The Parks and Recreation Department is responsible for the administration of all recreational programs sponsored by the City of Bath and for the administration, use, supervision, and maintenance of all public recreational facilities. Outdoor facilities for which Parks and Recreation is responsible include: Kelley Field, McMann Field, Tainter Field, Donald Small School, Goddards Pond, Varnum Field, Kimball-Hawkes Field and the Dummer Street Skating Area. Additional non-departmental facilities often utilized for departmental programs include Morse High School, Bath Junior High, Huse School, Fisher Mitchell School, Dike Newell School, and Hyde School Field House.
The Department provides maintenance, preparation and scheduling of outdoor facilities in cooperation with the following organizations: Bath Little League, American Legion Baseball, Bath Area Youth Football League, Bath Area Recreational Soccer League, Babe Ruth League, Bath Area Men's Softball League, Bath School Department Athletic Program and Bath School Department Physical Education classes.
The Bath Recreation Division offers programs and activities for kids and adults. Youth sports including softball, baseball, soccer, football, running, cheerleading and field hockey are all run through the "Rec Department" and hundreds of kids have participated in thieir yearly summer programs. There is also space available for other groups to hold events such as dog training, line dancing, dnaces and arts activities.
Contact them for detailed information on available classes.
Donald Small School
Sheridan Road
Bath, ME 04530
443-8360
Following is a selected listing of Bath recreational facilities:
LITTLE LEAGUE AND BASEBALL FIELDS
Bath maintains four Little League and/or regulation baseball fields. These include Tainter, Kelly, Hawkes and Kimball.
SOFTBALL FIELDS
Bath claims three softball fields. These include Tainter, Legion, and Hawkes. Some of these groups will also use baseball fields if they are not being utilized.
SOCCER AND MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS
Bath maintains eight municipal fields. These include Goddard, Kimball, Hawkes, McMann, Legion, Tainter, Kelly and Varnum. Three additional fields are available for use at the Hyde School; the availability of these fields varies due to Hyde School's own recreational and sports demands and their desire to reduce maintenance cost by limiting use during the summer months.
OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS
Bath claims six basketball courts. They are located at the Junior High School, Fisher-Mitchell School, Dike-Newell School, Huse School (2) and one lighted court at McMann Outdoor Area on Congress Avenue.
OUTDOOR TENNIS COURTS
Bath has only one location for its four outdoor tennis courts, McMann Outdoor Area. All four courts are lighted for nighttime use.
PLAYGROUNDS
There are three playgrounds in Bath - one located at Fisher-Mitchell School, one at Huse School and one at Dike Newell School.
PICNIC TABLES
Bath has six outdoor picnic tables, in addition to a number of local merchants that provide outdoor picnic tables for their customers. Additional picnic tables are found at the Waterfront Park and the Maine Maritime Museum. Picnic benches are located throughout the Library Park.
SWIMMING
The Bath YMCA located in the downtown area provides local and regional residents with an 1875 square foot pool. Fifteen miles away, two saltwater beaches are available at Reid State Park in Georgetown and Popham State Park in Phippsburg.
EXERCISE TRAILS
In Bath, joggers and walkers typically use local streets and byways with low traffic volumes. There are also a number of exercise stations on the fitness course at Fisher Mitchell playground.
SLED/SNOW PLAY AREAS
Only ten towns in Maine report having designated areas for sledding, tobogganing and other snow play activities. Bath is one of these, with one designated area at the McMann Outdoor Area. Other informal opportunities occur on private lands such as backyards, neighborhood lots, golf courses, ski areas and private estates. Bath has numerous opportunities including the golf course, power lines and cemeteries.
COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL AREA
The Edward McMann Outdoor Area provides various fields for formal recreational opportunities. These include football, track, baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and tennis. Some fields are multi-purpose, allowing open space for informal recreational play, i.e. Frisbee, flag and touch football, kickball, kite flying, model rocketry, radio controlled airplanes, etc. In winter time the snow covered hill is ideal for saucers, sleds, toboggans, and first time skiers. This facility is used extensively by the School Department, Recreation Department and the general public.
