Neighborhood Parks — Palm Bay, Florida

Palm Bay's neighborhood parks are the small city parks in the City Parks directory that have no guide of their own, from Arc Park on Riviera Drive NE to West Pine Estates Park on Wake Forest Road NW.

The City of Palm Bay Recreation Department directory runs to 36 items, mixing big sites such as Fred Poppe Regional Park and Turkey Creek Sanctuary with community centers and trails (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory). This page covers the smaller entries: Arc, Bill Madden, Dade Circle, Dewar, Inspiration, Ken Greene Memorial, Liberia, Oak View, Patrick Woodard Memorial, Sacrifice, Stearns Point, Victoria and West Pine Estates parks, plus the Boundary Canal Trail and the Grapefruit Trail.

Almost every one of these Palm Bay parks carries the same contact number in the directory, (321) 952-3443, which is also the Tony Rosa Community Center line that the rentals page gives for pavilion rental information (City of Palm Bay Recreation Rentals). The directory pages list addresses and amenities but no hours for the small parks, so the entries below stick to what the city lists for each site (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory page 2).

Northeast Palm Bay holds most of the small parks on this page, including Arc, Dade Circle, Dewar, Ken Greene Memorial, Liberia, Oak View and Victoria parks, all in the 32905 ZIP code except Oak View on Culver Drive NE (32907).

On Riviera Drive NE, Ken Greene Memorial Park at 550 Riviera Dr NE lists a lighted basketball court, a dog park, a pickleball and tennis court, a playground, restrooms and water fountains, while Arc Park at 1381 Riviera Dr NE has a gazebo, a playground, a pond and a portable toilet (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory). Liberia Park at 2197 Northview St NE pairs a playground with a splash pad, grills and picnic tables.

Several northeast Palm Bay parks are pocket picnic sites. Dade Circle Park at 3251 Dade Circle NE lists only grills, a pavilion and picnic tables, and Dewar Park at 2705 Margaret St NE has a pavilion, a pond and access to the Ais Trail (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory). Victoria Park at 2501 Victoria Dr NE has a shaded playground and a pond, and Oak View Park at 1270 Culver Dr NE has a pavilion, grills and a playground (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory page 2).

In southeast Palm Bay, Bill Madden Park on Eldron Boulevard SE, Inspiration Park on Consumer Street SE and Patrick Woodard Memorial Park on Koutnik Road SE are the neighborhood parks, and West Pine Estates Park on Wake Forest Road NW serves the northwest.

Bill Madden Park at 2860 Eldron Blvd SE and Inspiration Park at 751 Consumer St SE are the two small Palm Bay parks that the directory flags with a 100% handicapped and special needs accessible playground, and both list restrooms, a pavilion and rentals (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory). Inspiration Park also lists free Wi-Fi and mature shade trees.

Patrick Woodard Memorial Park at 490 Koutnik Rd SE has a lighted basketball court, a memorial area, a pavilion and a playground, with a portable toilet rather than a restroom building, and West Pine Estates Park at 1835 Wake Forest Rd NW lists a basketball court, a pavilion and a playground (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory page 2).

Sacrifice Park is the exception: the directory lists it at 120 Malabar Rd SE, and the city's directions page gives Palm Bay City Hall the same address, 120 Malabar Road SE (City of Palm Bay, Locating City Hall). The directory lists an amphitheatre, benches, a concrete walkway, a memorial area and parking there (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory page 2).

Stearns Point Park on US 1 is the one Palm Bay neighborhood park here with river access, Dewar Park reaches the Ais Trail, two trails serve biking and walking, and Ken Greene Memorial Park has a dog park.

Stearns Point Park at 4295 Dixie Hwy (US 1) lists river access, a dock, a fishing pier, a pavilion and picnic tables, and is marked pet friendly in the Palm Bay directory (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory page 2). It is the only small park on this list with a pier.

For trails, the Boundary Canal Trail is listed at 1938 Port Malabar Blvd NE with benches and bike, hike and jogging trails, and the Grapefruit Trail at 1414 Norbert Rd NE lists mountain biking trails, parking and a portable toilet (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory). Dewar Park on Margaret Street NE is tagged with access to the Ais Trail, the same trail reached from Ais Trail Park at 2800 Hickory Ave NE on Turkey Creek.

Pet rules differ by Palm Bay park. The directory marks Ken Greene Memorial Park, Dewar Park and Stearns Point Park as pet friendly, and Ken Greene is the small park with a dog park (City of Palm Bay, City Parks directory). Bill Madden Park, by contrast, carries the Pet Friendly - NO tag in the same Palm Bay directory.

Yes: Bill Madden and Inspiration park pavilions rent at $105 a day plus tax, and the small pavilions at Oak View and Woodard parks rent at $25 a day plus tax, under Palm Bay's posted pavilion tiers.

The Palm Bay Recreation Rentals page puts Bill Madden and Inspiration in the large pavilion with electric and water tier at $105 a day plus tax, alongside Liberty and the Fred Poppe Regional Park PAL and Scout pavilions (City of Palm Bay Recreation Rentals). Oak View and Woodard sit in the small pavilion without amenities tier at $25 a day plus tax with Knecht #2 on the rentals page. Resolution 2025-31 sets the same a day plus tax rate for Oak View and Woodard for fiscal year 2025 to 2026, while placing Knecht #2 in a small pavilion with electric tier (Resolution 2025-31, page 6).

Pavilion rentals across Palm Bay require pre-approval and a contract, are available 7 days a week from dawn to dusk, and the city lists the Tony Rosa Community Center at (321) 952-3443 and the Ted Whitlock Community Center at (321) 952-3231 for more information, with online pavilion rental also offered (City of Palm Bay Recreation Rentals). Pavilions at other small parks, such as Victoria, Dewar and Dade Circle, appear in the directory without a rental tier on that page.

The FY 2027 department requests in Palm Bay's proposed budget include $465,750 for Liberia Park ADA upgrades, $350,000 for parking lots at Inspiration Park and $200,000 for an Arc Park parking lot renovation.

The FY 2027 Proposed Budget prints a listing of all budget requests submitted by Palm Bay departments, with funded requests shown in a separate section, so these items are requests rather than approved projects (FY 2027 Proposed Budget, page 87). On page 87, Parks and Facilities lists a Liberia Playground request of $50,000.

Page 89 of the Palm Bay request list adds Liberia Park ADA Upgrades at $465,750, Parking Lots at Inspiration Park at $350,000, ARC Park Parking Lot Renovation at $200,000 and an Inspiration Park new element playground sun shade at $155,250 (FY 2027 Proposed Budget, page 89).

Small Palm Bay parks have been on the city's improvement lists before. The April 2022 Mayor's Message named Oakview Park among recreational improvements taking place across Palm Bay (City of Palm Bay, April 2022 Mayor message). Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the City of Palm Bay City Parks directory and Recreation Rentals pages.