Size: 125 Acres Classification: Community Park Curfew: 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.
In 1964 efforts were underway by the City to acquire 125 acre track of land to serve as the City’s first developed park. The Mayor, Ray Smart was notified on February 10, 1965 by Western Union Telegram, from Ralph W. Yarborough, U.S. Senator, that Boerne would be receiving $12,159 from a Federal Grant to aid in the purchase of the park land. Park planners envisioned amenities such as athletic fields, recreation building, playground, tennis courts, picnic and camping areas. The City’s first Recreation Committee was organized in 1969 to discuss a Master Recreational Plan for the park. The park served for many years as the City’s only park that supported athletic activities such as softball, baseball, tennis, and soccer. This park is known today as City Park.
Developed shortly after the City purchased of the land in 1964, City Park was unique in that it offered the widest variety of recreational opportunities of any park in the City at the time. City Park still serves as Boerne’s largest park. The park is in a unique natural setting as the park is bordered by the Cibolo Creek which boasts some of the most magnificent cypress lined banks of the Cibolo. Currently the park offers eight lighted tennis courts, a public swimming pool, five soccer fields, two sand volleyball courts, picnic areas with grills, a pavilion, public restrooms, walking trails, an arboretum, Agricultural Heritage Museum, and Cibolo Nature Center.
