We were in the area with our kids and looking for a park, so we decided to stop here. I saw that it had a train display, which I knew my train loving boys would be excited about, but when we got there, it was locked up. We were only able to look at it from outside of the fence. That was kind of disappointing. The splash pad was a refreshing end to our walk though!

Nice park with paved and off road trails. Great views of the mountains and train trusses.

Always nice clean. And serene

Little bit for everyone. Child play area, swings, small shacks with grills, overlook of James River with the occasional train across the bridge, tiny hike trail, jogging/walking loop, restored steam locomotive, decent parking, and finally a nice area.

Need better shady areas to sit.

Great paths for walking. Train, lookouts, and multiple playgrounds for good social distancing.

The park is always a fun adventure for you and you kids. Has a great play area and walking paths. Always worth a visit.

Not crowded.... Great trail 1+ mile long....

Its good suring the day and has a great spray park, but I wouldnt visit after 5 or 6 by myself

The new over look is beautifully done!

Just peaceful to walk and lose yourself in nature

Love this place but way too many people and kids playing closely with no COVID mask on.

Great park, very clean, nice views. Nuff said

Very nice park. Walking trails, overlook of the James river, nice play area for small children. Basketball court, picnic areas, overall it is a large beautiful park. We stayed in Lynchburg for two months and visited the park nearly every day to enjoy the scenery. And walk our dog.

Lots of great spots highly reccomend

Nice greenspace and walking paths. Newly renovated river overlook!

Great playground! Nice walking trails and a gorgeous view of the river and train bridge

Good size park with a couple of miles of trails, a train exhibit, an excellent playground, and expansive views. Restrooms were open midweek.

Park with nice view of the river and bridge. Nice place for the children and pets. Nice view during the spring season the cherry blossoms starts to bloom..very beautiful sight.

Riverside Park is open, kids are out playing and its lovely.

Very nice park has a water area the kids can have fun an stay cool in the summer. Very cool playground area. With walking paths hiking trails with beautiful views of james (some viewing areas could use some tree trimming so you can see the view better). Also have a real train on display an the Remnants of a pack boat along the walking path. Heard a few years ago there was a bald eagles nest along trails not sure if they still nest there.

Great park with great history

A nice well maintained park to come out, walk and relax.

A beautiful day for a walk in the park.

Great place to vibe in the park at 5am

Nice look nice to walk on

Free place to bring the kids to have fun!

Great walk, scenery, playground, historic sights, and a motha truckn water park.

Ppl want to take over the pic nic shelters but dont want to pay the shelter fees. Theres also a lot of drinking going on and no parks and rec ppl to be found.

Relaxing...new fountain is pretty

Just a great place close to home with an amazing view of the james river and the splash park is awesome for the kids!

A beautiful and peaceful location

Always like coming here with the kids... Could use some shade though.

Love this place and so does the kids. Free water fun is always good.

Really cool park to take little ones to. Walking trails, picnic tables, splash pad in the summer, playground and swings. I put 4 stars because all the slides are metal, and we went on a very warm, sunny day so my kids couldnt touch two slides they were so hot.Metal slides... Really?!

Lovely park with a lot of rejuvenation ongoing near downtown. The overlook and part of trails were closed for further work this winter 2020 but its interesting to see the work in progress and with leaves of the trees the views of the James and the trestle were beautiful.

Love this park. Play ground is a big hit with my kids.

Fantastic stop for the kids. Big playground. Lots of field space to run. Big old steam engine to see. Some walking trails to see the big trestle bridge - we saw 3 trains go by while we were there. Some of the walking trails had a very scary drop, made me nervous with the kids.

Love it besides the water park being closed

Fun time for the kids to play in the water splash park and in the playground. They loved walking over to see the train on display, too. We love taking them here.

Need more/newer swings. Well kept park. Appreciate the port-o-johns for the kiddos.

Love this park. My kids love playing on the playground, and its also enjoyable walking along the paths as a family. Ive photographed some sessions here for clients, too. I find it the most photogenic during the spring and summer months. Weve also had fun going to movies at the park nights in the past with family.

Great place to relax

We really like the playground here and the general atmosphere of the park but I feel like the parking/entrance can be confusing. It had a sprayground too but havent tried it out yet. Will do that this summer

A fun place for the kids

Great place for kids to run around. They have a splash pad in the summer.

Very nice place to walk and hike. The train display is nice as is the view of the trestle over the James river.

Great park, we stopped here on a road trip from Boston to Florida with 3 kids in February. The kids got to play on the playground and, we all took a walk around the park.

One of the best parks to visit in the area with some small trails and a lot to do for the kids this park also has a very popular sprayground in the summer that the children absolutely love and its free.

Its a beautiful place.

Fantastic location complete with a paved walking trail, spray ground, basketball court, as well as two different adventurous (unpaved) hiking trails! One is closed for construction though for awhile while the overlook is being rebuilt! Park opens at sunrise and closest at sunset from what Ive been told!

Great park. Lots of cool things to see. Stuff I bet most would not believe would be in Lynchburg. The water park in fun and clean. The trails need some work but there is plenty to do. We had a great time and will go back soon. Go find out what cool things are at the park.

I decided to spend an afternoon here with the kids, ages 5 and 3, during a visit from out of town, and was very pleased with the outcome. The kids loved the large, train-themed play set and nearby play equipment. We enjoyed wandering around the hills in the park, past the real train exhibit and up towards the trail overlooking the James, playing in the grass and gardens as we went. They lit up when they heard a train pass by just below us along the riverbank. I would definitely highly recommend a family outing here based on our experience.

We had a nice leisure hike to the bridge where there is actually tracks that are still in use and ate lunch on the lawn, but my grandsons love the play area, especially the water area, it was a great treat to cool off and chase them through all the different water obstacles. Love the buckets above, its like a water fall rushing down on you. We went to see the train they have there thanks to the kiwanis club, its the Chesapeake and Ohio Engine and caboose, unfortunately we didnt get to go aboard to see inside . This park is nice and well kept... oh and we saw a deer walking the trail. Nice place to have family time and fun

Great place to walk or if you have younger children. Theres swings, a jungle gym, water park, and a decent sized field for them to play.It isnt as great for people who bike or hike trails. For that Id recommend Percivals Isle or Peaksview

This is a really great Park if youre looking for an active and very family-friendly location with short Trails as well as long Trails plenty of play space for children even though they need to go ahead and added more swings has won the most popular items it is in an okay neighborhood and definitely dont stay past 6 p.m. considering that its such a large Park but if you can make it in the morning or afternoon you can enjoy the Splash Zone they have plenty to go and see and learn about they have the antique train and I know plenty of people who had family photo ops there as well

Very nice park great play and picnic tables. Very clean and plenty of parking.

Lovely local park. Undergoing some lovely renovations

Great open fields for open play. We love the sprayground especially when hot. The playground is interesting and fun. We also enjoy exploring the trails. I wish there was some shade at the playground. It gets extremely hot with the sun just beating down.

Nice walk. Though the park the day we were there. The garden festival. Was. There beautiful flowers and. Plants to choose from was a great deal of people

The kids enjoy it, it is a good place to bring the kids early in the morning. By late morning there were a lot of bigger kids that were not being monitored and pushing around the littler kids.

I love this park for the variety of things there is to do! In the summer there is a splash pad, theres lots of hiking around, an old train engine you can go visit, and a great playground for kids to run around on. The only negative thing about this park is its at the playground is right next to the parking lot. There are kids running into the parking lot all the time. And theres no fence to be a barrier for safety. Also, the park has wide grassy Hill areas that make it beautiful. It is only a negative thing when you have a kid who is a runner I really enjoy coming to this park though with my two toddlers!

The park had a good deal of parking, and some was in the shade. Many things to do, even including a mi I water park for young kids. It was easy to get in and out. I however did not see a bathroom facility right off.

Such a great variety of things to do! Playground for the kids, walking and hiking trails with beautiful scenery, and a basketball court near the playground. Lovely year round!

Almost 4 yr old loves it. A fee different park areas, basketball court, tennis area, paved trail. Restrooms building, train exhibit. Good running areas, muscle building and coordination training. The water/spray area begins May 1!!

Great quiet place. Relaxing environment

Great park to take a hike. Only issue was they are under construction in some areas winter 219

Very nice playground a d water playground. I had no idea that this even had water activities. Very nice surprise.

I really enjoyed the walk around the park

One of my favorite places to go when I want to relax and regroup. The park is clean and the water park is a bonus. I enjoy walking the paths and just enjoying nature. I don’t get to visit the park as often as I would like because I travel a lot but I do take advantage when I am in the area.

Nice place to take the kids. Maintained well kept clean.

Beautiful park

Got to be my favorite park in Lynchburg. The trees are so pretty. There are GREAT trails. Awesome slide for the kids with other play equipment including a spray park.

Nice place to bring the family to walk the trails. Basketball and tennis courts. During the summer the spray ground is open.

Beautiful little park with views of the river and the mountains.

Love this playground! I wish there was more shade close to the sprayground but its a wonderful park

They have the walk through water sprinklers for the kids which they absolutely loved! More cities should have this!

This is a beautiful, paved walking, bicycle trail that crosses over the James River on an old railroad bridge and leads you onto an island in the middle of the river. Trees abound so there is plenty of shade. Very peaceful and enjoyable. A perfect place to bring children, and older adults for a walk in nature, but on blacktop.

Clean and safe

Riverside Park is great with a lot of different things to do. The park is clean and busy most of the time. The pavilions, splashpark, and playgrounds are great for small kids.

Really worth the trip. Park is fantastic and the free spray park is so much fun!

Perfect spot to sit and have a picnic while your crazy kids run between splash pad and playground.

Good park for a summer day.

I really like this place as a rest to all and good walking in the morning or evening

Long circular path along the woods relaxes you and soothes your mind

Wonderful beautiful gorgeous

Excellent place to exercise the kids! Nice little spots for quiet meditation or yoga, even weddings! A must visit.

Great place for the family. We were sad the train was closed.

Great park with several activities including hiking paths, playground for the kids including a sprayground water park. Basketball and tennis courts are available. There is also a old Train that the kids can explore as well as a Gazebo and pavilion area and the Historic Miller House with its gardens. Tons of wildlife. Great place to get some fresh air and take the family.

Beautiful park with beautiful views great water park for the kids extremely kid friendly and well maintained.

Nice for the kids the water park and play ground.maybe more benches and some food vendors.

This park is great for children, pets and adults with adequate seating, trails, portable potties at least, event areas, multiple playground locations and a splash park open seasonally. Only a couple issues that could be improved upon is the paved road is too small for the traffic and the lower exit shouldnt be closed off. Still earns a 5 star rating!

Nice shade for the little ones. The bigger slide is in the sun and gets hot. Also nice grassy areas for picnics and bring a bathing suit in the summer also has a free spray park.

I made some great memories here

Great to enjoy the spray park with only pre-schoolers this morning!

Good playgrounds and trails. Beautiful environment. Be sure to wait for a train to cross the trestle.

It was easy accessible and the kids enjoyed them selves

Great place to have a w azzzzz lk with the dog and kids can play

History lives here. Home to cooling off the kids for free in the summer! A nice family park... Located in an historic part of the city

Unfortunately there are some things that need to be addressed. They tore the old playground down and never replaced what was in its spot, which is very unfortunate.They have successfully almost killed the oldest tree in the park, planted by city council 100 years ago, due to piling up mulch. I have called the city and no one has done anything but dump more mulch at the base.The park used tens of thousands of our tax dollars to plants dozens of trees, only to neglect them and never take the support ropes/wires off. Resulting in killing many of the trees and deforming many because they couldn’t grow.Parks and rec deemed it ok to spend 680k of our money to repair a couple walls on the look out that should have cost around 100k max.The park also gets a little ghetto at times