Bay City Parks & Recreation

10/02/2026

10/01/2026

🍂🚶‍♀️ Walk With Ease Continues This Fall! 🚶‍♂️🍂

Keep moving and feeling great this fall with Walk With Ease! Join us for walking, stretching, and plenty of encouragement along the way. 🌿

📅 Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
⏰ 9:30–10:30 a.m.
📍 Le Tulle Park – Lakeview Pavilion

Come walk with us! 💚

10/01/2026

🌿 YOGA-CHI IS COMING TO BAY CITY! 🌿

Ready to move, stretch, breathe, and feel better? 💚 Join us for Yoga-Chi, a gentle, evidence-based program that combines the best of yoga and Tai Chi to support balance, flexibility, strength, and overall well-being.

🧘‍♀️ Wednesdays in October
📅 October 7, 14, 21 & 28
⏰ 9:30–10:00 a.m.
📍 USO / Service Center
2105 Avenue M, Bay City, TX

✨ All are welcome!
No experience needed—just come ready for gentle movement and a healthier you.

Led by Misty Sullivan, Certified Arthritis Foundation Yoga-Chi Instructor, in partnership with the Area Agency on Aging of the Houston-Galveston Area and the Arthritis Foundation.

💚 Move Gently. Live Well.
Get Outside and Play! 🌳

09/30/2026

We’re excited to have Marc join our Parks & Recreation team as we continue caring for our parks, trails, sports fields, and community spaces for everyone to enjoy.
If you see him out in the parks, be sure to give him a warm Bay City welcome! 👋

09/30/2026

🔥👻 **THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!** 👻🔥

Only **18 days** until we gather around the fire for **Campfire Stories**!

📅 Friday, October 16
⏰ 6:30 p.m.
📍 Riverside Park Hayfield

Spooky tales. S’mores. A take-home craft. And just enough mystery to make you wonder what’s lurking beyond the firelight… 👀🌙

**FREE & open to the public!**

Bring your chair or blanket. We’ll bring the stories. 🔥👻

📞 For more information, contact the **Bay City Public Library** at **979-245-6931**.

09/29/2026

🎃🌿 GO WILD with the Riverside Rangers! 🌿🎃
Fall is rolling into Riverside Park, and the Rangers are getting crafty! 🍂
Join us in October 3rd for Craft Pumpkin Creations! We’ll let our imaginations run wild as we turn pumpkins into fun, colorful creations. 🎨🎃
📅 Saturday, October 3rd
10 a.m.
📍 Tejas Pavilion – Riverside Park
Come ready to create, get a little messy, and GO WILD! 🌿🎃
Get Outside and Play! 🍂

09/28/2026

🍂🎃 Get Ready for October fun with Bay City Parks and Recreation! 🎃🍂

Cooler temps, spooky nights, outdoor adventures, and plenty of ways to "GET OUTSIDE & PLAY!" 🌳🍁

🍁 UPCOMING EVENTS & PROGRAMS

🌿 Go Wild! Riverside Rangers
📅 October 3
📍 Riverside Park

🎯 TPWD Hunter Education
📅 October 10
📍 USO Building

🎣 SeniorFish
📅 October 14
📍 Riverside Park

🔥Campfire Stories
📅 October 16
📍 Riverside Park

🧟Zombie Wilderness Run
📅 October 24
📍 Riverside Park
Lace up… and watch your back! 👀

🎬 Movie in the Park — "ParaNorman"
📅 October 30
📍 Riverside Park
Bring your blanket and settle in for a spooky movie under the stars! 🎃

💪 Senior-Cize
📅 Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
📍 USO

🧘 Yoga-Chi
📅 Wednesdays
📍 USO

🚶 Walk With Ease
📅 Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
📍 LeTulle Park — Lakeview Pavilion

🍁 Fall is calling! Grab your friends, get outside, and make some memories with Bay City Parks & Recreation!

🌳 GET OUTSIDE & PLAY! 🍂

📞 For more information: 979-323-1660
📧 [email protected]

09/28/2026

🌿 FALL CLEAN-UP DAY IS COMING! 🌿

Ready to clear out the clutter? 🧹🗑️

The City of Bay City, in partnership with Keep Bay City Beautiful and GFL Environmental, is hosting our Annual Fall Clean-Up!

📅 Saturday, October 17
🕗 8 a.m. – 12 noon
📍 WCJC Parking Lot | 4000 Avenue F

✨ FREE for Bay City residents!
Proof of residency is required — bring your water bill or driver’s license.

✅ WE’LL ACCEPT:

• Furniture
• Used lawn equipment — fuel free
• Freon-free appliances — must be certified
• Scrap tires — limit 8 per household
• Mattresses
• Household waste

🚫 PLEASE LEAVE THESE AT HOME:

• Building/construction materials
• Tires on rims
• Agricultural & off-road tires
• Paint
• Batteries
• Chemicals
• Electronics
• Automotive fluids

♻️ RECYCLING TRAILERS WILL ALSO BE ON-SITE for:
Cardboard • Plastic bottles • Tin/aluminum cans • Paper • Magazines • Used motor oil • Cooking oil • Plastic film

So grab that stuff you've been meaning to get rid of, load up the truck, and let’s clean it up, clear it out, and keep Bay City beautiful! 💚

📞 Questions? Call Public Works at 979-323-1659 for more information.

09/24/2026

🔥👻 Something spooky is brewing at Riverside Park…

Join us for Campfire Stories on Friday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverside Park Hayfield!

🌙 Spooky tales
🔥 Campfire fun
🍫 S’Mores
🎨 A craft to take home

FREE & open to the public! Bring a lawn chair or blanket—and maybe keep one eye on the woods. 👀

📍 Riverside Park Hayfield
📅 October 16 | 6:30 p.m.