Albert Lea Parks System
Academy Park, 910 Hall Drive; 3.1 acres
This park features a playground and ballfield. During winter, it offers an outdoor rink and warming house.
Bancroft Bay Park, 900 Hammer Road; 74.1 acres
This park offers scenic views of Fountain Lake with wooded trails and and disc golf course. The upper park features amenities shelters and picnic areas. Two parking lots are available for visitors.
Bellview Park, 934 Lincoln Ave; 1.8 acres
This park offers a ballfield, playground and picnic tables.
Brookside, 501 W. Richway Drive; 4.2 acres
The area provides open space plus community gardens, dog park, trail access, boat landing and portable toilet..
Central Park, 300 W. Clark St.; 1.6 acres
Central Park, a green space near Albert Lea’s downtown, is surrounded by churches and a medical center. A paved walkway, benches and picnic tables provide a relaxing space for locals and visitors. The park is a popular venue for various annual festivals.
City Beach, 300 Johnson St.; 1.6 acres
The City Beach offers a swimming area (no lifeguards on duty), picnic benches, restrooms, a skate park and a sand volleyball court.
Community Dog Park; 623 Richway Drive in Brookside Park
The park provides a favorite spot for dogs to play and socialize. Located south of the Community Education Boathouse on the Blue Zones Walkway, the park offers fenced areas for dogs off-leash.
Dress Island, 802 Lakeview Boulevard; .2 acre
Dress Island, a small island on Fountain Lake, connects to the shore by a wooden arched bridge. Nearby is a fishing pier off Lakeview Boulevard.
Eastgate Park, 1108 Eastgate Road; 2.2 acres
This neighborhood park provides greenspace, a playground, basketball court and a small picnic shelter.
Eberhart Park, 1502 Eberhart St.; 5.1 acres
This neighborhood park features ample greenspace, a playground and small shelter.
Edgewater Park,1600 Edgewater Drive; 62.6 acres
This community park offers extensive greenspace with a year-round enclosed pavilion, reservable picnic shelter and cottage, playground, fishing piers and ballfield. An inclusive playpark will open in 2025. Note that the park road closes during winter.
Fountain Lake Park, 100 Fountain St; 3.9 acres
This downtown park offers green space, a gazebo for special events, a children’s garden, park benches overlooking Fountain Lake and portable toilet. This park hosts the Thursdays on Fountain music series during the summer.
Frank Hall Park, 505 Frank Ave; 11.8 acres
Frank Hall Park provides green space overlooking the channel to Albert Lea Lake and serves as the trailhead for the Blazing Star State Trail. The park includes a playground and climbing wall, restrooms, horseshoe pits, fishing pier, picnic shelters and boat landing. The Pelican Breeze cruise boat departs from the park. A football/rugby field occupies the east side of the park. Across the street, the Aquatic Center stands alongside pickleball courts and a basketball court.
Ginkel Park, 607-1/2 Cherry Ave.; .8 acre
Ginkel Park features open greenspace, a playgrounds, and a complete fence, all surrounded by residential yards.
Hawthorne Park, 915 Garfield Ave.; 4.3 acres
This neighborhood park, next to Hawthorne Elementary School, offers a large open space. It includes a playground, ballfield and park building/warming house. An outdoor ice rink is availabe during cold winter months.
Hayek Park, 1104 W. Main St.; 19.1 acres
The park features two lighted ballfields, a batting cage and bleachers. It also provides a playground, basketball court and park building/warming house. An outdoor ice rink is availabe during cold winter months.
Katherine Island, 524 Albert Lea St.; .2 acre
Katherine Island, a beautiful spot on Fountain Lake, features fishing access and park benches for relaxation. This is an ideal spot to view the 3 fountains in the lake.
Lakeview Park, 102 Willamor Road; 13.1 acres
This neighborhood park provides a playground, year-round restrooms, picnic tables, greenspace, park building/warming house, basketball court and soccer fields. The park is located on the Blue Zones Walkway. An outdoor ice rink is available during cold winter months.
Memorial Park, 1400 Margaretha Ave.; 4.9 acres
The neighborhood park provides a playground, picnic shelter and open space suitable for soccer and other activities.
Morin Park, 222 St. Mary Ave.; 3.2 acres
This park features two ballfields with bleachers, greenspace, a playground and basketball court.
New Denmark Park, 606 Albert Lea St.; 1.1 acres
This beautiful green space, adjacent to Katherine Island, offers park benches a mermaid statue, and flower gardens. A Danish resident donated the mermaid statue, which reclines in the water. A statue of a Danish soldier overlooks a small fountain. This park is located on the Blue Zones Walkway.
Pioneer Park, 100 Hawthorne St.; 3.5 acres
This neighborhood park on the shore of Fountain Lake features a playground, a reservable picnic shelter with kitchen, restroom and picnic tables. The park is located on the Blue Zones Walkway.
Shoff Park, 400 MN Highway 13; 12.1 acres
The park is the home of Higbie Gardens and abundant greenspace. It also provides a picnic shelter and picnic tables. It connects to the Blue Zones Walkway via Fountain Street and to the Blazing Star State Trail via bike lanes on Front Street and then sidewalk on State Highway 13.
Shoreland Heights Park, 116 The Fairway; 2.3 acres
The park offers ample greenspace and a playground
Shorewood Hills Park, 1900 Bayview Drive; 0.8 acre
This park features greenspace and a playground.
Snyder Fields, 2404 Bridge Ave.; 13.1 acres
This complex featuring five ballfield with ligths, concession stand with restrooms, picnic tables, and four sand volleyball courts.
Sondergaard Park, 806 17th St; 5.1 acres
This neighborhood park provides a ballfield, basketball court, playground and ample greenspace.
Southwest Park, 702 Maplehill Drive; 24.5 acres
This park, part of Sibley Elementary School and Southwest Middle School, offers abundant gree space. It includes a playground, basketball court, 6 tennis courts on the east end of the school, and a ballfield northeast of the school.
Thofson Park, 1940 Paradise Road
This park offers a playground.
Troy Hammer Park, 603 Troy Rd; 4.5 acres
This neighborhood park features a playground, basketball court and ballfield.
Valley Park, 611 Sheridan Ave.; 1.7 acres
This neighborhood park has a playground, basketball court, ballfield and park building.
Virginia Place Park, 1204 Virginia Place, .8 acre
Virginia Place Park is a small park occupying both sides of the street. It features play equipment and a small basketball court.
Wedgewood Park, 500 Wedgewood Road, 7.1 acres
Wedgewood Park is a spacious park with abundant trees, playground and a sledding hill.