Very pleasant walk around a pretty lake. A good paved alternative to our usual wooded trail hikes when theres melting snow and mucky conditions.

Beautiful park for the kids. Great place to swim. Huge beach. Definitely recommend a visit. Even if you dont wanna hang at the beach there are awesome walking trails. All paved.

Busy, but a great park and beach! The water was amazingly warm and clear. Had a great time with the family. The only unattractive part was the goose poop on the sand. Not an attractive aspect. Plenty of parking and a lovely location.

We had never been here before, and I believe its Rochesters newest playground park. Theres a bigger playground thats like an obstacle course for the oldest kids and limber adults, as well as an accessible slide, a musical trail, rain garden, and even a play river with gates and dams downstream from a kid-friendly pump. This place is great, and may become our favorite park for kids ages two to teen. The too cool for the park 12-year-old is probably going to be jealous they didnt come.

Walking by the lake is the best part. In October the colors are spectacular all around the path. We enjoyed it a lot.

The park is a lovely idea! Theres a fun and unique playground, several resting areas and a big sand beach. It should have been a terrific place to swim and cool off. Instead we found it to be infested with geese and their droppings and contaminated with bacteria from the geese! The place smelled and the water was disgusting! There was a sign warning people not to swim. Im not sure what the point of building the lake was. Did we just build another havan for the geese in this town? This is our third trip to the beach. The first time was nice. The second time was so-so and this time with disgusting!

Love this park! The walking paths are wonderful. My grand kids love the equipment.

The park is excellent. Beautifully landscaped and there are fun toys for kids. The beach was pretty bad. It seems like an industrial dump lake and then the geese are pooping all over it. Probably was never a good idea to put a beach here. First the drowning, then the high bacteria levels. Maybe they should just close it for good.

Very family orientated facility! Has a park with a nice fountain, a place to lock up your bike securely, and a water spout to wash off your feet. The beach is nice and well maintained.

This is a beautiful park and fun play area for kids.

Very nice pk lots of flowers n water effects good for kid s n adults

Very clean lake. Beach had a lil bit of goose droppings so need to be mindful with little kids. Beautiful artwork and landscaping at the park area. So impressed with the music garden .

Nice park and beach. I havent walked the trail yet but have heard good things. Kids keep asking when well go back.

Visited the beach area. Very nice area with enough room for social distancing. No lifeguard and not roped off for swimmers but still a nice public beach.

What a nice area. Nice play ground area, clean, waters warm, and its a good place to go and cool down on the hot summer days

Nice little spot, free parking, nice beach. Could use a changing station and a real bathroom. Dont trust google maps to get you there. From hwy 52 headed down 2nd street, turn right on 23rd ave.

Nice area compared to Foster Arends. Nice play area and benches to sit and a path to walk on. Even have an area to wash your feet when you leave.

Beautiful new park. Had takeout with a friend, watched all the kids playing. Wish there was more shade, but sure that might change as the trees grow.

Great place... Please watch your kids while they are in the water.. very important

Hoping they put up lights for early mornings and night time. Great walking park. Thanks.

Nice park but seems incomplete. Needs picnic tables and a splash pad. Also the trash was overflowing and the portable toilets were overflowing and disgusting!!

Pretty nice park.

Finally, a beach park at the cascade lake. It is aMust go during the hot days off summer

Went there for the first time today. Allong with offering trails, fishing, picnicking, and the swimming beach, theres a cool landscaped area for a short walk. They just put in some locally made artwork.One thing concerns me though, a girl sliced her foot badly today. Some idiot thought it would be ok to throw broken glass in the swimming water.

Wish it had more public access. A pretty place to check out.

Miles of water and wild flowers along an seemly endless paved trail.

A nice little lake and park in the middle of town! Very clean.

Me and my family agreed... Best park in Rochester

Its beautiful with a fun play ground made of reclaimed wood and a beach.

Family oriented activities. Relaxing places to sit.

Really clean and beautiful

Great spot to fish, walk, or bike. Caught 12 sun fish today!

Its on the lake and its very peacful

Beautiful park with beach, kids friendly

The new play ground is the best

For as new as it is, the park area isnt well maintained. Too much goose poop on the beach

Really pretty trail around there lake

Very nice park

Nice place with lovely lake

So beautiful

I can had fun going around the lake on one of those electric scooters. There was almost nobody else there around noon. I tried fishing for a little while, but no luck. I see some finger size minnows swimming about. Most of the shoreline is unreachable because of brush. Theres goose and duck poop everywhere. The water is gross looking. Theres zero shade. The beach area is currently fenced off.

Peaceful after 6pm.

Great place for a paddle and a swim

Very unique and large

Decent walking and running path but parking is a real pain and this was supposed to be more developed years ago. Seems like real Rochester boondoggle and some city officials got swindled by whoever was supposed to develop it. Been hearing for years that its going to be this great place.

Beautiful trail around the lake. All paved, even ground. Connects to lots of other trails.

Still under construction but think its going to be a beautiful park.

Good fishing at times

Good place

If you like short grass and very limited natural landscape this place is for you. barren and boring except for the lake.

Great trail around the lake, but could use more benches and shade trees.

Awesome place!

Wish there were more trees, bike path is nice though

The planned amenities for the park will make it a centerpiece of public recreation for visitors.

Very nice walk and great place to bike

Keep it boring and full of goose poop so I can keep fishing it before 100 thousand people get there!

2 mile walk around quiet Lake, okay more like glorified pond. Pretty pleasant but absolutely no shade so throw on that sunscreen, bring your sunglasses or a wide-brimmed hat

Well maintained trail with plenty of miles and scenery

It is nice

Hidden little gem in Rochester, MN. The trail around the lake is always busy with dog walkers, bikers, runners and people just enjoying the scenery. They have areas for easy access fishing. Its 3 miles around the entire lake. Very well kept.

Got a leech on the finger today

A very nice park which is only partially developed. But when finished should be great.

My favorite place to run--I love getting to watch this park grow up. Cant wait for things to keep developing in this part of town!

Love

Where I the world do I park so the family can go for a walk

Its going to be a blast next year when they get the project done

Nice park to walk or bike around if you want to be by some water in Rochester. Not a lot of options, but much less geese than Silver Lake

Great for a reasonably quiet walk. Also a couple of good Geochaches out here.

This is a great park for a run... if weather permits. The loop is completed. Each loop is about 5 k.

Fun to walk around, and the bridge that goes over 14 is fun to stop on and wave to the passing cars and trucks below!

Just beautiful!

I bike and run here every day

Very nice

Awesome sunsets

To much brush around the lake to fish it

Dead sea

Its a construction site.

Ok

Friendly & nice!

Man made beauty