Sparta's own Active Parks and Recreation Department adds diligent organization to nature's free form approach. Many special activities take place in the town's two main parks:

 

Station Park - is one hundred acres of family pleasure, including four soccer fields, a football field, a regulation Little League field, a softball field, and a lighted skating pond, and designated picnic areas.

 

Ungerman Field - boasts a Little League field, a Babe Ruth field and football field all of which have lights. There are also two basketball courts and a "mini park.” Two other parks in town, Edison Park and Tyler Park, have tennis and basketball facilities.

 

Sparta residents speak fondly of the "Sparta Glen.” A natural ravine with hemlock groves and scenic footpaths. It still contains remnants of forges and dams dating back to the Revolutionary War.

 

Sparta Little League Football is designed to allow boys ages 7-14 to participate in the great sport of football. The objectives are to teach the fundamentals of the

game and to learn the meaning of teamwork and sportsmanship and generally - have fun!

 

Two major ski areas are only a few miles from Sparta in Vernon.

 

For golfers, there are a number of public courses available including

 

For those waiting to get close to nature, tubing down the Delaware or hiking the Appalachian Trail along the Kittatinny Ridge only requires strong legs and the desire to enjoy nature. Sussex County is a "fisherman's paradise,” where dedicated anglers find the lakes and streams are fertile waters for the diversity of catches.

 

Offered to adults of the community are a wide variety of leisure learning programs and sports.

 

Most people who come to Sparta are from municipalities that have well-established programs. Newcomers seek and expect this kind of involvement for their children as well as themselves; its part of what brings them here.