Although this town has only about 1,700 people in it it has a municipal airport with a state of the art lighting system. Hartington has several recreational venues. Felber park features the following amenities; a baseball and football field, municipal swimming pool, illuminated tennis, basketball and sand volleyball courts and playground equipment. Carkoski Field has a softball field , practice track and football field and a walking track. The fairly new community complex is equipped with a football stadium, concession area, running track, soccer fields, a practice football field and baseball fields. Indoor basketball is available at the Hartington City auditorium. If you can spare some time away from all the physical activity make a visit to the Cedar County Historical museum where you can see antique machinery and horse drawn buggies, Hartington’s first fire engine and a restored Model T. On the grounds of the museum there is an a authentic log cabin and a carriage house.