Richmond City Park and the Community Building
90 S 100 W Free Year round
Richmond's main park sits at 90 South 100 West, a block west of Main Street and on the same block as the city offices, which makes it the easiest recreation in town to find. It is a plain, useful park rather than a destination: a playground, open lawn, shade trees and pavilion space for a birthday or a family gathering. On a warm evening it is where the town's small kids end up.
The indoor companion to the lawn is the Community Building on the same block, the room Richmond rents out for gatherings, meetings and reunions. Both the pavilion and the building are reservable through the city, and both get busy around Black and White Days and the summer weekends, so a call ahead is worth it if you have a specific date in mind.
The park also sits steps from the grandstand and ballfield below, so the older recreation core of Richmond is really one short walk: lawn and playground on one side, the historic showground on the other.
The details
Good to know
- The Community Building is the indoor room to rent for a gathering; reserve it through Richmond City.
- Pavilion and building dates go fast around Black and White Days in May, so book well ahead.
- The playground and the lawn are free and open, with no gate and no ticket.
- Hours and reservation fees are set by the city, so confirm them before you plan an event.
The grandstand and the historic baseball field
Richmond ballpark grounds Free to walk Black and White Days in May
The oldest piece of Richmond's recreation is the wooden grandstand and the baseball field it looks over, and both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The grandstand went up in the earlier decades of the last century, designed by local hands, Ezra Daniel Johnson and Carl Brigham, in the plain agricultural-fair style you still see across rural Utah. It is a rare survivor: a covered wooden grandstand still standing over a field that is still played on.
Its headline week is Black and White Days each May, the dairy show that has run in Richmond since 1912 and bills itself as the nation's longest-running show of its kind. During the show the grandstand looks over the ring, and the Saturday parade forms up nearby. The rest of the season the ballfield behind it carries ordinary games and practice, weather permitting.
The show itself, its schedule and its long history, is the subject of the sibling Black and White Days page. This entry is just the structure and the field. For the wider walk past Richmond's old brick landmarks, see things to do in Richmond.
The details
Good to know
- The grandstand and field are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- The grandstand's busiest days are Black and White Days each May, when the show fills the grounds.
- The dairy show has run in Richmond since 1912; its full story is on the sibling page.
- Outside the show, the field carries ordinary baseball through the warm months.
The public arena and the outdoor range
Older recreation grounds Call the city first
Two more facilities round out Richmond's older recreation ground: a public arena, of the open dirt kind a farm town uses for riding and livestock events, and an outdoor range on the edge of town. Both have been part of the town's recreation footprint for years, and both sit apart from the tidy central park, out where there is room for them.
The honest note here is that access and rules on these two shift from year to year, and Richmond does not post them in one tidy place. When the arena is in use it is usually tied to a town event rather than open drop-in time. Treat both as call-first facilities and check with the city on current access before you plan a visit or an event around either one.
The details
The Cub River Sports Complex and youth baseball
360 E 11600 N, Lewiston Youth baseball Spring and summer
The real ballfields are north of town at the Cub River Sports Complex, and its most useful fact is the ownership: it is a joint venture of Richmond City and Lewiston City, with the two towns splitting the cost of maintenance, utilities and improvements. That is why a Richmond family and a Lewiston family end up on the same diamonds, and why a complex on the Lewiston side of the line is where Richmond runs its own youth ball.
The complex sits at 360 East 11600 North, north of Richmond toward Lewiston, and years of RAPZ recreation tax money have added sidewalks, more parking and other upgrades over time. Scheduling for both towns runs through Richmond City, so that is the number to call for a field or a game time.
Youth baseball is the main event, in four divisions: T-ball for ages five and six, Coach Pitch for ages seven and eight, Minors for ages nine and ten, and Majors for ages eleven and twelve. The younger divisions usually play midweek and the older ones on their own nights, with the season in late spring. Lewiston, the other half of the arrangement, has its own city guide.
The details
Good to know
- The complex is owned and run jointly by Richmond and Lewiston, which split its costs.
- Richmond City handles the scheduling for both towns, so call there for a field or a game time.
- Youth baseball runs in four divisions, from T-ball through Majors; confirm the current registration window with the city.
- RAPZ recreation tax money has funded sidewalks, parking and other upgrades over the years.
