Doling Park is a beautiful natural retreat nestled in the heart of North Springfield. With its historic beginnings, clear cold creeks, a pond, caves and walking trails, this park is a refreshing retreat for families, couples or just yourself. There are playgrounds, grills and pavilions... And an indoor swimming pool. Oh, your canine friends will enjoy a walk here as well-mine do!

It is a beautiful park and there is a lot of community history in the park. It is also a beautiful park and there are plenty of places for photo ops. The bridge and the water are great and the colors are great right now as well. It is a beautiful setting for weddings too. The pavillion is also really nice and a great place to rent.

The park was beautiful. It had so many different trails to explore. And several places for the kiddos to play. Also, it was very nice and clean and had gorgeous caves to checkout. But, the only negative about it is that there is an abundance of crackhead later in the evenings. So just be sure to lock your car and belongings up. Other than that its a lovely park

This is always been one of my favorite parts in Springfield since I was a kid.

Nice park with lots of shade and picnic tables. Sits largely on a hillside with a pond at the bottom but slope is gentle and the walkways are paved. Pavilions, BBQ grills, water, and restrooms are available.

The park itself is beautiful, its the people that ruin it by littering, not reading signs about why to not feed the wild life...waterfowl means the ducks and geese people...smh...sigh. My family still enjoyed themselves just wish people would use some sort of intelligence and be considerate of nature. Be thankful for parks...one day they might not be there anymore...sniffle sniffle

Peaceful, Quiet, love the ducks, birds, just sometimes see homeless people so very hurtful seeing lives like this.Have seen some families with small children that l guess cant read or just think they do what they want feeding the ducks,( bags of chips, crackers, etc)Park Worker rode right pass them.l guess no one cares!!! even though signs are there...smh!!!

Beautiful park with lots to do! Walking, Trails, Parties, Sports, Events. Beautiful views, Local History, and something to do for any age. There are a few GeoCaches nearby and this area is decent for Pokemon Go or similar games.

The park was run-down. But the cave was still neat to look in, even though it was closed off.

Its okay could be better, add some public restrooms!all said the park is well maintained and a nice place to visit.

Its a beautiful fun park we been going there for yrs .....good for familes or just a stroll by yourself

Its a beautiful park with a trail a pond and cave . And great place to have a birthday party .

Beautiful natural cave and dog-friendly trails/park. Signs posted that the cave is currently closed to protect bats from white-nose disease so we couldnt go in the cave.

To maintain safe distances at this time we picked up some chicken at a local fast food place and brought it to Doling Park. It was a lovely place to sit under the shade and enjoy our lunch. Very nice.

Beautiful scenery, well maintained park, with paved trails! Lots of parking and places to picnic; come before dawn to potentially spot deer, foxes, skunks, beavers, and other wildlife!

Always a great place to walk, some people are rude to litter . That makes me angry .

Beautiful park with great walking paths both son and pup are worn out and happy..

This is amazing place to take your family to play at the park or take a walk. There are amazing trails and even a cave.

I love history. Just as much, I enjoy repurposed history; places that were at one time a notable location (battlefield, bustling community, working factory, etc.), and are now a strolling park, a living museum, or a medical center. Doling park is one of these. Up until the 1920s, this place was a pretty well-visited amusement park, filled with rides, a small zoo, a large water slide, a roller skating facility, and many other attractions. Now, its a family park with, fishing, water features, an aquatic center, a museum, and many other facilities to fill a day. There are caves on the site, lots of informational signage, and plenty of other enjoyable tidbits.

I always enjoy this park for the short trails. There isnt any intense hiking, just mild trails that lead to the quarry. I remember climbing on top of the cave often, and yes, the toads come out at night so please be careful where you step.

Want to give it a 4.5. I love this park, but one of the things I wish they would improve the the “trails.” It’s a small circle less than a half mile long and begins and ends in the same spot. It would be cool if they would at least loop it around the whole property.Indoor facilities are great, and they have a great staff.Lake is beautiful when the water level is up, but it still looks pretty good even if it’s been a bit dry.

Awesome park. We have been going here for years. Open fields, playground, a pond, and a natural cave!

Excellent place to spend a couple of hours. Lots of places to walk and when the museum is open again in April will taken back to your childhood! Beautiful place & history.

Great family location for birthdays and parties. Do not recommend visiting alone due to side of town but they do a wonderful job with upkeep. Family center is extremely nice!

Very relaxing and enjoyable! Great place to take a scroll with friends and family or to simply take a break. Has accessible trails and scenic viewing areas. Never felt crowded even though there were plenty of others also there. Recommend this awesome local great away for any one simply trying to have some safe free fun!!

I was getting good pokémon there

Awesome park for a stroll. Loved the geese and ducks on the pond!

Beautiful park, fun trails and had a blast with my family

Id like this park better if there were less people there on drugs. its a beautiful park though!

My dad introduced this place to me as a child and Ill always cherish the memories Ive had w him there. Its peaceful and a beautiful place and Ill always go back for the memories

Beautiful park for walking, riding bicycles, dogs allowed(on leashes), covered pavilions for parties, indoor actiivies for children in inclement weather.

What a beautiful park! Would have loved to seen it in its hayday.

Love this park great for kids to play and walk your dogs

Nice layout for a park. Well maintained.

There is so much beauty to be seen. Its a different experience every time.

Im still not happy that we are not allowed to feed the geese are the ducks that was always the best thing to do there. But we still are able to enjoy climbing on top of the cave and having a picnic.

This is a nice park. Good people go here to enjoy the outdoors and relax by the pond. I havent felt unsafe with our daughter in the park or in the center. Sometimes its busy but parks can get that way in decent weather

Nice little park with a lake and a cave. Great for families too.

I love this park. The trails are nice. Pretty park.

We love Doling Park and Family Center. The park is wide open for games, has beautiful trails, and traditional playground equipment for the kids. We also spend hours on end at the gym working on our sons basketball skills. The staff is always friendly and willing to help when needed. Weve also had family parties is the available guest rooms. All in all we take advantage of everything Doling has to offer.

Wonderful park with wonderful natural scenery

Just love this time of year here

I didnt know there was a park in Springfield with A CAVE TOO!!! Super cool, really awesome!

Beautiful nice trails playground for children

What a jewel of a park! Cant wait to go back and check out the musems. Loved the cave!

Great walking path and plenty of pavilions to have a meal together!

Nice quiet place to go and think

I love this place you have to go here youre gonna love its so beautiful here ️

Park was clean the people ran it was friendly plenty of Wildlife

Good place to. Go visit

Great to see how the park has evolved over the years. Really great walking areas.

This is a beautiful park! Lots of tables for picnics and also there is a great fitness center and place to reserve for parties. Well lit parking lots.

Great place to walk around and hang out. If you like to forage, there are some wooded areas to go check out. Theres a pond, normally with ducks and/or geese, and all the animals are rather friendly. This park is pet friendly.

Clean, well staffed facility. Great for families has everything we need to stay in shape! Free classes are amazing. Jen who teaches water aerobics is the best!!

Huge park lots to do for free there

Big park but there was trash everywhere and it has a wasp issue.

This place is clean nice and kid friendly. there pool is great and their gym is sanitized. the secretaries are amazing and they have so much to do there. their bathrooms are huge and provide showers, lockers, and hair dryers

I have been going to this park for most of my life. It is amazing all around. The water is beautiful and the cave is wonderful and intriguing. The pavilions are mostly clean with grills near some of them, as clean as outside picnic tables can get. Just watch out for the water foul and please if you feed them, bring food that they can find in nature, to keep them healthy, and so the pond does not get covered in algae. The trails are a fun walk, or small hike. There is plenty of room for sports and play. There is a bathroom by the playground area, and up the hill, there is a family center. There is even a few geocaching spots to find. Fun alone, with family, even a date. Come in rain or sun to enjoy this beautiful park.

Doling Park is beautiful. I will be taking my grandkids there should play.

This place is amazing, highly recommended for a visit

We took the walking tour of the cave today. Kristine was our tour guide and she was very nice. No one else showed up for the tour, so we had the cave all to ourselves! Really cool experience and only $5 per person. They dont open the cave every day so check online for tour dates.

Beautiful area with many trails, playground equipment for kids, sports courts and recreational activities for everyone! You can also check out the Giboney Cave which is fascinating!!

Nice spot to get away and enjoy the outdoors

Very shaded picnic area. Interesting history

Nice staff, clean facilities, great outdoor park

Lovely park

Nice place for a picnic with pavillion & another couple of covered picnic tables with several other tables & BBQ grills. Great scenery with water & places for children to have fun & for walks.They have benches scattered for you to set & rest & watch your children. I believe they have a place for horseshoes. They have restrooms.

Nice little place to take the kids with a small pond, walking trail, and playground.

In town for a brief visit. So, I stopped by my old stomping grounds. Nixa schools was dropping kids off for a cave tour and I thought I might get my opportunity to see in the cave again. Spoke with the Park rep who informed me that public cave tours are available on Sats. Unfortunately, I am unable to be here on a Sat. and,I am only in town for a few days. I was disappointed that he would not make a concession and let me have a viewing either with or after the school tour. Perhaps I will have another opportunity in the near future. Just sucks that it couldnt have happened today!

My kids and us always have a blast here ️

Ive been enjoying Doling Park for fifty years and it only keeps getting better.Clean, with pleasant family dining areas and peaceful walking trails, Doling is a safe place to enjoy nature while staying local.

It is a beautiful park no question. I am disabled and a very small female. The elderly population saw me sit and rest near the senior center and reported me to the park. Because I was just sitting and not bothering anyone the park rangers apologized to me. The elderly man that reported me still followed me to my car in his pick up and continued to follow me as I left the park. I am scared to go back

I dont know much about the park (it seems nice), but there is a cave here that periodically has tours. I had never been in a cave before and it was amazing. It was the perfect mix of history, geology, and exploration. Theres a walking tour which is easy and doable for younger kids as well as a tunnel tour which is the same tour plus the option to crawl through a few tunnels (my favorite part).

Beautiful views. Awesome cave!

Cheaper than swimming at the YMCA however the employees are not very hospitable. The pool is usually alot of fun for the kids especially. Just make sure they are not having swimming lessons when you plan to go. If they are, the kiddie pool area will only be A wading pool. And the slide will not be an option either.

I absolutely love this place. Its one of the best parks to take my kids to. Its also a great spot for me to just relax and walk around the pond and get some things off my mind

Great park...check out Giboney cave

I have gone to Doling Park all my life and have seen a lot of changes growing up. But when i was a teenager they had the rides and skating ring and pool and the times there was good. We have had partys there for birthdays baby showers and my Mom and Dads 50 Anniversary party. Its home away from home

Nice park. Pretty clean.

My dog loves walking here at Doling and I like to see the turtles. Some of the turtles will climb up out of the water onto the edge. Just wish the kept the pond cleaner.

This is a beautiful park. One of the best in Springfield, MO. It has trails. Theres a cave but only able to tour on scheduled dates which isnt often. You can check out Canadian geese and ducks at the pond. There are even many fish, turtles, and frogs. Wonderful learning experience for my kids and yours.

The trainer who help me out today was awesome. She had so much patience and was very understanding.

Nicely lighted path around the lake. Love walking here with friends after dark. Nice trails through the woods as well. Love this peaceful, beautifil park.

Used to love across street from this path entrance. Beautiful place, but people going to that park all hours of the night. N the place had become overrun with beggars. You couldnt enjoy a walk around park without having others all u for money.

Good park with a few trails and a couple of short caves.

I love it here! It is always clean and well kept. A little gem in the city of Springfield. The museum is well worth the trip. Doling has some amazing history. Call ahead to outdoor initatives division of Springfield Green County park board to see when they are doing cave tours. (No more tours till spring to protect the bats though). About 1000 feet in on the cave and the trail is paved but there will be some mud. Some really cool speleothems for such a small cave. Well worth checking out.

Good family center! Go enjoy some healthy exercise and meet the helpful staff!

Nice place to relax quite

Nice facility and personnel!

We were visiting from Texas, wife wanted to keep up her walking so I looked this place up. Nice walking paths, neat little park with a history that I never knew was right around the corner from where I lived as a child. Awesome cave area....would really have loved to be able to explore.

Beautiful, wide open, love the ducks and bridges and the cave was a great photo spot. Lalaloved it. Be sure to bring some bread pieces for the ducks!

Lovely Northside Park which has a rich history but has been recently updated. Walking trails, calm geese who do not attack visitors, scenic cave (fenced for safety). There are a couple of places in the park where lots of flood water drains and children need to be closely monitored in these areas. Adult and kids classes, summer day camp, swimming.

A good walking Track. Also good machines to use for specific parts of your body.

My grandkids love to feed the geese !-!Great park and picnic facilitates. . .

We always love visiting this park! Its always a nice, relaxing experience. Very family-friendly. Ive never seen it messy.

First time here and it did not disappoint.

I have been going to doling Park for 30 years . They made some good improvements several years ago. They have a nice walking path around the pond and another walking path in a wooded area. They have a play area for kids to play and a covered pavilion.They have a cave area it is closed but I think you can make a reservation to go have a tour.

Has lots of trails, nice playground, and nice size pond with ducks and geese everywhere.

Nice walking trail.

Tons of things to do here. Ample parking. Will be visiting again.