Each year, Golden Mile residents enjoy our parks and recreational amenities. The Golden Mile City parks offer a wide variety of recreational activities such as basketball, volleyball, baseball, soccer, playgrounds, walking trails, picnic & grilling areas. Pavilions are available for rental to host your next family reunion or outdoor event. Wonderful recreational experiences in our local parks are to be enjoyed in every season. Additional information on each of these parks and applications for use of pavilions can be found at the city website at https://www.cityoffrederick.com/255/Parks-Recreation.
This park is located off Route 40W on McCain Drive, on the corner of Butterfly Lane and McCain Drive. The park provides residents with baseball diamond, bathroom, benches/bleachers, electric, grills, pavilion, picnic tables, walking trail, playground, and water fountain.
These parks are located off Route 40W; take a left onto Hillcrest Drive; take a right onto Hill Street; continue straight into the park loop road. The park provides residents with basketball court, bathrooms, benches/bleachers, concession area, electric, grills, lights, multipurpose field, parking, pavilion, picnic tables, playground, and water fountains.
The Hillstreet Skate Park is located within the Hill Street Park. The park encompasses 17,000 square feet and is constructed of concrete. Many amenities await skaters of all ages and abilities, including:
The Hillstreet Skate Park is a free skate park open to the public between the hours of 7am and dusk. The park will not be supervised by staff. Please be aware that all persons using the facility do so at their own risk.
This park is located off Route 40W. To get to the park off route 40W turn left on McCain Drive, then turn right on Hillcrest Drive and follow Hillcrest across Butterfly Lane. Hillcrest will turn into Hunting Ridge Drive and then turn left onto Swallowtail Drive. Park is on the right. The park is handicap accessible, has a Multi-Purpose Field with parking on the street. There is a medium sized pavilion with (6) tables & bathrooms.
This park is located off Route 40. To get to the park make a left on to McCain Drive; a right on to Hillcrest Drive, a right on to Hunting Horn Lane and the park is on the left. The park has two grills, is handicap accessible and has on street parking.
This park is located off Route 40 West, turn left onto McCain Drive and turn right on Dave Lane. The park is on the left. The park is handicap accessible and has picnic tables, pavilion, playground, hanging swing, gazebo with benches
This park is located at 501 Coralberry Court off. The park has a playground, multipurpose field, two tennis courts, trail, and basketball court.
This park is located off the Route 40W; turn right on to Old Camp Road and then take a left on to Andover Lane. Park is on the right. The park has basketball court, bathroom, benches/bleachers, electric, grill, lights, pavilion, picnic tables, playground and volleyball area.
This park is located off Rt 40 West; turn right on Willowdale Drive; take a left onto Shaffer Drivel park will be on right hand side. The park has baseball diamond, basketball court, bathroom, benches/bleachers, grills, parking, pavilion, picnic table, playground, walking and biking paths, and water fountain.
This park is located off Route 40W; turn right onto Willowdale Drive. Parking is on the street. The park has benches, grills, and a small pavilion. The park is handicap accessible and parking is on the street.
This park is located on Route 40W; turn right onto Baughman’s Lane; turn right onto Rock Creek Drive; turn onto Meadowdale Road which dead ends into park. This park has benches and walking and Biking Path.
This trail encompasses Willowdale and Waterford Park on the Golden Mile and is a continuous walking and biking trail from Fredericktowne Mall to Baker Park in downtown Frederick.
The western portion of the city of Frederick between Route 40 and I-70 is one of the fastest growing areas in Frederick County. Butterfly Ridge Elementary School will be built on the Hargett Farm property located on the south side of Butterfly Lane, opposite McCain Drive
The newest elementary school on Golden Mile is the Butterfly Ridge Elementary School which will address the growing population of the area by relieving overcrowding and balancing enrollment at Hillcrest and Waverley elementary schools. The new school is being designed by architects Grimm and Parker, the same firm responsible for the design of the new North Frederick Elementary School, which will serve as a prototype for this project. More information can be found at https://education.fcps.org/bres/home
Hillcrest Elementary School is a public school located in Frederick, MD. It has 979 students in grades PK, K-5 with a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1. More information can be found at https://education.fcps.org/hes/home
Waverley Elementary School is a public school located in Frederick, MD. It has 638 students in grades PK, K-5 with a student-teacher ratio of 13 to 1. More information can be found at https://education.fcps.org/waves/home
Rock Creek School (RCS) provides special education programs for Frederick County students with complex medical conditions and severe intellectual, physical, emotional, hearing, vision and learning disabilities, from ages 3 through 21. More information can be found at https://education.fcps.org/rcs/home
The High School for the Golden Mile community is just outside the Golden Mile at 650 Carroll Parkway.
A National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, Frederick High is the oldest school in Frederick County. Located in a beautiful setting adjacent to the City of Frederick’s Baker Park, the school’s diverse population reflects its surrounding dynamic community.
Frederick High School’s tradition of excellence began in 1891 with girls and boys attending school in different buildings and matriculation occurring after three years. The current facility opened in 1939.
Approximately 90% of the students attend community college, four-year College or business or technical schools. The student SAT scores continue to outdistance the average of those in the state of Maryland and the nation. Frederick High School is proud of the Advanced Placement record in which over 75% of the students taking the AP exams earn college credit via their scores.
The students are an integral part of the decision-making process through their participation in over 50 clubs and activities, the Student Government Association, and membership on the School Improvement Team. The community, staff and students value the richness of diversity of our school. We continue to take pride in our competitive teams both athletically and academically.
Our school motto is the basis for our school’s vision: “Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve.”
More information can be found at https://education.fcps.org/fhs/.
The walking path at Hillcrest Path is provided at https://parkrxamerica.org/m/880/hillcrest-park
The city of Frederick has completed Rock Creek Trail! One can now walk, run, cycle, skate, skip or jump from The Frederick Fairgrounds, along Carroll Creek Linear Park, through Frederick’s beautiful Baker Park all the way to 40 West or what us locals call “The Golden Mile’ along Rock Creek Park.” Along the way you will enjoy various parks and beautiful green spaces. End to end the path is about 5 miles in length. You pass the Schifferstadt Architectural Museum then go under route 15 on the widened sidewalk you will see the new tunnel that passes under the route 15 entrance ramp at Rosemont Ave. This new part of the path was worth waiting for. The green spaces, the new foot bridge, the trees with interpretive signage, and the careful way it all goes together, shows that a huge amount of thought and preparation went into this, the longest Frederick City trail.
Looking to enjoy fresh garden vegetables and herbs, but don’t have the space at your residence. Check out the Community Garden spaces provided by the City of Frederick.
The City maintains two areas that residents can apply to use as a Community Garden space. For the Golden Mile, the community garden plots are the Hargett/West Side Regional Park which has 55 plots available. Each plot requires an application and costs $60.
Community Garden Plot information, application, and rules can be found at https://www.cityoffrederick.com/1059/Garden-Plots.
Looking for fresh vegetable, meats, flowers, and other local produce, then check out the traditional cooperative farmer’s market on the Golden Mile. Our farmer’s market takes place every Saturday from 10 to 1 pm at 1215 W. Patrick Street (Route 40w) outside Wolf’s Furniture.
Additional information regarding vendors at the farmer’s market can be found at https://www.frederickfarmersmarket.com/our-vendor.
