Pros: Lighted baseball/soccer field(with timed sprinklers) with bleachers, dugouts. Lighted basket ball court that they flood & turn into an outdoor ice skating rink in the winter complete with«warming» center with a snack bar, bathrooms, etc. Extremely basic playground, a few toddler swings, a few big kid swings, a slide, etc, but it is fenced in(there are openings in the fence though, & they’re open, not gated), with a bubbler, a picnic table, & a big tree that provides a nice shady spot no matter what the time of the day is or where the sun is. It’s kept up really well, they do a nice job keeping the grass & shrubs trimmed. Conveniently located less than 1 mile from all of the schools in Jaffrey & from Jaffrey’s town center & main street. Parking on the street & across the street. The grade school uses the area on field days for the higher grades. Cons: No gates on the openings to the playground. Small, so if there are more than a few people there you’re kind of «on top» of each other. I’ve seen it get super crowded on game days. It’s Jaffrey, so if you are there at the same time as some«townies» & they’re chatty you might get stuck having to make small-talk with people you’d rather not get stuck having to chat with. The parking on the street & across the street can get super crowded on game days & big trucks &XLSUV’s frequently park on the street leaving their vehicles sticking out into the street… Overall: I think having the ice skating rink in the winter really«makes» this area. During warmer winters when the lakes don’t freeze over for very long it is nice to have somewhere to go to ice skate.
