Sports and Athletics

Winchester Parks and Recreation offers a variety of sports and athletics facilities including ballfields, soccer fields, and more.

The following fields will be closed today, 10/4/24:
Henkel Harris, T-ball, and Yost.

Fields

  • Bodie Grim Field: baseball
  • Yost Field: baseball
  • Henkel Harris Field: softball
  • Eagles' Field: baseball
  • T-Ball Field: t-ball
  • Anderson Field at Bridgeforth Stadium & Rotary Field: Shenandoah University baseball and softball
  • Preston Sports Complex: soccer and multiuse turf rectangular fields (Not open for general use. Reservations required.)
  • Festival Field: open rectangular field.
  • Neighborhood Park Open Fields: Whittier, Frederick Douglass, Friendship, Park Place, Harvest Ridge, Weaver

 

Courts

  • Potts Courts: outdoor basketball
  • Lowry Courts: outdoor tennis and pickleball
  • Christianson Familyland Courts: pickleball
  • Horseshoe courts
  • Racquetball court (inside Rec Center): racquetball, wallyball
  • Denny Lee Gymnasium hardwood courts (inside Rec Center): basketball, volleyball, pickleball, other

BMX Track

The BMX Track in Jim Barnett Park is the longest track within an eight-hour radius of Winchester at 1,307 feet. It has a long front straight and is a great track for training and learning. Approximately 30 local races, one state race and four multi-point races are held each year. 

Track Usage Guidelines(PDF, 170KB)

Park Partner Information

 

Wilkins Lake

Located in near Christianson Familyland, Wilkins Lake is a public fishing lake in Jim Barnett Park. Each year, the park offers a Family Day Fishing Rodeo in June and the lake is stocked full of plenty of fish to catch.

The lake was made possible thanks to generous donations by the Wilkins family in Winchester over four decades ago (40th anniversary in 2024).

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Disc Golf Course

The 18-hole disc golf course is located in Jim Barnett Park. The course is available to play for free and discs are available, if needed, at the Rec Center. Come out and experience disc golf for yourself. It’s a very inexpensive, family-friendly sport that anyone can play.

Check out our Storymap! 

Playgrounds

The Christianson Familyland area in Jim Barnett Park offers several family fun amenities.

  • Adventure playground
  • Children’s Dream Accessible Playground (for children with special needs)
  • Picnic areas
  • Grass area
  • Gaga Ball Pit
  • Covered Pavilion (with concession stand coming Summer 2024)
  • Public restrooms (closed during the winter)

There is a small playground located behind the Kiwanis 1 Pavilion and a small playground adjacent to the Rotary Pavilion.

Skate Park

Jim Barnett Park's newest amenity! Opened September 2024.

Designed with street skaters in mind, the park features a 30' x 120' concreate pad with 7 obstacles including grind rails, small boxes, moveable barricades, a quarter pipe, and flat open areas. Several benches are located around the edge of the park for skaters and non-skaters to rest and watch.

Plans are in the works for expansion in phase 2.

Skate Park Rules(PDF, 3MB)