Rocket Field came into existence in the late 1950s or early 1960s when a group of local parents started a football program and a basketball program for their young boys. That is how the field became known as "Rocket." Prior to that, the field was part of the old Oconee County High School, which only had an organized basketball program for boys and girls but no baseball or softball. The field at that time was a multi-purpose field. The only baseball played on the field was by teams of adults, quasi-semiprofessional teams from Watkinsville, Bishop, Farmington, Whitehall, etc. These teams played games on the high school field, usually on Saturday afternoon, with a 25-cent admission charge. In the 1990s, Rocket Field was gifted to the City of Watkinsville by the Oconee County Board of Education when they also deeded the old high school gym (i.e., the 1902 high school building) and the former vocational building to the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation.

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Rocket Field is the largest park in downtown Watkinsville. It houses a ballfield, scorer’s box/concession stand/restroom facilities, built-in bleachers, a sidewalk on Second Street, a stage/bandstand, petanque courts, and a net climber in the flexible greenspace.

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34 School Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677