JULY IS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH!
Calendar of Activities - click here for pdf version
JULY
1 – Tell 5 friends to tell 5 friends that it is that it is National Parks & Recreation Month
2 – Sign up for a Parks & Recreation camp or class. Registration is available online or in-person at the Frisco Athletic Center
3 – Fly a kite – The open space within most of our parks is the perfect spot for this activity.
4 – Frisco Freedom Fest, City Hall Plaza, 4 p.m.
5 – Go playground jumping - spend 30-minutes at three different parks.
6 – Take your dog to Ruff Range Dog Park at B.F. Phillips Community Park
7 – Try out the new Disc Golf Course at B.F. Phillips Community Park. Click here for rules on how to play.
8 – Art in the Park Search – Find the art pieces within our parks. Download the map to begin your search.
9 – Toss a Frisbee in the park
10 – Test your batting skills in the batting cages at Harold Bacchus Community Park
11 – “Have Fun, Get Wild!” Parks & Recreation staff will be searching for people having fun in our parks and facilities. If we spot you having fun, we’ll reward you with a t-shirt and a bag of goodies. So get out and have some fun. We’ll be looking for you!
12 – Be a kid again! Go roll down the hills at Preston Ridge Park or any other park with a hill!
13 – Dive-In Movie Night (adult 18+ only) at Frisco Athletic Center Outdoor Aquatic Center featuring the movie ‘Jaws.’ There will be free childcare for children 8 weeks to 12 years available in the Zone and Fun Clun for FAC members. Childcare is available for non-members for $5 per child. Childcare is limited, so make your reservations early by calling 972-292-6600.
14 – Free Boot Camp class, 7 a.m. – 8 a.m. – Meet by the pond outside the Frisco Athletic Center. Bring weights and a mat if you have them.
15 – Explore one of our 34 parks you have never visited. Find them all here.
16 – Take a walk on the “Wild Side.” Plan a mile walk or bike ride on our 60 miles of Hike and Bike Trails.
17 – Try a new sport or outdoor game.
18 - “Have Fun, Get Wild!” Parks & Recreation staff will be searching for people having fun in our parks and facilities. If we spot you having fun, we’ll reward you with a t-shirt and a bag of goodies. So get out and have some fun. We’ll be looking for you!
19 – Never visited Central Park? Today is a great day to go! Take your camera and take pictures with the statues or have the kids perform at the amphitheater.
20 – “Wet and Wild day!” Everyone pays kids price admission to the Frisco Athletic Center
21 – Bring paper and a pencil or crayons to Limestone Quarry Park and let the kids trace and draw the different leaves and plants at the educational stations. Kids can place a piece of paper over a mold at the different stations and then rub a pencil or crayon over it. They can then take their picture and locate the plant or leaf within the park.
22 – Take a kid fishing. Ponds are stocked with fish at Warren Sports Complex, Frisco Commons, Harold Bacchus Community Park and Beavers Bend Park.
23 – “Get Wild” No TV today! Tell us what your family did on Facebook.
24 – Have a play date at one of our three spray parks located at Shepherds Glen Park, J.R. Newman Park and Bi Centennial Park (parking is located at Frisco Commons Park)
25 – “Have Fun, Get Wild!” Parks & Recreation staff will be searching for people having fun in our parks and facilities. If we spot you having fun, we’ll reward you with a t-shirt and a bag of goodies. So get out and have some fun. We’ll be looking for you!
26 – Jump rope! What is your high score?
27 – Family Dive-In Movie Night at the Frisco Athletic Center Outdoor Aquatic Center featuring the movie ‘The Adventures of TinTin.’
28 – Free Guided Tree Tour at Frisco Commons Parks, 8000 McKinney Road, 9 a.m. Meet at the large pavilion.
29 – Have a picnic in the park
30 – Commit to 30-minutes of physical activity today
31 – Popsicles in the Park, Frisco Commons Park, 8000 McKinney Road, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Parks and Recreation staff will be giving our free popsicles while supplies last.