This place I have been SOOOO many times! The high dive is so fun and exhilarating…read more... The food is amazing (I recommend SpongeBob popsicle) The water is not polluted because they do not let and speedboats or stuff like that (although you always wonder if something is lurking in the depths....) If you are wearing goggles I recommend looking for the fish under the mini docks, but DO NOT wear them in the deep. It makes everything scaryyyyy~

Great place to enjoy a sunny afternoon. Shady Oak beach is…read morewell maintained and the staff is super helpful and friendly. When my son lost his glasses two lifeguards - Beth and Josh - jumped into action to help retrieve them Thank you!

First time camping with our trailer and it was a good campsite to start at! Only 20 minutes away…read morefrom the cities. The site was clean and maintained. The bathrooms were well kept and all around the campsite. The trails and bike paths were nice and plentiful. You can walk around by the lake and fish. The site itself was open and wasn't very private but not too close to where it's suffocating. Overall a great place to camp!

Nobody should be without a picnic table at Baker Part Reserve! The park which winds along the…read moreshore of Lake Independence has tables in every direction. There are probably more tables than parking spaces. Another regional park that provides all the amenities expected including huge sun umbrellas along the sandy beach. More than one restroom and changing facility, grilling areas kids playground. Of course I found some walking paths which is about all I care to use. No problems if you don't like difficult trails, most are paved and the unpaved are still easy. Take your hike and head back to the table.

The address is a little mislabeled, it will take you to some public school. Back up, about 0.5…read moremiles away from the underpass, there's a little bridge with a parking lot, that's the trail head. The Trail itself is really wonderful. Deep vegetation, a little too many insects but otherwise great. There's a beautiful creek that runs alongside the trail. The animals you'll see the most are dogs that are being walked. It seems to be a favorite among Bloomington locals.

Beautiful park! I went in the winter and between the snowy creek, bubbling brook, and bird noises…read moreit just can't get much better. Yes it's hard to completely escape the road noise, but a small price for a lovely hike so close to the city.

Overall we got to have fun on the lake but I will say these machines are a bit beat up and seem to…read moreneed a tune up. As I would turn the machine would lose a lot of power and my partner ran out of gas with a hour left, so they didn't fill up both machines asine still had half a tank left. $600 deposit and make sure to take a good video of the machines. The process of receiving instruction was a little odd as a younger kid was giving us rules then a seemingly drunk older man in a truck kept talking over him who I assume is the owner? Kind of a weird dynamic going on here. The process of taking off and riding was good no issues there.

Ohmygoodness, not enough good to say!!…read more My friend and I had never been paddle boarding, it was 95 deg out with 72% humidity and we were feeling adventurous. Did a quick google search and found this place. Gave a call and the voicemail said to leave a message and they would get back. Yeah right. Well, about 30 minutes later the phone rang! Learned that SUPs were first come first served, but mentioned we were headed to them in mound from Coon Rapids and it would kinda suck to drive that far. I asked what our chances were and they were sweet enough to make sure they didn't all disappear! The process is super easy, tou check in and then walk the few hundred feet to the beach. They bring the boards (or whatever you've rented) over to you and you're set! When you're done you just beach the items and they come grab them. Only down side is SUP is kinda hard for a newbie as the lake is clearly a play lake. Constantly rough from all the jet skiiers.

Place is a gem in the Twin Cities for kids. Priced a little higher than other local aquatic…read moreoptions it seems to draw a more mellow crowd but gets busy on those hot summer days. They feature great changing rooms a massive swim pool and littles pool and water adventure. Low and high dive add entertainment as there are regulars (even some in speedos) a zip line over water, water slide and a bonus wave pool that costs additional money. We bought passes ahead and our kids love it.

Awesome time with the kids! Great place to relax for the day while the kids run their hearts out!read more