Department of Parks and Recreation

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COVID-19 Operations Update

The Lasker Park Community Pool is currently closed due to COVID-19. The McGuire Dent Recreation Center is open with limitations beginning May 18, 2020. City parks remain open, however playground structures are closed. We ask that you take precautions and maintain social distance when you visit parks. 

Mission Statement

The mission of the Parks and Recreation Department is to create, promote and administer the best possible recreational programs and, in addition, to manage and maintain the best possible recreational facilities. To maintain to the best of our ability all parks and parkways designated to the department by the city. The Parks and Recreation Department accomplishes these objectives in a responsible manner, staying within the yearly budget. Department staff also actively seek out additional funding sources and opportunities to improve the department.

In addition to overseeing the city’s parks, fields, recreation centers and tennis courts, department staff maintain the city’s esplanades, parkways, cemeteries, and public building grounds.

  1. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan (PDF)
PARKS INFO

Available Resources

The City of Galveston has placed information about all of our recreational activities in one place for your ease of access. View information about our:

Contact Us

  1. Parks & Recreation

    Phone: (409) 797-3700

    Directory

  2. McGuire-Dent Recreation Center

    Physical Address
    2222 28th Street
    Galveston, TX 77550

  3. Wright Cuney Recreation Center

    Physical Address
    718 41st Street
    Galveston, TX 77550

  4. Lasker Park Community Pool

    Physical Address
    2016 43rd Street
    Galveston, TX 77550

Are we forgetting anything?

We welcome your recommendations of activities, events, etc. that we might have missed! Please contact our webmaster so we can appropriately update our information.

Thank for helping make the City of Galveston such a wonderful coastal community!