park enjoys. Sometimes, in certain areas of the city, landscaping tends to be an ignored (or, blighted) part of the equation. Not so at Douglas Park. While it's, unquestionably, a neighborhood park, it's big enough and has enough extras to attract people from all over to enjoy what it has to offer. And one of the biggest pluses it has to offer is proximity to Downtown and sweet views. Remember those hills and shade trees I talked about earlier? Well, if you go up that way to enjoy a book or a nap, before you get too engrossed in your activity, look up and to the west. If you do, you'll be pretty happy with a gorgeous view of the skyline. On a mid-summer's day, you might be shocked with how much you enjoy the view -- and the silence. There's decent enough parking options, seeing as the park isn't overrun with outside visitors... yet. If you haven't checked out Douglas Park or (this section of) Maxwell, take a Saturday and swing by. I think you'll be happy with what you find. Explore your city.

From Gallatin Pike, Isaac Litton Park doesn't look like much, but I promise it is worth a stop by!…read more Located on the campus of Isaac Litton High School, the park features all the classic park offerings from playgrounds to walking paths to gazebos and sports fields. But this park also has tennis/pickle ball courts and a sand volleyball court! Both of which are lit, which is something not many other metro parks offer! The park is hidden in plain sight with not many people utilizing it for whatever reason. I honestly recently discovered it after driving by for years, so I get it. I usually will pop by one a weekend morning for a chill walk after a gym session or a coffee run. The walking paths are not much here and are honestly just sidewalks, as the park has more activity based offerings than trails. However, the short trek is worth the time, especially due to the convenient location to my normal weekend activities. Overall, solid metro park worth a visit!

Very nice newly updated playground with turf!…read more Safe for young kids. Huge lawn to run. Sand volleyball court. Tennis courts. 2 pavilions. Bonus: yellow school buses always park in the lot next to the playground, so toddlers can geek out like they do. Con: No swings. Next to a high school. Park in the school parking lot.

What a wonderful area for kids, adults and dogs on leash. Great walking trail ... 4 nicely done…read morebasketball courts ... areas to sit and relax ... picnic area.

This property was originally a part of the Belle Meade Plantation, and owned by Walter O. Parmer…read more In 1927, bought 8.25 acres of land was donated to the Nashville School Board open a new school. Five acres were owned by Metro Nashville, and the three plus acres remaining owned by the city of Belle Meade. It was originally a one room school house with sixty students, but within a year added 4 classrooms. In 1931, Parmer School was the first Nashville school to get modern refrigerators. In 1940, enrollment expanded to over 350 students. By 1951, an additional 14 classrooms had been added. When school bussing and integration began changing the dynamics of Nashville schools in the 1970s, many people in Belle Meade began sending their children to private schools and Parmer School attendance dropped. By 1981, it only had 84 students, and was the least populated school in the county. The school closed in 1982, and it was used for storage for Metro Nashville Schools while people tried to figure out what to do with it. The city of Belle Meade discussed, at length, building housing or a park or selling the land to a private developer, but were unsure of effects on neighboring property values or the city's budget. There was debate over the legality of Metro Schools transferring the property to Metro Parks, as well as the jurisdiction of Metro Nashville versus Belle Meade over the property. An arsonist burned down the school in 1985, by way of six small fires set in different spots in the school. The red tape was finally cleared, and the property became a public park in 1986, leaving the stone and brick archway as a reminder of the school's history. Today, it hosts a playground, picnic shelter, baseball field, basketball court, and paved walking/jogging path.