Department of Parks & Recreation

Facilities:

Strawberry Patch Park, a seven acre neighborhood park, is located at 271 St. Augustine Drive (corner of St. Augustine Dr. and Old Canton Road) and includes:

• One-acre lake
• One mile lighted walking trail
• Playground equipment, picnic tables and benches throughout the park
• Strawberry Patch Chapel
• Restrooms

Liberty Park is located at 810 Madison Avenue and includes:

• 5 lighted baseball/softball fields
• 5 regulation soccer fields, 4 of the 5 fields are lighted
• Lighted batting cages
• 2 beach volleyball courts
• Concession stand
• 1 1/2 mile paved walking trail on the western side of Liberty Park
• Liberty Village, designed from the imaginations of Madison’s children and built by the community
• Archery range
  

Simmons Arboretum was donated to The City of Madison by Dr. Walker Simmons family and is located at 583 St. Augustine Drive.

• Designed as a nature area with slag walking trails
• Is an outdoor learning center with the different Mississippi native plants, trees and shrubs labeled
• Trails consist of bridges, swinging bridges and an overlook

Practice Field Locations

• Cotton Hill Road at Carl Avenue
• Madison Avenue Sports Practice Area
• Old Canton Road between Ridgecrest Baptist Church and St. Matthew's Methodist Church
• Madison Avenue Lower Elementary - fields behind the school
• Old Madison Ridgeland High School football field