Tobey Park — Attraction in Memphis

Tobey has really come into its own the past few years. It's become the only in-city sport complex. There are multiple baseball fields where leagues play softball and kickball. There's a small pitch field for rugby and Ultimate. But the 2 big additions are the skate park and sand volleyball courts.

The skate park has lots elements for your wheeled entertainment. Most of the elements are your standard low cement fares. While there's plenty of opportunity for injury, there arent a lot of high risk elements.

The volleyball courts are 3 legit sand courts surrounded by a fence. 1 net is left up by the city but the other 2 courts are "bring your own net". The local org, 901Volleyball, often brings 2 nets and runs leagues several days a week and all weekend, so finding open play is rare.

The only real negatives to the park are the lack of shade, water fountains, and restrooms. Restrooms and water are found only on the south end in a building by the...

I don't know anything about the dog park, but the skate/bike park is very nice. For the street rats there are ledges, flatbar rails, stairs, a jersey barrier, flat banks, hubba ledges, and for tranny there's this crazy art piece/oververt quarter (pictured), two good sized bowls and one of 'em even has some pool coping and vert to it. There's pretty much something for everyone. Also, this is not a 'skateboarders only' park. Bike riders are also welcome, as are kids on scooters, but parents, please don't use this place as a day care. If you have a tiny kid out there on a scooter, please keep and eye on him or her so they don't end up splattered. I have seen some ugly collisions go down because of little kids not paying attention to where they're going. Sorry for turning this review into a lecture. I just want everyone to enjoy the place and leave with all their...

There's a lot to this park: skate area, and ballfields. My experience is entirely with the dog park, so this review is about that area. I think the kiddie pools are a great idea, even if the water in them is incredibly muddy/dirty (which is understandable). There is shade on the small dog side. I went tonight with a foster dog after the sun had set, so it was nice. I expected more people and dogs to be there, but met someone with 2 dogs who was friendly and welcoming (even if his little dogs were being all "Alpha" towards my medium size dog. I just imagine this place could be really hot during the day, and no shade for humans on the big dog side, but probably completely worth it to be hot for your pup(s) for a half hour or an hour. Besides, most working people wouldn't be going there during the...