Editing Belle Meade, Tennessee (section)

== Parks and recreation ==
'''Belle Meade Country Club''' – This members-only club is home to an 18-hole, par 72, 6,885-yard golf course<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.golfadvisor.com/courses/12610-belle-meade-country-club/|title=Belle Meade Country Club in Nashville|website=Golf Advisor|language=en|access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref> and various other amenities, including tennis courts and a pool. Use of the club requires membership – a lengthy and challenging process<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/article/13016410/black-out|title=Black Out|work=Nashville Scene|access-date=July 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref> – or entering as a guest with a member. Originally designed by architect [[Donald Ross (golfer)|Donald J. Ross]] and later renovated by architects [[Rees Jones]] and Bryce Swanson, the course has Bermuda grass fairways and bent grass greens and was rated by [[Golf Digest]] as a top Tennessee course in 2005–2006.<ref name=":0" />

'''Percy Warner Golf Course''' – This golf course is located in the northeastern corner of [[Warner Parks|Percy Warner Park]] at the southwestern edge of Belle Meade. It is a 9-hole, par 34, 2,600-yard course with tree-lined fairways. The course uses a first-come, first-served, open play concept, and greens and rental cart fees are modest. Rental clubs and pull carts are also available, and private carts are allowed for a fee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Golf-Courses/Percy-Warner-Golf-Course.aspx|title=Nashville > Parks and Recreation > Golf Courses > Percy Warner Golf Course|last=Nashville|website=www.nashville.gov|language=en-US|access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref>

'''Percy Warner Park and Edwin Warner Park''' – They are technically two connecting parks, but Nashville locals often refer to Percy Warner Park and [[Warner Parks|Edwin Warner Park]] simply as "The Warner Parks". The northern border of Percy Warner Park lies at the southwestern edge of Belle Meade. Combined, the parks include more than 3,100 acres. Amenities include picnic grounds and shelters, a nature center, hiking and biking trails, scenic overlooks, sports fields, horse trails, an equestrian center, and golf courses.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Parks/Warner-Parks.aspx|title=Nashville > Parks and Recreation > Parks > Warner Parks|last=Nashville|website=www.nashville.gov|language=en-US|access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref>

The parks also have historical significance and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=":1" /> [[Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879)|Colonel Luke Lea]] and his second wife, Percie Warner, donated almost 900 acres of land – a large portion of which came from the former Belle Meade Plantation – to establish the park in 1927.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/life/shopping/ms-cheap/2017/10/24/18-things-you-might-not-know-but-should-warner-parks/746334001/|title=18 things you might not know (but should) about Warner Parks|work=The Tennessean|access-date=July 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Margaret Warner, the widow of Percy Warner, donated the funds to erect the sandstone gates and stone eagles that have marked the entrance of Percy Warner Park since 1932.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://warnerparks.org/thing/allee-belle-meade-steps/|title=Allée / Belle Meade Steps {{!}} Friends of Warner Parks|date=December 27, 2014|work=Friends of Warner Parks|access-date=July 29, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The limestone staircase known as The Allee was designed by landscape architect [[Bryant Fleming]] and built in the mid-1930s to mark the entrance to Percy Warner Park at Belle Meade Boulevard.<ref name=":2" />

Other historical sites in the park include 10 pre-Civil War cemeteries and a [[World War I]] memorial that honors Camp Andrew Jackson, a WWI army training site previously located at the site of Percy Warner Golf Course.<ref name=":2" />

'''Parmer Park''' – Located on a section of land that used to be the home of Parmer School, which burned in the 1980s, this park consists of open green space, basketball courts, playground equipment, and a baseball field.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/13041101/parmer-park-a-review|title=Parmer Park: A Review|work=Nashville Scene|access-date=July 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The entrance of the former school still stands in the middle of the park.