Parks + Recreation Master Plan

Crossings Park

Area: 81 acres

Crossings Park is a large park property on the south side of the Island and primarily serves youth baseball with a 3-field complex. The property also includes the Bristol Sports Arena.

The Town purchased land for the property in 1992 and it opened in 1996, with the Arena opening in 1997. Most of the park property is heavily wooded. The park has been designed as a sports park, but people also use the meadow to walk their dogs and the wooded areas for informal walking trails.

The Master Plan says that it appears people want to use the park for more than just sports, so the idea is to make the sports in it better and to add exciting new amenities that anyone can use.

Current Amenities

• 3-field base/softball complex with lighting
• batting cages
• concessions
• bathroom building
• meadow
• playground
• multi-purpose rectangular sports field with lighting and bleachers
• wooded trails
• picnic pavilion
• skate park and in-line hockey rink with basketball court (Bristol Sports Arena)

Master Plan Recommendations

• consolidate the Island's baseball/softball facilities at this location
• update the existing baseball/softball fields
• include 2-3 new baseball/softball fields
• include more parking
• include a new, inclusive playground with pour-in-place safety surface
• update existing plaza and concessions area
• include community-based amenities such as dog park and pathways

Entrance to Crossings Park

Entrance to Rowley Ballfield Complex

Batting Cages

Crossings Park Playground

Presentations

Crossings Park Master Plan

Town Council Workshop

Presentation

June 14, 2023

Crossings Park Master Plan

Town Council Workshop

Presentation

February 14, 2023

Chaplin Community Park and Crossings Park Redevelopment Project Kick-Off Workshop Presentation

Town Council Workshop

Presentation

August 23, 2021

Documents

Proposed Programming

January 2021