These are the parks thicket knows about in Catawba — the big ones you already know, and the pocket parks, greenways and trailheads two streets over that you probably do not.
- Bakers Mountain Park
- Balls Creek Optimist
- Civitan Park
- Claremont Park
- Cliff Teague Park
- Connor Park
- Conover City Park
- Conover Downtown Park
- David A. Hunsucker Memorial Park
- East Newton Park
- Glenn C. Hilton Memorial Park
- Henry Fork River Regional Park
- Hickory American Legion Fairgrounds
- Hines Park
- Hunsucker Park
- Jacob Fork Park
- Jaycee Park
- Kiwanis City Park
- Little Brook Park
- Long Island Access Area
- Maiden Recreation Park
- Majestic Park
- McComb Park/Beaver Memorial Garden
- Mountain Creek Park
- Mountain View Recreation Center
- Murrays Mill Park
- Neil Clark Jr Recreation Park
- Newton Recreation Center
- Northside/Broyhill Park
- Optimist Park
- Riverbend Park
- Robinson Park
- Rowe Park
- Sally Fox Park
- Sherrills Ford Optimist Park
- South Neighborhood Park
- Southside Heights Park
- Southside Park
- Stanford Park
- Taft Broome Park
- Travis Park
- Union Street Park
- Viles Property I
- Viles Property Ii
- Washington/Southwest Park
- West Hickory Park
- Westside Jaycee Park
- Yount Park