departments & agencies
Parks, Greenways & Recreation / Activities for Adults Ages 20-49
Administrative Office
59 Woodfin Place
Asheville, NC 28801
Buncombe County Parks, Greenways & Recreation offers a variety of adult activities. This includes:
- Kickball
- Open Swim
- Lap Swim
- Fishing / Boating
- Programs
- Walking
- Outdoor Volleyball
- Picnicking
- Grills
- Sightseers
- Soccer Leagues
Kickball League
Adult Kickball League
Do you miss playing kickball as a child with your friends? Do you still have what it takes to compete? Well here is you chance to get back in shape and have fun doing it as well as meet new people.
Open Swim
- Cane Creek Pool (outdoor)
- North Buncombe Park Pool (outdoor)
- Erwin Community Pool (outdoor)
- Hominy Valley Park Pool (outdoor)
- Owen Pool (outdoor)
- Zeugner Center (indoor)
Lap Swim
Fishing / Boating
Programs
Walking
Buncombe County Sports Park
Outdoor Volleyball
Picnicking
- Bent Creek River Park
- Buncombe County Sports Park
- Charles D. Owen Park
- Corcoran Paige River Park
- Glen Bridge River Park
- Hominy Creek River Park
- Lake Julian Park
- Ledges Whitewater River Park
- North Buncombe Park
- Zeugner Center
- Walnut Island River Park
Grills
- Bent Creek River Park
- Charles D. Owen Park
- Corcoran Paige River Park
- Glen Bridge River Park
- Hominy Creek River Park
- Lake Julian Park
- Ledges Whitewater River Park
- North Buncombe Park
- Walnut Island River Park
The Sightseers
The Sightseers is a program offered to adults on day trips to surround areas.
The Sightseers Trip/Workshop Brochure for any and all young at heart. Anyone interested in attending a workshop or trip may print the flyer and mail it in with his or her payment.
Please see a list of guidelines that you should be aware of regarding The Sightseers.
Transportation: We leave from BCPRS office at 59 Woodfin Place, Asheville, 28801
- From I 240 W
- Take the Charlotte St. Exit
- Turn left onto Charlotte St.
- Cross the bridge and turn left at the traffic light onto Woodfin Place
- Immediately past traffic light turn right at 59 Woodfin Place
- Please park in lot in front of the building
We will take a 15 passenger van. We will not load the van until 10 minutes before the trip is scheduled to leave.
Registration: To register for any trip, you need to turn in your registration form and fee before the registration deadline. There is limited space and trips usually become full before the deadline. If you have registered for a trip that is full, you will be contacted and automatically placed on a waiting list. In the event that a space opens, we will hold your money until the date of the trip. If you cannot fill that space or a space does not open, your money will b e returned to you. You will only be contacted if a trip is full. You will not be contacted to confirm registration.
Refund Policy: Refunds will not be given unless the trip is cancelled due to inclement weather (please see below). BCPRS will keep a waiting list for those who inquire about a trip after the deadline. You may choose to sell your place to someone else if you wish.
Inclement Weather Policy: BCPRS reserves the right to cancel any trip at any time due to the threat of or the act of inclement weather. Refunds will be given if the trip is cancelled.
Soccer Leagues
Please use the ABYSA link to obtain information for soccer for all age groups.