Tate-Evans Park
Description
**Notice: Due to flooding damage from Hurricane Helene, most of Tate-Evans Park is closed and will remain closed through 2025. The Banner Elk Greenway is open within the park, but users must stay on the trail at all times. The playgrounds, dog park, lawn areas and picnic shelters are damaged and closed.
*Good news: The park’s amphitheater will be open in the summer of 2025 for Concerts in the Park. And, an alternative for walkers is the newly formed Banner Elk Mile.
Tate-Evans Park is a multi-activity park that encompasses several acres in the heart of Banner Elk.
One of the park’s most popular attractions is the Banner Elk Greenway, a 1.1 mile paved trail that loops through the park and extends into town.
The park is home to two playgrounds, one for smaller children, and Fort VonCanon for older, more active children. There are also wading pools, a volleyball court, picnic tables and a covered picnic shelter.
Restroom facilities are available from April though September.
The park’s amphitheater hosts a Summer Concert Series each Thursday night beginning in June. Other festivities include the Party in the Park, which is part of the Star Spangled Banner Elk Fourth of July, and train rides and visits with Santa during A Small Town Christmas.
Description
**Notice: Due to flooding damage from Hurricane Helene, most of Tate-Evans Park is closed and will remain closed through 2025. The Banner Elk Greenway is open within the park, but users must stay on the trail at all times. The playgrounds, dog park, lawn areas and picnic shelters are damaged and closed.
*Good news: The park’s amphitheater will be open in the summer of 2025 for Concerts in the Park. And, an alternative for walkers is the newly formed Banner Elk Mile.
Tate-Evans Park is a multi-activity park that encompasses several acres in the heart of Banner Elk.
One of the park’s most popular attractions is the Banner Elk Greenway, a 1.1 mile paved trail that loops through the park and extends into town.
The park is home to two playgrounds, one for smaller children, and Fort VonCanon for older, more active children. There are also wading pools, a volleyball court, picnic tables and a covered picnic shelter.
Restroom facilities are available from April though September.
The park’s amphitheater hosts a Summer Concert Series each Thursday night beginning in June. Other festivities include the Party in the Park, which is part of the Star Spangled Banner Elk Fourth of July, and train rides and visits with Santa during A Small Town Christmas.