Stop # 15: Leeman Field Park in Pennington Gap

After visiting Lovelady Gap, Sue and I headed to Leeman Field Park in Pennington Gap for a picnic lunch. 

Constructed in 1933, Leeman Field was the largest enclosed baseball field in the world for two and a half decades. The ball field encompassed 15 acres with a high board fence and sheltered hundreds of fans in a wooden grand stand.  Facilities at the 33 acre park now include: swimming pool, picnic pavilions, playground, sports fields, horse show ring, amphitheater, tennis courts, horseshoe pits, volleyball pit, county fairgrounds, and rest rooms.  Located just off U.S. 421 North in Pennington Gap, Leeman Field is open year-round.  Here is a delightful article, which includes more information about Leeman Field Park and Pennington Gap http://www.co-opliving.com/coopliving/issues/2000/January/pdf/dh_2000Jan.pdf.

Sue and I will be heading back to Leeman Field Park tomorrow for a stop at  Farm and Family Day, followed by a horse show.  Folks were in Leeman Field today getting things set up for tomorrow.

In this view from Leeman Field Park today you can see that the leaves are just starting to turn.  And we had a visitor arrive at our picnic today... a woolly worm!  When my friend Helene from Sweden recently visited Lee County, she saw a woolly worm for the first time ever in her life (and her first hummingbird, buffalo, praying mantis, chipmunk...).  This photo is for you, Helene!