Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources News
The Recreation Advisory Board will host a family-friendly 5K/3K walk/run as part of National Trails Day on Saturday, June 3, at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Check-in on the day of the event starts at 7 a.m., and the races begin at 8 a.m. Online registration is available at...Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will host an online esports gaming tournament featuring "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" Saturday, May 13. Open to players ages 10 and older, the online tournament is free to play and will be live streamed on Twitch.tv....Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department is expanding “May Month of Fitness” to include the annual 50-Mile Walking Challenge. Residents (ages 11 and older) who accept the walking challenge commit to walk at least 50 miles in May and use a tracking card to...Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will offer a free outdoor fitness series five nights a week in May at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Free and open to residents of all ages,...Read more
The Flaherty Park Pickleball Courts, 1226 N. White St., will be closed for the final phase of renovations Monday-Wednesday, April 24-26. Weather permitting, the courts will reopen at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26.
During this final round of renovations, crews will install a shade...Read more
Taylor Street Park Sprayground, 416 N. Taylor St., will open for the 2023 season on Saturday, April 22, at 10 a.m. Free and open to the public, the sprayground will operate according to the following schedule through Friday, June 9:
Sundays, 1-8 p.m.
Monday-...Read more
From May 15-28, the Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will host a Bass Fishing Tournament for ages 13 and older and a Youth Fishing Tournament for ages 12 and under (non-competitive). Over this two-week period, local anglers can visit any public fishery in Wake or...Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and the Wake Forest Pickleball Club will host the Wake Forest “Spring into Summer” Pickleball Tournament for players 12 and older Friday-Sunday, May 12-14, at the Flaherty Park Pickleball Courts, 1126 N. White St.
The...Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department has successfully renewed its designation as a “Better Sports for Kids Quality Program Provider” by the National Alliance for Youth Sports.
The PRCR Department originally earned the distinction in 2019. Its...Read more
The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will present “Memorial Day Remembrance Walls of Honor” throughout May at E. Carroll Joyner Park, Alston-Massenburg Center, and Flaherty Park. In recognition of the service and sacrifice of women and men in uniform,...Read more