Boys Ranch Park and Activity Center

It used to be a beautiful park but it’s undergoing renovations and they are reshaping the pond with little concern for some of the turtles and other animal life that currently calls it home. They relocated some of the fish on August 18^th to continue draining the pond but I imagine we will see a lot more dead turtles from cars and people like some of the construction workers that were poking a turtle until we started heading their direction. Texas Parks and Wildlife helped with the relocating of the fish but I haven’t been able to find any information on what is been done about the rest of the animals.

Oh Boys Ranch. I grew up just a few streets away from this park so I spent many afternoons and weekends playing here. The tennis courts are nice. I remember working at a daycare in my teen years and we would bring the kids here to play. It’s always fun to come in the spring and see the baby ducks. There’s that one mean goose that chases you. They do a nice 4^th of July fireworks show. I will miss my Dad living in the neighborhood since we won’t have a backyard to watch fireworks in.

Nice park in Bedford featuring a mid sized and active water park, city baseball fields, trails and a large fishing pond that is yearly stocked including trout. Popular fireworks spot on July 4 for families to make a day of it. Central bathroom and tons of waterfowl including 100 Canadian Geese.

Ah, the old Bedford Boys Ranch. If you grew up (or raised children) in the mid-​cities then you’ve probably been here at least 14,600 times. There’s more to it now than when I was little, but it’s essentially the same… a safe, clean, conveniently located, quite pretty, actively-​involved-​in-​the-​community park.
When I was really little, this park was all about the playgrounds — swinging and sliding and see-​sawing (not sure those see-​saws still exist, they were dangerous, y’all), and feeding the ducks and walking the perimeter of this park’s good-​sized pond. As I got older, it was more about the open fields for running, the weird circle of giant boulders for climbing and playing, and catching tadpoles in the little creeks. In those odd pre-​teen years, Bedford Boys Ranch started a «Bedford Saturday Nights» with dancing and concessions. I didn’t really partake in that… As a teenager, you went to Bedford Boys Ranch for sand volleyball. In the winter, no matter what age you were, if there was good ice or snow you went to the Boys Ranch for sledding down the steep hills on whatever flat surface you could find. And everyone who lives in Bedford has probably been to the Boys Ranch for their annual 4^th of July extravaganza (which actually used to feature some pretty legit music entertainment).
I’m sure that if you were a more sports-​inclined kiddo, you visited the Boys Ranch for soccer and baseball games and what not. They have several fields, 6 tennis courts, a roller hockey rink, and more. This park is 68 acres; there are plenty of picnic tables and outdoor grills as well.
The Boys Ranch now has Bedford Splash (it used to just be one pool), which is a really awesome and affordable water-​park that is perfect for little ones and seems to employ all of the 17 – 19 year olds in Bedford. You can take your own food in there, WOO.
Overall, this is a great park that seems to keep getting better.

FOURTH OF JULY SPOT!
Bedford Boys Ranch is the center of Hurst/​Bedford area. We use to live right up the street. As a child, we would go to the Bedford Saturday Night. It was a local teen get together «club» with 106.1 DJ’s. It was a lot of fun! Since then, they have built a water park. The water park is very convenient on Fourth of July!
We ABSOULTELY LOVE the firework show here! They have one of the BEST shows for fourth of July! It is a great location for families to come out and celebrate the holiday. They have playgrounds, fair rides, food trucks, rock climbing, a pond full of ducks and a track around it. We have been going to this park as a family for over 20 years. I would recommend it to anyone!