The Parks and Recreation Department strives to provide the community a safe and pleasant leisure environment by enhancing quality of life standards and improving maintenance provisions.

Within the Taylor Park System
There are:

• Seven parks and open spaces totaling 311.97 acres
• Ten tennis courts
• Lighted baseball diamonds
• Hike and bike trails
• Fishing lakes
• Playgrounds
• Picnic areas
• Wi-Fi available in Taylor Regional Park and Sports Complex, Murphy Park, Robinson Park, Bull Branch Park and Heritage Square.

Visit our Parks Facilities page for more detailed information.

Taylor also enjoys:

• 9-hole public golf course
• Miniature golf in Murphy Park
• Water sports and camping at top-rated fishing lake ten miles north of town (Lake Granger, 4,400 surface acres) and the San Gabriel River
• Game bird hunting on 6,700 acres of Texas Parks and
• Wildlife Department land ten miles from town