Park and Recreation Month

Since 1985, people in the United States have celebrated Park and Recreation Month in July to promote building strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation and to recognize the more than 160,000 full-time park and recreation professionals — along with hundreds of thousands of part-time and seasonal workers and volunteers — that maintain our country’s local, state and community parks.

This year's theme “Build Together, Play Together"  is a reminder of the contributions of full-time park and recreation professionals — along with hundreds of thousands of part-time and seasonal workers and volunteers — who maintain our country’s close-to-home parks. Each July, we celebrate park and recreation professionals and how they improve the lives of tens of millions of people, making a lasting impact in communities across the country. Park and recreation programs are essential to community health and well-being, and help cultivate lifelong friendships, memories and family bonds that people hold dear decades later

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2025 PARK AND RECREATION MONTH COMMUNITY EVENTS


FREE Swim Sunday at the Whitmore Pool: July 6, 13, 20 & 27 / 12:00-4:00pm

  • FREE swim day at the Whitmore Pool to celebrate Park and Recreation Month! 

FREE Play Fridays at the Mammoth RecZone: July 11 & 25/ 6:00-8:00pm

  • FREE admission and equipment rental at the Mammoth RecZone to celebrate Park and Recreation Month!
  • July 25th is Roller Disco Night! Bust out your best DISCO outfit for a night of FUN! We will have a limited amount of skates available. 

Men's and Coed Softball Tournaments at Shady Rest Park Ball Fields: July 12 -13 & July 19 -20

  • Catch all the softball action with local and visiting teams competing in our annual USSSA slow-pitch softball tournaments!

Rhiannon's Kids Pickleball Tournament at the Mammoth Lakes Pickleball Complex and the Community Courts: July 19

  • Get your Pickle on AND raise money for a local charity! Register here.

Beach Volleyball Tournament: July 26

  • Come out and play sand volleyball with your friends. Register here

July Camps, Lessons and Programs 

In addition to our many signature summer events, check out the many fun camps, lessons and programs on offer this July in Mammoth Lakes.

PAST EVENTS: 

Social Pickleball Tournament at the Mammoth Lakes Pickleball Complex: June 28 

  • A great warm-up for Rhiannon's Kids Pickleball Tournament! Players will register as teams. Register here.

Town Wooden Street Sign SALE: July 4th 

  • We will be selling the original wooden street signs at the Arts on the Fourth Festival in the Footloose Sports Parking Lot.