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City Departments

Parks & Recreation

Resident Leisure Card
Southfield residents must produce identification to use Parks and Recreation facilities and attend programs at resident rates. A Resident Leisure Card will provide quick identification at all P&R facilities and identify you as a frequent user. The card is valid for 2 years and costs $3.00 each or $10 per family. Residents over the age of 65 receive cards for free. A driver’s license and/or birth certificate must be presented by ALL applicants. Cards must be purchased in person at the Parks & Recreation building (26000 Evergreen Road).
 

Did You Know?

  • The Parks & Recreation Department is responsible for over 780 acres of park land and open spaces at 33 sites throughout the City, including 333 acres of dedicated nature preserves.

  • The City of Southfield is the home of Michigan’s first baseball field for children with any physical or mental disability. Working with The Miracle League, the City constructed a special field designed with a custom synthetic turf and handicapped accessible dugouts, restrooms and drinking fountains.
  • The Parks & Recreation Department offers hundreds of recreation programs at facilities which include two nine-hole golf courses, a lighted driving range, a 50-meter outdoor swimming pool, a senior adult center, an indoor athletic field house, an indoor ice arena and a neighborhood recreation center.

  • The sand volleyball courts at Civic Center Park were named Best In Detroit by the readers of Real Detroit Weekly Magazine in their annual Real Best of Detroit for 2009.