William F Sheffield Regional Park, Jacksonville FL

Overview: The park is a nice size getaway for the day. Many people love to bring their dogs and walk in the big open field next to a small lake. You can play basketball, go fishing off a small dock and play whatever game you want in a few large open areas. What to know: There are restrooms in the front and rear of the park. The basketball courts are in good condition. The nice ample space next to the lake that you can venture about. I have seen people fish in the lake, so bring a poll—a good amount of parking along with a playground for the kids. The Oceanway Sports Association is located in the back. The gates are closed unless there is an event going on. There was a bit of trash lying around the last time i visited. It takes all of us to keep things clean.

My son loved this playground! It has lots of interesting stuff, even though it looks small.

BBall courts, large open fields, trails, large lakes, pop Warner fields. Supposed to be built out larger one day. Youth playground.

Really a super awesome place management. There is awesome. Really enjoy the cleanliness as well as the people that work. There are absolutely awesome far as being family-oriented really good time. Great fields! Great concession stand. Great church going vibe

Great place to go to watch games, went here to watch a pee wee football game! Big enough to play two games at a time

Clean, and decent place for kids to play on playground. They just need more swings and more shade/seating for the adults.

William Sheffield Park is a very spacious park on Jacksonville's Northside. There's plenty of parking, a park with play equipment for the kids, and MILES of hiking trails with access to lakes for swimming and fishing.

Amazing local park, with plenty to do.

Nice basketball courts, ponds with fish, and even a playground.

Nice park, plenty to do. The restrooms could be cleaner. And there's a lot of graffiti on the restroom walls.

On this day July 20,2022, I decided to have my lunch at this park as I am a delivery driver and decided to take a break and let the heavy thunderstorms pass on thru the area. After backing in and getting settled I noticed a lot of vandalism to the restrooms building and the other utility building involving dark bluish- black paint and also red graffiti lettering. The damage of juvenile delinquent persons was terrible. Used to be fairly nice playground for the locals. Somebody with a badge needs to catch these punks and make them come clean it off the buildings!

The park is beautiful.there is a lot of litter.the locals and park enjoyers are amazing people to be around.the “authoritative figure” or cop that lives on the grounds is very bad at policing this beautiful peace of nature.there were 5 parked cars by the lake on the ground/grass by the time me and my party were leaving.the officer came out with a pair of barbecue tongs and immediately opened the conversation with vulgarity, to be verbatim; his words were: “the $! @& are you doing? ” my party and i were confused since we weren’t the only ones to drive on the sand to exit/enter the park.he continued being vulgar and closed the conversation with “get the &$@! Out of here”. Again, beautiful park, terrible policing.

An amazing experience up until the end. Beautiful park, plenty of litter unfortunately but it doesn't take away from the experience. The people are kind and generous, they share a lot. The amount of trucks and cars next to the lake made it feel like a car meet which was plenty of fun. There was even golf carts, 4 wheelers, and dirt bikes. However as we were leaving, what appeared to be an officer was incredibly rude. He claimed that driving to the lake was not allowed which confused us since we saw a dozen of motor vehicles in the area. We didn't feel he was worth our time explaining to since he approached us aggressively and was swearing.

TL;DR: pretty lake. Nice people that share alcohol. Confusing mean cop will ruin your day

This is a lovely place! Nice playground, beautiful lake and forest trails, basketball and baseball courts, and a nice little fishing dock. The perfect place to spend an afternoon! My kids love going here, and the big fields are a great place to picnic. Beautiful scenery!

Went to this location for a football game. They charged $8 for adult admission & $5 for kids. And no re-entry! Talk about a ripoff! The bathrooms needed attention badly! (At least the food was reasonably priced)