Did You Know? There's a Full Fitness Room at the Old Hickory Community Center

Did you know the Old Hickory Community Center has a full fitness room — a bright, well-equipped gym with yellow walls, ceiling fans, and a wall of windows looking out on the street and the playground?

Nashville Metro Parks reopened the rebuilt center on March 21, 2026. Inside the fitness room, Precor ellipticals and treadmills, including a Woodway, line those windows. There's also a TAG hex dumbbell rack and kettlebells, a Smith machine and racks of bumper plates, a lifting platform and Power Systems plyo boxes, a leg extension and curl machine, and a RowErg rower.

The center is at 1050 Donelson Avenue. Fitness-room hours on Metro Parks' current schedule are 6 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. Friday, and 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Saturday.

A daily visit is $3 for adults and $1.50 for youth and for seniors 62 and older. A 10-visit pass is $20 for adults and $10 for youth and seniors. A monthly pass is $30 for adults and $20 for youth and seniors.

If you haven't peeked in yet, stop by the desk and take a look. Call 615-862-8698, or check the Metro Parks page, to confirm holiday hours — the center is closed Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after, Nov. 26 and 27.

A leg extension and curl machine, with a RowErg rower and the yellow walls beyond.

A Smith machine, racks of bumper plates, a lifting platform and Power Systems plyo boxes.

The TAG hex dumbbell rack and kettlebells.

Precor ellipticals line the sunny window wall, with a Woodway treadmill down the row.

A row of treadmills looks out on the playground.

Photos: Shane Burkett