Cosmopolitan Recreation Area

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Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area

(Also known as "Cosmo Park" and "CCRA")
1615 Business Loop 70 West

Park Hours: 6 am to 12 am daily

Park Facilities

533 Acres
7 Shelters
("R" - designates reservable shelters)
(See Picnic Shelter Reservations)

R	Antimi Shelter
R	Burford Shelter
R	Dexheimer Shelter
R	Garrison Shelter
R	Harris Shelter
R	Lamb Shelter
R	Nickell Shelter
	Thomas H. Rapp Shelter

Telephones at park entrance, soccer concession, Antimi Shelter, Rainbow concession, L.A.Nickell clubhouse

Photo of Cosmo Park Entrance Sign
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Antimi Sports Complex - 4 lighted fields - 250' fences, 2 lighted fields - 200' fences, 2 T-ball fields - 110' fences
Bear Creek Nature Area & Cosmo Nature Trail
Columbia Skate Park
Bear Creek Trail Trailhead Access
Cosmo Fitness Trail
2 - Fishing lakes (Nickell Lake and Antimi Lake - see map)
4 - Football fields
2 - Football/Lacrosse fields
12 - Horseshoe pits (lighted)
L.A. Nickell Golf Course - 18 holes
L.A. Nickell Clubhouse
Off-leash area for dogs
Steinberg Playground
2 - Playgrounds (1 at Rainbow Softball Complex, 1 near Nickell Shelter)
Rainbow Softball Center - 6 fields
Rhett's Run Mountain Bike Trail
Remote Control Car Track
Roller Hockey Rink
19 - Soccer fields
8 - Tennis courts (lighted)
7 - Volleyball courts (6-sand, 1-grass)
5 - Restrooms (open April 15 to October 15; Nickell/Lamb restroom open year round)

Cosmo Park is Columbia's largest park, one of two regional parks in the park system. (Land for the second regional park has been purchased, but not yet developed.) It is host to the annual Show-Me State Games as well as many soccer, football, lacrosse, softball, baseball, golf, mountain bike, and skateboard tournaments and events.

Capital Improvement Projects
Year Completed	Project Description
2005	Annual Roads & Parking Asphalt Projects: overlay Antimi lots, soccer 7 & 8 lot, soccer 13-15 lot, east drive, and Parkside drive
2005	Antimi Black and Gold ball fields and parking lot
2006	Annual Roads & Parking Asphalt Projects: asphalt new R.C. car lot; seal Dexheimer, T-ball, Skate Park, LAN, Rainbow, and football lots; seal Schwabe entry
2006	Antimi Concession/Restroom Building
2007	Annual Roads & Parking Asphalt Projects: Harris Shelter Lot, Tennis Court Lot, Antimi Gold Lot
2007	Cosmo Tennis Complex Renovation
2008	Cosmo Harris Shelter & Parking Lot
2008	Antimi Improvements: concrete walks, bleachers, and shade structures, black and gold field irrigation
2008	Replace two restrooms (Burford/Dexheimer and Lamb/Nickell)
2009	Annual Road & Parking Asphalt Projects: entrance -overlay, Antimi T-ball fields lot - asphalt, circle and Schwabe - seal

Note: This park received Federal funds from the National Park Service. Regulations of the U.S. Department of the Interior (address below) strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination in the departmental federally assisted programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, age or handicap.

Director, Equal Opportunity Programs
U. S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
P. O. Box 37127
Washington, D.C. 20013-7127

Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area

Park Facilities

Capital Improvement Projects