Facility & Park Rentals

FACILITY AND PARK RENTALS

EVENT FIELDS AND TRAILS

Durham’s parks are great places to host your fun days, company picnics, family reunions and more. A park permit is required for event fields and trails.

Contact the reservations office at 919-5604355, ext. 27202 or email reservations@ durhamnc.gov.

PICNIC SHELTERS

PICNIC SHELTER SEASON ENDS OCTOBER 31 Durham’s parks and facilities serve as great sites for your next event, family gathering or concert. Many Durham parks offer picnic shelters on a “first come, first served” basis. By making reservations, you are assured of having the picnic shelter of your choice. Permits must be purchased 10 days in advance. See page 10-11 for a list of DPR parks with shelters. Book your picnic shelter online! Visit dprplaymore.org, select "Register Online" and then "Reservations."

ATHLETIC FIELD RENTALS

DPR offers the following field and court rentals: • Baseball Fields • Futsal Courts • Softball Fields • Soccer Fields • Multipurpose Fields • Tennis Courts • Basketball Courts • Disc Golf Course To reserve a field or court, visit our website at dprplaymore.org and fill out the online Field Rental Request Form under Rentals and Athletic Field Rentals or call 919-560-4355.

Additional rental information including fees and field dimensions can be found on our website under Rentals and Athletic Field

Rentals.

CAMPSITES

DPR offers a variety of opportunities for outdoor recreation, including a camping area which has primitive campsites open year-round. Each site has an area for a tent, a grill, and picnic table. Campsites are operated by DPR and may be reserved by calling 919-560-4355, ext. 27202 to obtain a permit. Permits must be purchased by Tuesday at 5 pm for the remainder of the work week and weekend. All reservations are a made on a "first come, first served" basis.

Lake Michie Recreation Area: Overlooking Lake Michie, this recreation area offers camping, boating (paved boat launch), fishing and trail hiking. The area has seven primitive campsites open year-round. Each site has a tent pad, grill and picnic table. No electrical hookups are available and campers should bring water and other necessities. Vehicular access to the campgrounds is limited. DIRECTIONS: Take Roxboro Road North (Rte 501); go approximately 12 miles; turn right onto Bahama Road; after 2.5 miles, take a left at the “Spruce Pine Lodge” sign.

*Prior to use of the camping facility, a permit must be obtained from DPR.

SPECIAL USE FACILITY RENTALS

SPRUCE PINE LODGE

2235 BAHAMA RD., BAHAMA This historic building located in the heart of Forest Hills Park offers a large meeting room with audio/visual equipment, a spacious kitchen, restrooms, heat, air conditioning, and a large lawn. The Clubhouse, with a capacity of 60 people, is perfect for business meetings, team building retreats, parties, anniversaries, church functions, and family reunions. Due to COVID-19, renters are required to comply with all local and state restrictions including mass gathering size. Rental times: Sunday-Saturday 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. (minimum 3 hour rental)

The lodge is a 1940s vintage log building located in the Lake Michie Recreation Area. The lodge has 2,500 square feet of floor space which is divided into four meeting rooms, all served by a kitchen facility and a sound system. Dependent on the type of activity, the building capacity is 120 persons. Due to COVID-19, renters are required to comply with all local and state restrictions including mass gathering size. Log walls and massive stone fireplaces lend a unique quality to all types of functions. Hiking trails, a large lawn and play field, and a picnic shelter are also available for use, as well as Lake Michie’s camping, boating and fishing facilities nearby. The lodge is located 14 miles north of downtown Durham. The building, lawns, and picnic shelter are available to rent for weddings, large picnics, meetings, retreats, parties or other group activities. Rental times: Sunday through Saturday

FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD CLUBHOUSE

1639 UNIVERSITY DR., DURHAM 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. (minimum 6 hour rental)

HOW DO YOU PLAY, DURHAM?

Durham parks Foundation

The past two years Durham Parks Foundation members and supporters funded the design and construction of the Environmental Education Pavilion at West Point on the Eno Park and we are in our second year of habitat restoration of the 5-acre field surrounding the “EEP.” Join us in preserving, strengthening and expanding opportunities for play in all of Durham. Tell us how you play, Durham! @durhamparksfoundation

DurhamParksFoundation.org

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PAVILION 5253 North Roxboro Street, Durham, NC 27712

The Environmental Education Pavilion can be accessed from the north entrance in West Point on the Eno Park. It was constructed in 2018, and provides open, natural space for programming and self-guided nature immersion. The facility is located in a five acre field that is being restored to a native Piedmont Prairie. For more information on this project, visit www.durhamparksfoundation.org.