shelby city park

Some while back I wrote a review about Shelby City Park and thought it was great. I recently went back and they have made it even better. There is new sports complex with beautiful baseball fields, playground, and paved walking tracks. On the other side the carrousel and train seem to be more popular than ever. Amazing place no matter where you are from.

My six year old step son loves to go to Shelby City Park to play. I like the fact that there are plenty of places to sit and the restroom facilities are clean. The train is awesome.

The Shelby City Park has a restored 1920 Herschell Spellman Carrousel. This Carrousel 's setting is in a beautiful wooden pavilion that was built just for it. Next to this building is the Mickey Shull Izzi Rotary Train Depot and an authentic Miniature Train with tracks modeled after real GM Electro-Motive F3 Streamliner. These are fully functioning rides and the cost for a ride on either one is only 50 cents. So if you are Hwy 74 going past Shelby be sure to stop and take a look or ride.

I took my three gransons to the park as I usually do when they visit and they always have a great time.Besides the typical swings and monkey bars they have a carousel and train.The rides are only a quarter so we always ride several times.The carousel horses are so beautifully painted.I just love going to the park,it makes you feel young again!

It was awesome!!! A wonderful park. The event was well put together. The ball fields are new and perfect. There was a lot to see and do in the downtown.

This was a wonderful stop one afternoon after visiting the Earl Scruggs Museum. The carousel is kept under a roof to Hurd from the elements. It had finished raining recently, to the park was pretty empty. For just one quarter a person we rode the beautiful carousel, just the 4 people in our group. The sounds and lights were something out if another decade! The nice gentleman loved our enthusiasm about the ride. Since no one was just in line we got a brief walking tour. The room where they repair the horses by hand, an old music organ, etc. the talk was not long as the weather was quickly clearing clearing a folks moving around the park were wanting a ride the beautiful carousel

We rode the train and the merry-go-round and played in the play area. It was alot of fun!! My 4 year old grandson had a blast. He loved the train ride! The price was very family friendly and we all could participate without worry about the cost. We will go back to play if we are in Shelby again.

The Shelby City park is one of the nicest recreation centers we have seen for a town the size of Shelby. Ball fields, golf course, recently-refurbished pool, indoor basketball courts and, to top it off, a 1950s size miniature train that we rode in as kids and a beautifully restored carousel. These are all focal points for the community and for visitors as well. It is always fun to go there. Everything is free except for nominal admissions to the pool, train and carousel.

Amazing Merry Go Round and train for the kids to enjoy! The Merry Go Round Festival is held each year at the park and provides loads of rides, vendors and entertainment!

This is a great family friendly park. The carousel is fun an very affordable. When in season you can ride a miniature train. They also have a very nice playground.

sitting in a residential part of Shelby, NC is the City park. THere you will find a Carousel that for just 50 cents you can take a ride. What a wonderful find. Everything is original. The horses go up and down and the music is heavenly. I felt like a little kid again. SOmething everyone needs to do at least once in their lives. I highly recommend this.

Our family loves going to the Shelby City Park! Good playgrounds and not expensive to ride the carousel and train.

The park offers different things for all ages. It also has dog training, walking paths and a swimming pool. It also has fall foliage this time of year.

When family and friends come to visit one of the "highlights" of their visits is a ride on "The Carousel." We are" children of all ages" recalling wonderful youthful memories. Some of us canstill get on the horses, others can sit and enjoy the moment. Listening to the calliope is "just the best" Now, if we only could "catch the brass ring" would be the ultimate ride.Thanks Shelby for THE CAROUSEL!

Very kid friendly. We went for a craft show held in the park--Merry Go Round festival. Well set up and lots of cheap rides for the kids.