Henry County residents can now visit the county’s newest recreation center at North Mt. Carmel Park. The county held a ribbon cutting for the new venue on Monday, April 21, 2025. The project is the county’s 4th recreation center.
New North Mt Carmel Recreation Center
The new North Mt Carmel Recreation Center is located at 307 North Mt Carmel Road, Hampton. This is near Jonesboro Road in the Dutchtown community. Residents will be most familiar with North Mt Carmel Park as home to the county’s soccer association. There’s also a popular dog park and children’s playground.
The recreation center offers two full-size basketball courts, concession stand, meeting rooms, fitness area and walking track. The 36,706 square foot venue had a construction cost of $15.5 million dollars. The total project budget was $16.8 million. Henry County SPLOST V funds paid for its construction.
In a first for Henry County, the North Mt. Carmel Recreation Center is also home to a video game room. The game room has desktop gaming computers and consoles available for play. Game room memberships are available for Henry County residents at $180 per year or $20 per month. Out of county residents can access the game room for $240 per year or $25 per month.
Operating hours are Monday through Thursday 8 am to 9 pm, Friday 8 am to 7 pm, and Saturday 10 am to 6 pm. The center is closed on Sunday.
In April, the Henry County Board of Commissioners approved a bid for a new playground at the park. This will replace the existing playground. In addition, the new playground will be located adjacent to the recreation center. The new playground cost totals $586,935.85.
Membership Info
Interested residents can sign up for a membership by visiting any recreation center. Some pricing information includes the following:
- Full Workout membership includes the use of the workout area, walking track, and basketball court at any recreation center within the county – $120 per year
- Spouse / Additional Relative of Full Workout Member (must lives in the same household and be at least 14 years of age) – $40 per year per person
- Walking – $20 per year
- Basketball – $50 per year (Student 14 – 17 $20 per year includes basketball courts only)
- Pickleball – Free with membership ( good at North Mt. Carmel, J.P. Moseley and Fairview)
- Senior Lifetime (ages 55 and over) – one-time fee of $10 (walking only)
- Senior Workout (ages 55 and over) – $10 per year
- Senior Center Members – Free (show Senior Center membership)
- Active or Retired Military Workout – Free – (must show Driver’s License and Active or Retired Military ID)
- Free Trial Pass (limited to one use per rec center and sign liability waver)
- Guest Pass – $10 per day (guest must sign waver)
- Henry County Board of Commissioners Employees No Charge (must show BOC County issued ID)
- Henry County Board of Commissioners Employee’s Spouse/Relative $40 per year (must show employee’s BOC County issued ID)
The above rates are for Henry County residents. Full membership info, including out of county resident rates, is available on the Henry County Parks & Recreation website.
Featured image shows the ribbon cutting for the North Mt. Carmel Recreation Center. Henry County photo.
