Apex Jaycee Park (Apex)

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Apex Jaycee Park
Type Public park
Location Apex, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°43′48″N78°51′47″W / 35.730°N 78.863°W / 35.730; -78.863
Area23 acres (9.3 ha)
Operated byTown of Apex
StatusOpen all year

Apex Jaycee Park is a public, urban park in Apex, North Carolina. Located a short distance to the southwest of downtown Apex, the park is bordered by East Williams Street on the East and Apex Peakway on the West.

Urban park park in a city or other incorporated place

An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality. The design, operation and maintenance is usually done by government agencies, typically on the local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy, friends of group, or private sector company.

Apex, North Carolina Town in North Carolina, United States

Apex is a small city in Wake County, North Carolina, around 12 miles southwest of Raleigh. It is 19 square miles of land bordering Cary and is 11 miles south of Research Triangle Park. Eight miles to the west is Jordan Lake. Apex encompasses the community of Friendship at its southern border. In 1994, the downtown area was designated a Historic District. Several buildings date to the late 1800s. It is an example of an intact turn-of-the-century railroad town. The Apex train depot, built in 1867, is designated a Wake County landmark. The depot location marks the highest point on the old Chatham Railroad, hence the town's name. The town motto is "The Peak of Good Living".

The 23 acre park contains softball and soccer fields, a batting cage, and playground as well as a picnic shelter and grill. It is also a trailhead of the Beaver Creek Greenway. [1]

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