Such a pretty park especially in the fall! Tons of trails, some that are gravel and others that are nicely mowed dirt trails through the woods. They have a great playground and picnic table area. They also have a really nice archery range here where you can site in your bows and they have scenarios set up in the woods to try out including tree stands you can practice from. Something for everyone here!

Great place for a walk, especially with a dog. If your dog is a water lover, even better.Our Pyrador (Pyrenees/Lab mix) LOVES this park. Wide open green spaces to run, huge creek to play in. Lots of space & you can see other dogs/people coming from quite a distance to releash.

I love coming out here. The playground is decent, in great shape, and its secluded. Very large, you could get lost for a half hour, definitely, before realizing. Not much hiking, but beautiful trails. Bring bug spray and snacks!

This place is amazingly beautiful, so many trails, so many caves, beautiful creeks, and this amazing waterfall, on love with this place. And its huge, so many acres its big enough to where you arent bumping into people.

Beautiful park located on the north side of Springfield, Missouri. There are beautiful walking trails, and a small playground area for kids, grandkids and adults that still act like kids.One word of warning.... from the parking area up front by the main entrance, its quite a hike to the caves, river and lake. Maybe 1/2 mile or so is my guess. Theres no fishing allowed here either.Open daily from 7:00am to 7:30pm. A wonderful experience for the whole family.... Dogs OK but must be on a leash!

For an expansive walking trails park, its awesome. Got a hunting bow, practice range. Decent size playground, and lots of grassy trails that lead down to a spring fed creek.

Love coming out here, very peaceful and pretty. Also love seeing the deer; If you need to get away from the craziness of life this is the place to come.

I love this park it is very peaceful there and they have trails to walk and archery range as well. There is a river that runs along the trails and there is a big pond and waterfall as well very beautiful place.

The park is absolutely beautiful, but you do need to be aware that the main areas are probably a quarter of a mile into the park. There’s a really nice parking lot and play area right at the entrance, but the actual pretty stuff it’s just a few minute walk away. I shot an engagement session here and I didn’t realize how far away I was going to have to take the couple. Luckily they were really nice even though the future bride was wearing heels.

Love the open grassy paths nestled in the forest and the cool spring water. A great place to take kids or dogs. The lake is a little stagnant for wading, but there adjacent streams & paths are nice, shaded & relatively flat. Perfect place for some cool water on a hot day.

This park always impresses. The views and animals are always amazing! Nice trails throughout the entire park. Cave as well, though it is a bit hard to get to during the summer hours as the shrubbery coveres the trail.

Great place to bring your family very pretty if you love nature its a great nice green loved will be going back

Great park with lots of wide, mowed trails, as well as gravel walking trails near a running stream.

Perfect setting for outdoor events. Only gave 3 stars because there wasnt closer parking for handicap

It is a wonderful place to go in the park is going to play area for kids and you can come walk around very peaceful very clean just a very nice place

So gorgeous and peaceful!

Plenty of space, grassy trails that cut through the woods, a large pond, a covered picnic area and good restrooms are all here, as well as the Little Sac River Trail!

Another beautiful park in the Springfield area!

Very beautiful place to take wedding pictures.

Nice park, nice trails with pretty scenery. Very relaxing place! Family friendly

This place is beautiful year round.

Beautiful out hear random caves lots of trails

We had a great time exploring! Be careful for snakes though as they are around.

Gotta love trails that run along water! Peaceful place to visit

Beautiful local park with lots of water and easy hiking a d biking trails

Great place to visit! Clean, huge and fun for everyone.

Beautiful peaceful park. Owls and many other birds, butterflies, frogs, turtles, dragonflies, and geese. Nice playground for the kids. Plenty of shade and trails to walk.

Looks pretty but was closed off for a wedding.

Beautiful park to go walking and take your dogs

Loved it nicely kept little gem.

Great place to walk and enjoy nature with your dogs! We love coming here for a nice, relaxing walk.

Very nice well maintained.

Love hiking here! Theres always something new to see.

Went on a nature walk. Had a great time.

This is a lovely park which I highly recommend visiting. The landscape is gorgeous, there are picnic tables, play grounds, and grills. There are many trails to walk/hike along and they are all enclosed in the forest making hiking an enjoyable experience. Down by the river bed, theres a lot of space which is very nice as well. Limited trash, overall good park.

This is a place I would take the whole family over and over again. Clean and pretty. No complaints here!

Beautiful and somewhat unknown park. Has caves and trails, perfect place in my opinion. Wear mosquito repellent if you go in the warmer months!

We really enjoy going here for walks, mushroom hunting and metal detecting. We are detectorists.

Love having a close by place to grab some nature

Cool park. Nice trails

Love this place its very sentimental to me. My family and I would go here and shoot archery and participate in the tournaments when I was younger. We all have so many trophies.

Love it, love it, love it!!! Great for family hikes for all ages. Dont forget the dogs.

Nice park.

Love this place, great place to take family and escape into the wilderness.

Outstanding park, Springfields hidden gem. Groundskeeper is amazing! Great place for family outdoor adventures

Great place to bring the family and friends. Love this place !!!

Well maintained and lots of trails.

Found a couple caves while exploring. Was pretty cool will definitely go pack for splunkin

This park no longer has the merry go round or the wagon that was there when I was a kid.

This place is GREAT. WE haf a great time. Family reunion.

Nice walk on a nice day.Great for photos.

I think Missouri, Springfield specifically, needs to spend more time and money and energy to make sure that people are using, enjoying, and maintaining these public parks. There are events at some parks that I never hear about and would have been interested enough to go. There needs to be more ads, posters, and publicity. I know enough from college to make some posters. Springfield News Leader. Please hire me.

I really love walking and this is the perfect place to walk

Amazing creek, caves are to die for, fresh water springs! I found a new piece of heaven today on my explorations!

I love coming to this park they ahave a bunch of diffrent waking trails a big cazibo you can rent ouut for like Easter party or brithday partys a huge ponds a waterfall and caves

Park equipment was pretty standard. But in good shape. If your up for a walk theres some great areas for pictures.

Easy beautiful nature trails, archery range, playground, spring, cave, etc

If you’re looking for a park for kids to play it’s got that. And it’s nice. But the rest of the 200 acres are closed to the public. So no hiking and they’re not very nice if you walk through the gate which was open. The bathrooms were closed as well. I wouldn’t recommend this place.

Beautiful!

Love walking thru, watching the wildlife, listening to the water. Just calming.

Never even heard of this park. Its a hidden treasure. Attended a Wedding at the Pavilion. Though rustic, which added to the natural beauty, every thing was clean and in good working order. Really great that the Pavilion is at a dead end and traffic is restricted to rental guest traffic.

A nice park for a walk through the woods.

I am not much of an outdoorsy person but I enjoy going here for Bible reading and studies and saw some baptisms here which is wonderful to see. It is very clean and well kept. Nice family atmosphere. Bathrooms are pretty decent except there was a huge bee in there.lol

My dogs love it there, and theres so much wildlife in the lakes and streams! Theres dozens of turtles, whether theyre coming up for air or basking on the banks. You can also see the shadows of fish just below the surface. The trails have so many options tbat its easy to feel like the only person in the park, but they all lead to a wide open area, so its almost impossible to get lost. Theyre also very well-maintained, kept mowed and neat. There are some deer trails that go through the underbrush, to the more remote parts of the park, and those get slick, but its a deer path.. I wouldnt expect anything different. Definitely recommend this park, for anything you would be interested in doing. (The paths are flat enough for mountain bikes, and theres also a paved path for the most relaxing rides)

Very enjoyable

Great location,nice park,plenty of acreage

We love to take our dogs & kids to this beautiful park!

I went to summer camp here and had way too much fun. We do fishing, swimming, hiking, and more! If your child loves being outside, this is the place for them

I had never been here and came here to run. Wow what a workout, if you wanna run and want to do hill repeats this is the place for you!!

Clean area of the park not much liter and well maintained

Great place to get away for a walk. We always enjoy seeing the deer when we visit.

Very nice party that we just found out about. Very well kept and close to Fantastic Caverns.

Great place to hike with beautiful seneraires and a park for the kids and u can also grill up some bbq

Lots of greenery. Has a small playground for children. Theres a bathroom near the parking lot. Farther down the trails, theres a stream.

The City of Springfield needs to improve the road into the park and they need to donate more funding to Archery course inside the woods and not just for the practice targets behind the pavilion !!!!

Its a sess pool. The creeks are nice, but the lake they call it is basically a very large cow pond thats non-moving, with a thick film build up on top of the water. Theres a port-a-potty. Its a long walk, and when you hear the words pavilion and lake what do you personally picture in your head ? Its a disappointment.

Nice out of the way park, quite with lots of trails. Wish you could drive down vs walk to the pond.

Very unfriendly people claiming they Rent the park all summer. I would not recommend anybody going there unless they wanted to be humiliated

A hidden gem. Very well maintained.

Beautiful park, lots of space and activities for all ages.

Nice trails, beautiful scenery too

Great spot for a walk with little kids. Big playground and lots of picnic tables.

Our favorite park so far! Nice trail and playground

I love this magical place..some small caves, a little serene lake and trails for the adventuring!

Fine little park. Nothing spectacular.

Good trails with places to explore. Well maintained

Love this place!

Wonderful park

Was a perfect day to smell the roses

Great trails and clearings. Great place for dogs.

Good trails

Beautiful

Friend and I went there this fall it was ️ ful

Beautiful clean park

Very pretty

Great place for a stroll with your dog

Pace is awsome

Love this park great walk