Parks and Playgrounds

Harry Watson Memorial Park

Picture of a building with a green roof

6th Street North
Picture Butte, AB T0K 1V0

The Town of Picture Butte maintains the Harry Watson Memorial Park. There is a fair amount of open space ideal for letting the little ones imaginations soar. With mature trees and quiet, relaxing atmosphere this park is a perfect place for families with young children to spend an afternoon having fun in the sun.  There is also enough open space in this park to throw a ball around, play touch football or frisbee. The Harry Watson Memorial Park is located right beside the Town of Picture Butte Campground. There is a camp kitchen available for use as well as public washrooms.

Harry Watson Memorial Park offers 2 Baseball Diamonds that are available for private rental These ball diamonds are Town owned and maintained, the minor baseball association float and do the lines for the ball diamonds before games. Town floats diamonds once a week, usually the day of a scheduled game.

There is a Dog Park at the Harry Watson Memorial Park, let your dogs run freely within our newly done dog park. There is a sign posted with rules that are to be followed before entering and while using the Dog Park. 

Lion's Park & Playground

118 Cowan Ave
Picture Butte, AB T0K 1V0

The Lion's Park is surrounded by beautiful mature trees where you will be sure to see a number of bird species. The park features a playground comprised of swings, slides and a climbing apparatus. Best of all there is seating located nearby for parents to keep an eye on their little ones. If you're looking for something different to do this park also has horseshoe pits and plenty of open space to toss a ball or frisbee. The Lion's Park also offers two beach volleyball nets and a basketball hoop for your enjoyment. An outdoor arena hosts basketball nets in the summer and is flooded during the winter months to offer an outdoor skating rink. The park is completed with a camp kitchen, newly built washroom building. The Lion's Park Facility building is available for rent during the summer months, for more information please contact the Town Office. This park is owned and maintained by the Town of Picture Butte.

The outdoor arena is now open for public use, there is no private booking option it is solely first come first serve. The lights on the arena do turn off at 11:00 p.m. every night.

All Town facilities can now be booked online through picturebutte.activityreg.com.