Great park. Walked there with a friend on Saturday for over 7 miles. Liked that we could just keep going and get our steps in. We did the unpacked to stay away from the crowds. Was nice to see the water, woods, prairie, bridges, etc. and had no clue they were making snow for the cross country skiers. That was packed. Only issue is their trails need better marketing’s. The pdf files and the maps on site do not name the paths. Yet there are path signs with names. And, nothing tells you how long a trail is. How hard is that to do?

Perfect for everyday walk. Great walk trials. Excellent fall colors! If you get lucky you can spot deers & birds too!!

What a gem of a facility. We used the swim pond/beach and playground, both were very nice. I do wish the same was better, but we had a great time. It really cool having chlorinated pool water at a pond and beach! We may look up camping next time we visit.

Wonderful, big and spacious. Can even get decent walk in with the dogs while they romp around.

One of the best parks in the metro area. Good combo of trails and activities and a wonderful dog park.

Pretty big and fun playground, clean bathrooms. Clean beach and plenty of parking. Nice bike trails.

Biking is almost 15 miles to do a full loop. Amazing fall views. Hilly, great place for a bike ride. Played Disc Golf too. LONG 18 hole course, 2 holes approximately 708 and 694. Wish there were short tee boxes. All in all a very hilly, great walking work out!!!

Such a beautiful park.many miles of trails with options for people to walk, skate. bike or horseback ride. Beautiful place to spend time outdoors

My new best place to go swimming. I drive 35 minutes just to go swimming here. That’s how much I like it. You can even have Floaties in there!!! Over all great place and they have a hug play ground kids loved it!!

Great network of paved trails for walking or running or biking. Well maintained facilities. Awesome fall colors right now.

This playground area is huge, tall tower, fast and slow slides, zip lines, all kinds of challenge course like equipment and plenty of nearby seating for adult supervision.

Love this place. Rarely crowded, and you can easily find solitude if you want it. Road noise from the highways on the south side sucks.

Perfect spot for trail running. Lots of trails all over the park. Paved and dirt trail available of varying distances.

An excellent getaway right outside Champlin and Maple Groves busy vicinity, the Elm Creek area has forever been one of my favorite escapes when I want to get my hiking fix with only an afternoon to kill. As an avid outdoorsy type that frequents state parks (gotta love that fancy new Minnesota license plate) I have to say this reserve is just as lovely as some of those parks are. The Eastman Nature Center itself is also quite beautiful and it really should be a more frequented destination for school classes or any groups looking to do outdoor education.

Extensive picnic grounds; good to reserve for groups. Huge playground with many levels, hiking and biking trails throughout the park, and a (chlorinated) swimming pond with groomed beaches — so many outdoor activity choices!

Best playground we have found! We have been coming here for 4 years and introduce it to our friends who also have loved it!!

Amazing play area. Huge 2 building 3 story jungle gym with 7 slides and tons more amazing park equipment!!!

Great park, well kept. Not too many mosquitoes on the trails. Cute little swimming pond in the middle. Playgrounds are quite large and nice. Plenty of trails for jogging and biking.

The cross country trails have man made snow and are usually in good shape.

Beautiful park with lots of amenities. Be sure to dig into the website to see what is open, as the playground is closed for the winter.

1st x-country sking foe me of season. Great place.

Walked the scenic trails. Beautiful park to spend the day in

Love this spot SO much. Tons of beautiful hiking/biking trails, disc golfing course, swimming area, and so much more but our favorite part is the kid’s play area. Probably the best kids outdoor park I’ve been to. Top notch play equipment and soft floor for the kids to land on. This place is a true gem and we will be back throughout the yearr

Amazing disc golf course. Pay to play but well worth it. Nice way to shoot down 2 and half hours with a group of 3. Not for beginners though as the rough is brutal and searching for discs may be a bit hassel.

Nature was closed do to covid-19. But trails are good, lots of shade and sunny patches.

The playground is very unique with lots of elevation levels & equipment. Kids love it each time they go.

Great singletrack with a ton of flow. Some fun features sprinkled in too. Great riding but can get busy.

What a wonderful place for the whole family. Pack a lunch and enjoy the park and the water. They also have a wheelchair ramp going into the water.

One of the coolest parks weve ever been to.

Infested with aggressive mosquitos. Deep woods deet spray cannot even handle it. As long as you take barely a 30 sec break to let your dog pee, there are like 5 hovering all over you. This being one

Beautiful park. AMAZING play area for kids of all ages!!! Swimming pond was warm and had lifeguards on duty. Excellent place to spend the day as a family!!

Perfect place for a walk / cycling / roller blading. Not crowded, no fees required. More than 5 miles to go around. If you are an avid walker you would love it. Trees pretty much cover the majority of the trail, so dont have to worry about getting sun burned

With the new norm now in place, its a great spot to take the children to burn off some energy AND BBQ for everyone!

Very good place to walk and bike and take wedding or prom photos to. Plus discgolf

They have an amazing disc golf course! A full 18 holes that go all around the park. Keeps you moving and walking and enjoying nature all in a socially distanced and safe way.

We love this park in all seasons! Skiing is so much fun and reasonable for the family to enjoy cross country, downhill and tubing!The playground area is so fun for even older kids! We love the beach on hot days! Fabulous

Great spot for snowshoeing in the winter. Multiple trails and loops to explore. Even an open area to do some off trail in the meadows.Can bring your own or visitor center offers rentals if needed for snowshoes. Visitor center has bathrooms and educational center.

Amazing preserved land right in the neighborhood pretty much . Love this three rivers beauty!

Attention road cyclists: Come here! It is worth the extra time out of our way to ride this lovely 15 mile asphalt trail around the ring of the park. Rolling hills but nothing real challenging for average risers like us.

Nice clean family friendly park with plenty if trails and a clean 18 hole disc golf coarse.

Nice park, there are both paved and unpaved trails. Also you can swim at the pond for $6 daily.

This place is awesome for snow tubing. Great price and 11 different slopes that very in speed. The price is good too. Best price I found around the Twin Cities area.

Awesome park. So much to see and do in both summer and winter. Fall is alright too, if you like yellow and orange trees. The beach is great and the water is really clean. Skiing and snowboarding are fun too, but parking is difficult at times. Be ready to either park creatively or take the shuttle from the overflow parking a mile away. Theres really fast wireless in the main building and the bathrooms are roomy. But beware the automatic toilets-- they have sensitive triggers so if youre not careful you might get the unexpected bonus bidet wash. All in all, highly recommended.

Beautiful park to relax, bike, walk, and disk golf. I enjoy being here.

Excellent trails for both biking and walking. Dont go to that disgusting swimming hole though. I cant believe they let so many people into that tiny lake

It is a great place to walk, bike, or horseback ride. It also has a pro style disc golf. Its a great place to view wildlife.

Long paved paths great for distanced runs. A bit hilly at times.

Beautiful grounds...awesome playground area...walking trails...Beach area with Umbrellas & mini ocean..paid entry 5.00 or special price for coming monthly! Purchase treats too! Just Loved it!!!

I have grown up coming to this park and still live near it in my 30s. Its an incredible place covering every season worth of activities. Biking, skiing, swimming, picnics and the list goes on and on. Great for all ages.

Lots of hiking trails, both paved and unpaved, during the winter they make for good cross country skiing. Frisbee golf looked like a decent course. Lots of green space for picnics etc. as well.

I love how much Minnesotans care about their parks. This park was hopping on a beautiful February day. Parking was busy and when we got into the main building, we were told we were in the wrong place. We wanted to rent snowshoes. Had to go to Eastman. I wish their website were more detailed because when I had checked it, it didn’t specify a location for the snowshoe rentals. Once we knew where we needed to go it was easy enough to find though.The Eastman center was a lovely building and the woman at the front desk was as pleasant as could be. We had a great time and will visit again. Can’t beat $5 for equipment rental! Thanks also for the low benches so you can more easily reach your feet to adjust your snowshoes.

Great experience, even on a busy day. We got there at 9:40 AM and were told that you cannot start buying tickets for tubing until 9:55 AM. At 9:55 AM there was a huge line, but staff worked hard and the line moved quickly. You pay $15 for two hours on the tubing hill. You have the option to pay for additional hour of time. It got very busy by 11 AM and people were given a 30 to 45 minute wait in order to get a tubing hill pass. The staff at the top of the hill was great helping out large families and making sure everyone is safe. Small children cannot ride on your lap, but if you ask, there are small tubes for smaller kids. I still recommend the larger tubes for young kids so they can sit inside the tube. Children must be four years old and 36 inches. I saw someone with a double tube, but I don’t think there are many of them. By the end of our time there the lines were long and we were waiting about 15 minutes to go down the hill.

Around every corner and up or down a hill, the trees,flowers and animals are BEAUTIFUL.

Very good suburban single track trails. Easy to get to the park, ample parking. Enough facilities open to get by during this pandemic.

One of the best parks so far I have enjoyed, great beach, bike trails and barbecue areas. Above all, it is clean.

Great prices and a great place to learn to ski! Bring some duck tape for your gloves though. They only have tow ropes.

Love this park, great little beach at the swim pond, sand bottom pool. Nice to avoid leaches while feeling like youre at the beach.

Great little hideaway!! Nice amenities. Clean. Inexpensive.

Elm Creek Park is one our favorite place to escape in nature. The bike trails are beautiful and well maintained, the playground is huge, the swim pond has a nice sandy beach, and there is always something fun happening at the nature center.In winter time there is cross country skiing, a small snowboard park, and a huge snow tubing hill.

Great water hole to bring the kids swimming & a bit relaxing for me as well. GO EARLY if you want shaded areas with an umbrella otherwise you are in the sun the entire time.

Place is very nice and ideal for tubing especially when going with bigger groups. 10 tickets package will save you 30$ vs buying each individually. We’ve been there many times and had nothing but good experience. However our last trip on 12/31/19 wasn’t as pleasant as we are used to from Elm Creek Park Reserve. First thing which is understandably out of the parks control was a 1hour+ wait time to get checked in. After that we went tubing and employees were a little too rude or tired. We asked a guy to give us a push and a little spin to which he replied that it was against the rules while the person right next to us was spinning those tubes like crazy. After we were done I told the guy that our tube needed air and in response I heard that it was just right, even though he didn’t even look at the tube. Bottom line I’m not sure if everyone was a bit upset for working on NYE or overwhelmed by all the visitors but employees were definitely not the friendliest on that day.

A gem of a park in Maple Grove. All year long the park has great activities to enjoy.The cross country skiing is some of the best in the metro area! I also really like the tow rope snowboard park.

Probably one of the best municipal parks in the Midwest.

We went tubing and had a great time! Also in the warmer months the playground equipment is fun and the ground is rubber which is nice compared to chips or sand. There are larger slides to keep the big kids entertained also!

A nice park with lots of bike and walking trails.

Park, play, picnic, trails and swimming on a budget. Located north of Maple Grove, Minnesota. Fun place to visit with kids of all ages. Play area is great for kids. Picnic area has disc golf. Swimming pool is a hoot on hot summer days. Ample parking.

My favorite park. I love big loop, about 9 miles, enough for good weekend hike.

Beautiful park with so much space for biking and walking. The trails are amazing and I’ve only been in the fall. Can’t wait to go back in the spring and summer

It used to be an amazing place to go tubing. You could bring your friends and hook together and go down in a group of 8. Now they barely let two go down at the same time. Time to find a new place where you can actually go fast and have fun. Not what it used to be...

Fun disc golf course, big uphill and downhill shots--watch your Out of Bounds, there is poison ivy in thickets

Went to the dog park portion of the park. Love the set up! Completely fenced in with another fenced area inside around a pond, so owners have the choice whether to allow their dogs to play in water. Lots of space to run and explore and very nice, well maintained walking trails for the humans too! Annual pass for dog permit is only $40, which is very affordable. Will definitely be coming back!

Heard from kid that this is his favorite park. Lots of different climbing and other things to do for various ages and skills

Great bike trails! We hadnt been there before so we didnt quite pay attention and didnt make a complete loop. We ended up doing north and south loops totaling 20 miles and there was areas we didnt touch yet. Will be going back again soon! Also we went on a friday afternoon and there wasnt much traffic in the trails at all which really surprised us.

The Eastman Nature Center at Elm Creek Park is a fantastic destination for getting to know the local outdoors a little more. There are lots of hands on stations for kids to familiarize themselves with outdoor creatures in our own backyard. Some reptiles and amphibians in tanks for grown ups to enjoy as well. From the nature center are a number of different trails to explore. Lotsactivities, great location for birthday parties too!

The mountain biking area is superb. Make sure to thank you local volunteer group.

Not bad. A lot of swimming and nice and clean. Very busy.

Lots of fun to have here from big play ground to man made swimming pool with a Sandy Beach.

Outstanding and expansive trails that are great for biking, walking, or jogging. The playground there is massive and fun for kids of all ages. There is ample parking available and a ton of room to spread out and enjoy the area. The beach is great, too. Highly recommended.

Absolutely awesome park. My 3 yr old loved it along with my 5 and 6 year old and 29 yr old gf

Great place for a small get together or a childs birthday

The ponds in the middle of the park. Very clean and good trails to walk.

Has it all! Paved and non-paved + mountain biking. Plenty of space to play!

Great walking trails! Dog friendly.

Love the disc golf great place to bring the family nice big play ground a swimming hole that is half chlorine half natural

This place is great! Worth the drive from Eagan

Love the park. Lots of trails, playareas, and a swim pond. Worth the trip everytime!

A family tradition!! Build lasting memories with your family here. Get outside!!! All seasons, this park has it covered. Swimming in a man made lake, great playground for all ages during the summer!! Winter, they have many outdoor activities!! Tubbing is our family favorite!!

Great disc golf course, but buggy as HELL.

This place is a great family fun place. Snow tubing is what we always do but they also have snow boarding and skiing. Lines always move at a good pace and everyone is always nice. 10/10 definitely would recommend this for a family activity to do during winter months.

Great mountain biking for every skill level.

Good large park. Plenty of dirt trails, paved trails, camp sites and more. $7 entry seems kinda steep though

Very well organized park. Clear signage, awesome playground, nice beach, and solid singletrack mountainbike trail/ trailhead.

Nice large park with many options for activities. Lots of paved trails, 29 miles, and 50 some miles on hiking trails. Horse trails, swimming, picnicking, just about any activity you are looking for outside

Love this place for bike riding! The trails are amazing and the park is beautiful. So many different options for length of ride and even connects to surrounding regional trails.

Beautiful! Perfect amount of trees for shade and tournament spaced, high quality, stationary concrete cornhole setup at the Acorn pavilion!

Had a very good time training for an upcoming trek in Nepal. Very peaceful and quiet.

My nephews wedding was here, it was so beautiful. I loved that the wedding and reception were both in the same room! It sure made things easy for everyone. The place was large and very nice.

Went tubing with my family here, great experience for all ages. 10 tubing lanes, very fast and fun! Staff was friendly and helpful with any questions.

Good place but not enough umbrellas!! Too expensive to get in

Been there one week back. It is a great place for snowtubing. 15 bucks/ 2hr but they give discount for the groups. It was 10 bucks for each person. Waiting room is big enough and fireplace is just perfect. There are two different parking areas. Frequent shuttle service makes it very convenient.