In fulfillment of its goal to provide increased recreational opportunities, Terrell County has commited to a program of enhancing and adding to local parks and open space for public access. A Venue Sales Tax passed by local voters in support of the Parks Program provides funding along with grants from Texas Parks & Wildlife and other private and public sources. As "Cactus Capital of Texas," use of desert plants and a variety of native cacti will enhance roadsides and landscaped areas of parks.

Bicentennial Park

Bicentennial Park, established and named for the 50th Anniversary of Terrell County, is the largest and most used of the community parks. Amenities include a public swimming pool, playground equipment, basketball, an open air pavilion, horse-shoe court, and water playscape.

Memorial Park

Memorial Park was established in remembrance of the 1965 flood and devastating loss of lives and property. Memorial Park is located near the railroad and remote from the primary residential area of Sanderson. Current facilities include picnic tables and older playground equipment. Existing use is primarily small gatherings or family reunions. Proposed use is as part of the public-access open space along the historic railroad and Downie (Old Main) Street. Since proximity of the railroad is a safety issue for unsupervised play, other potential uses for Memorial Park include camp grounds, a specimen plant park, or a place locals and visitors can utilize pathways, benches, and picnic areas for viewing indigenous plant and animal wildlife.

Eastgate Park

Eastgate Park was intended to be a visual road-side park. On a bare sliver of land donated by Jolly Harkens, Eastgate was envisioned as a place for signage and landscaping that announces our status of the "Cactus Capital of Texas." Its location along Highway 90 East is not a place to play, camp, or linger. It is meant to be a low maintenance visual treat or photo opportunity.

Javelina Hill

Javelina Park is the largest and most ambitious of the additions to BiCentennial Park. The site, encompassing some 24 acres, stretches from the football field at the northwest corner of Sanderson south to Highway 90 including a crested butte topping out about 2900-feet elevation. The long- awaited Nature Trail has been completed and provides over one mile of walking pathway which circles around the school track field, and down to BiCentennial Park.