Big Pine Athletic Association

Scott Wade Director Blue Heron Park
Email: bpkpark@aol.com
Lyttons Way
Big Pine Key FL 33043
Office: (305)872 0292

Big Pine Athletic Association

About Us

The Big Pine Athletic Association is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization that provides organized sports as well as other activities for youth. The BPAA has served the Lower Keys Community for nearly 30 years by organizing, promoting and providing the facilities, insurance and equipment for sport teams. Through the efforts of the BPAA, the continuity of sports seasons has been maintained for the youth, kindergarten through high school, in this area.

Blue Heron Park

Since 1993, the BPAA has also operated the Blue Heron Park Youth Center on Big Pine Key. The purpose of the youth center is to provide wholesome recreational activities for youth during their free hours from school. The four acre center includes a lighted basketball court, picnic pavilions, a volley ball court, a clubhouse and an under the house game area. The Blue Heron Youth center is open Monday - Friday from 3 to 5:45p.m. It is possible to reserve Blue Heron Park for birthday parties or other events by calling 872-0292.

Programs

Little League T-Ball, Baseball and Softball - over 175 players, ages 4 through 18, play at Watson Field from February to June each year.

Swim Team - over 50 young swimmers train and compete from April to August.

AYSO soccer - over 150 players ranging from under 6 years old to under 16 years old participate in this excellent soccer league.



BP Youth Football - Now Lower Keys youth can practice on Big Pine and play in Key West as members of the Key West Junior Football League.

After-school- See Our Pages
(Blue Heron Park)

Summer Program- Every summer Blue Heron Park is filled with the sound of children. They go on field trips,work with arts and crafts and even learn new things. Times and price of the Summer Program will be announced in April.

Natural and Cultural History Museum - This newly formed program is an effort to save some samples of Lower Keys history and expose our residents to samples of natural history. Among our exhibits are old bottle collections , insect collections, fossils, mineral collections, mammal and reptile bones and a herbarium of native plants.

Accelerated Reader Library - a parents favorite, this library is a collection of sometimes hard to find books that are used to aquire AR points at the Sugarloaf School