Baltic - Hanover - Versailles

Park and Recreation Department

Sprague Parks and Recreation Department

Noreen Foley, Chair, Recreation Committee

As you travel through Sprague, try to make a stop in each Village and look at the beautiful scenery and historic buildings that the Garden Club has enhanced with their seasonal plantings, in containers and in decorative borders.

Each of our villages has their own unique charm and appeal.

Baltic has a playground that is handicap-accessible with a double picnic table. You can have an old- fashioned skating party with a bonfire on Pine Pond (across from the Recreation fields on Rt. 97).  Those who don’t want to skate can walk across the street and stroll around the perimeter of the field or jog on the ¼ mile walking/running track. The veteran’s memorial Park (adjacent to Lord’s bridge on West main Street) boats a Gazebo to sit in on hot nights, feel the cool breeze off the river and listen to concerts put on by local people.  On bright summer days you can walk around the 300-acre Baltic Reservoir and watch the wildlife.

Hanover is noted for its historic cemeteries. It also has a great playground for children, and the oldest post office in Sprague, established on May 17, 1866. (Lewis Saxton, Post Master).

Versailles originally was called Eagleville. In 1871, S.L. and T.D. Sayles bought the Vers Woolen Mill in Eagleville and called it the Vers-Sayles Woolen Mill. This is perhaps the origin of the name Versailles. On May 13, 1872, the name of the Post Office was changed to Versailles.

Our scenic little villages are so close together that anyone who likes a good hike could make a walking tour of all three an enjoyable part of their visit to Sprague!

Please check back periodically, as we will be updating this page to reflect all the recreational activities and programs going on in Sprague throughout the year.

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Skate Park Updates

October 2008: Almost Finished!

Thanks to the hard work of Recreation Committee Chair Noreen Foley and her intrepid group of teens and Committee volunteers, the skate park has been completed on schedule and on budget.  Yay!  Designer Jeff Paproki will be giving a skating demonstration as part of the skate park’s Grand Opening, to be held within the next three weeks or so, hopefully before the end of October.  Please check your local paper, local bulletin boards, or back at this website for the confirmed date and time.

October 16, 2008

The Sprague Skate Park Inauguration pictures

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Pictures of Rope Climbing Trip and Ocean Beach outing