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Fort Family Park

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Neighborhood hub providing picnic shelters & grills as well as bleachers, benches & soccer fields. People often mention park, kids, courts, nice, area, family, great, construction, playground, play,


Address

8000 Baymeadows Rd E, Jacksonville, FL 32256, United States

Website

www.coj.net

Contact

+1 904-630-2489

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (911 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Monday: 8 am to 8 pm
  • Tuesday: 8 am to 8 pm
  • Wednesday: 8 am to 8 pm
  • Thursday: 8 am to 8 pm
  • Friday: 8 am to 8 pm
  • Saturday: 8 am to 8 pm
  • Sunday: 8 am to 8 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: park (28) kids (16) courts (14) nice (12) area (10) family (10) great (8) construction (8) playground (8) play (7)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 5/5 Tiffanie D. 2 years ago on Google
    Very spacious park plenty of space for the kids to run, decent sized park area with play equipment also soccer fields and basketball court as well as tennis courts. Another plus is that's it's back away from the main road. Very nice park the kids loved it!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Wanda B. 1 year ago on Google
    The park is a great place to bring the family and friends for a great day in the Park. Nice clean and safe. You can also watch minor football games and soccer games, or just enjoy a nice walk on the track. I give it a 10.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Chris C. 4 years ago on Google
    Love this park. It's a free recreational site for the entire community. With two huge soccer/football fields, tennis courts, multiple basket courts AND a kids park, it has everything. Oh, don't forget about the fishing lake right on site :).
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sarh M. 11 months ago on Google
    Large park, but most of it is under construction. Large pond to fish.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sayed “Issac” H. 5 years ago on Google
    5 stars great play ground, Everything is free except the picnic shelters you have to pay to reserve them. Tennis courts have to be reserved. The lake has fish but you have to catch and release. Basketball courts, football field. The shelter area has grills.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Melissa C. 6 years ago on Google
    It's a beautiful place for a short, quiet walk. There are multiple tennis courts and soccer fields. Multiple covered picnic areas. And one whole side is surrounded by water. There was a family doing a birthday party in the picnic area. And it's next to a children's Jungle Gym play area. There are also restrooms and water fountains. I didn't have a paved walking trail, but we were easily able to make our own along the edge of the retention Pond Lake. Seems like a nice place to take your family, too. And the tennis courts were unlocked.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Joe A. 5 months ago on Google
    Great setup and facilities with huge, clean, and well-maintained areas. Reserving a Pavilion is only $10 for the city permit. We celebrated and had plenty of drinks and pizza. There was also a bouncy house on site for the kids! My large family enjoyed the entire day...
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 mAmAJEN “MotherJEN” k. 6 months ago on Google
    What a beautiful park! Thank you so much for all you do FORT family!!! We just love you so much for it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tammie H. 1 year ago on Google
    This park is in a great area, off of Baymeadows and Gate Parkway. There are lots of new apartments and residential communities in the area, so this is definitely needed. This park has tennis courts, basketball courts, a soccer field, baseball field, and little play area for the kids. It’s great for walking, riding your bike, roller skating, or just being out with your family. There is also a large pond closer to the front of park, far away from allow of the activities. A couple of years back my company held our picnic their under the pavilion and it was very nice.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Hector R. 1 year ago on Google
    The Park in general is really nice because has playground, Lake, Soccer Field, Basketball court, Tennis Courts, Restrooms, but the only big problem is that they missing a resposable maintenance that's the park needs and clean the Restroom more often. In general is really nice park to go with yours kids and spend some times with them.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nitesh Vic Patel - R. 5 months ago on Google
    It's a beautiful park 🏞️ with a lot of fun things for the kids to do. I love how the gazebo is centrally located so we can keep an eye 👁️ on the kids. I do wish there were more trees 🎄 around to provide for shade. Came early in November 2023, and it was 85 out and kids were wiped 🥵. Even though we had loads of liquids. Lucky most of the kids playground stuff was that hard plastic so it wasn't as hot as metal equipment. I do have to point out that there are some parents that need to keep a better eye 👀 on their kids as there were other kids (older) there that were not watching out for the smaller kids. There are baseball ⚾ fields and a football 🏈 field that looks pristine. It looked like there were school kids there with their teams or class mates practicing different things out there. It's great that Duval has this. Now time to bring this to all parks.

  • 5/5 Rob S. 8 months ago on Google
    A very nice facility with a friendly staff. But they really need a way to more quickly dry the hard tennis courts and pickleball courts. Even after a brief shower, the courts will be shutdown for hours or for the rest of the day.

  • 3/5 Dr F. 7 months ago on Google
    I have come to this park to walk my dog for long time and it has been undergoing a large renovation for the last year. As of September 2023, they just finished resurfacing a new football field, they are finishing the baseball areas, they removed the whole playground and there is more to come. So, at this time, the park looks unfinished since there is so much construction in progress, but you still can walk around, play basketball and the new football field is open for practice. The way things are going, when finished, it is going to be a fantastic park.

  • 5/5 Deanna B. 5 months ago on Google
    This park was beautiful when it was new and got run down and old as parks do. It has been revitalized and given new life. Equipment is brand new and so much fun for all my kids (ages 2 to 14). The fields look great. Busy park, and it is still under construction in some areas. So drive slow.

  • 5/5 Amber S. 5 months ago on Google
    Great little park that is still in construction. There's a few places you can walk your fishing pole in which is what we primarily came to check out.

  • 5/5 Maxine F. 10 months ago on Google
    Best Pickle Ball and Tennis courts in Baymeadows area. People friendly and courteous. Love Tennis Pro John..always willing to make you a better player.

  • 1/5 Ariana R. 6 months ago on Google
    The sport facilities here are nice but OH BOY the playground sucks. There’s trash everywhere, garbage cans overflowing, one minuscule play set, and a climbing structure of questionable safety. The mulch used is so fine, it flies up everywhere and gets in your shoes. Also, there are exposed patches of dirt which do the same. And God forbid you need to use the restroom. It’s filthy. If you are coming to this park to take your kids to the playground — don’t. Drive an extra 15 minutes to Sunshine Park instead.

  • 2/5 Peg R. 1 year ago on Google
    A lot of construction. Many areas barricaded. Doesn't look like fishing would be possible. Limited use of facilities. Picnic pavilion and a few courts about it.

  • 5/5 ArabSandikin 1 year ago on Google
    Going here on long weekend visits. Going to the lakes, playing on the grass,grilling, etc. Always great spot to have a breath of fresh air from work or school with your friends or family. They’ve been working on remodeling the soccer field. I believe they finished it by now

  • 5/5 Gino A. 1 year ago on Google
    Really nice part. We went to a work function there under one of the pavilions. Plenty of parking and easy to get to.

  • 5/5 Lucian B. 1 year ago on Google
    Really nice while kept park I like being able to get down close to the water. There's also fish in there. They are doing some major construction looks like they're adding a couple of ball fields and I don't know more stuff. Lots of room for everybody people walking their dog and jogging and playing soccer and baseball and football and fishing and you know truly is a family park.

  • 4/5 Mahafreed I. 1 year ago on Google
    Cool park. Quiet and peaceful. Just be careful of the playground. Needs some renovating.

  • 5/5 K J. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice park and pretty spacious. Has a tennis court, separate play ground, several covered areas for family gatherings, a basketball court, 2 fields, plenty of bleachers, benches and a pond.

  • 5/5 clausell s. 1 year ago on Google
    This park was the best park i Ever Been to nice&clean grounds. They were Beautiful the family had a wonderful time !!!see you all again very soon (Excellent Excellent Excellent just Beautiful thanks very much.🤗💯👌🏾💯😊😊💯

  • 4/5 Daniel G. 1 year ago on Google
    Lots of new construction. Could have more cleared spaces for fishing.

  • 2/5 Anna M. 1 year ago on Google
    Online this park looks different. It has good reviews but when we drove over to walk around with our baby it had virtually no shade. Also, there’s a lot of construction so machinery and tons of dirt very close to the playground area. I get it but it’s not appealing for a quiet place to relax. Very isolated area, too. We didn’t even get out of the car because the “vibes” were off.

  • 5/5 Jacksonville Beach M. 1 year ago on Google
    Great playground, clean bathrooms, tons of picnic tables and very stroller friendly.


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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