Recreation

Thank you for visiting the Durham Parks & Recreation Department website. On a regular basis we offer health and wellness classes that include Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates, Zumba, boot camp, stability ball and much more. The majority of these classes are done in six or eight week sessions because classes generally move into more demanding activity as they progress. However, don’t worry if you missed the start of a session. Most of the classes will start right back up once their current session concludes. Please check back in January 2010, when a lot of new class sessions will be beginning.

In addition to programs and classes, Durham Parks & Recreation Department is focused on providing the Town with special events. In the past few months the Department has sponsored a Back to School Ice Cream Bash, the 1st Annual Halloween Spookfest, Durham Appreciate Day at the Coppal House Farm Corn Maze and the Doe Farm Centennial Celebration. In the future look for more P&R events including regular Town events like the Memorial Day Parade and Durham Day, held at Wagon Hill Farm every September.

Please direct all Parks & Recreation questions to Director Michael Mengers, (603) 817-4074, mmengers@ci.durham.nh.us

March 2010 Parks & Recreation Reminder
Click here to find all of the latest Durham P&R events and programs.

Durham Recreation Organizations Listing

Durham offers a full range of recreational opportunities for residents and visitors alike. As a true seacoast waterfront community, Durham offers a wide variety of the best in boating, sailing, fishing, and swimming.

Make sure to visit Adams Point, a beautiful estuary located on Great Bay, where families and hikers bring picnic baskets and binoculars to spend a day enjoying the scenery, catching glimpses of wildlife (horseshoe crabs and great blue herons abound), and walking trails through fields, woods, and rocky beaches.

And don't forget Oyster River Landing/Shipyard Landing, situated on Oyster River, a favorite spot for residents and UNH students to relax on blankets or at picnic tables. If you're lucky, you'll see the famous swans who make their home at the nearby Mill Pond, or spot great blue herons who stand at the dam in hopes of catching their food.

Numerous parks and recreational areas dot the town, and through careful planning, features like bike lanes and trails are being added constantly to enhance enjoyment of Durham's spectacular landscape.

Click on the links to the right to find out more specific information about the various recreation sites in Durham, the activities each site is well suited for, and a map of how to locate the sites.

Durham's Oyster River Youth Association has an extensive recreational program. Visit them at www.oryarec.org to find out more.

For the skating schedule at Churchill Rink at Jackson’s Landing, click here.

The Oyster River Parents and Preschoolers (ORPP) group provides recreation activities to preschoolers (age 0 to 6) and their parents. For more information, visit their website at www.ORPPfamilyfun.org.

UNH Recreation offers programs of interest. Click here to find out more.

For a calendar of UNH events of interest, click here.