Had a chill walking around at Pinecliff park. Beautiful weather made the walk very enjoyable at…read morethis open park. This is not a huge park, from the main entrance walking to the last gazebo which is #7 is about 0.8 miles. Along the way there is restrooms at every bbq cover place, and several has volleyball nets. Sports field spread throughout Restrooms are fairly clean. Playground: 2, the main one is by the entrance. Parking: plentiful. Lake view: peaceful and easy to access. Highly recommend Also a great place to practice driving & reverse parking in the early morning time, IF needed

What a gem - super fun playground with bathrooms! I imagine there's more to do but when you're a…read morekid, why leave the playground?

I've really enjoyed each visit I have had at Little Bennett…read more If you need some fresh air and want to be in a peaceful environment but do not want to drive too far out of the city this is a great place to go. It is located pretty close off the highway which is convenient when coming here. They have nice camping grounds and plenty of hiking trails. If you expect to get a mountain peak picture or to see a waterfall this is not your place, it is just standard woods here. The trails are maintained well, you will not have to walk through any areas that have been overgrown with bush. The trails are pretty easy since it is not climbing a mountain. Highly recommend coming here if you live in the area.

I would actually have given this 5 stars, but …read more.. OK, the good? Beautiful grounds, spacious campsites, immaculate upkeep. Fun, free stuff for kids like the giant jump pillow and pedal kart track, plus some games (although one never happened, more later) and crafts. Lovely - and I do mean LOVELY - staff members. Not so good? The game that never happened - they have a thing called Gaga Ball, and we were told it would take place "around 3" on Saturday. We went and waited close to 45 minutes and the staff member never showed up. Luckily, DGD was happy to bounce endlessly on the Giant Pillow, but the short-staffed situation gives rise to disappointment. Secondly, the trails map!!! OMG what a disaster. We had the Montgomery County Regional Parks version, and the Little Bennett version, and they did not agree. Moreover, there are additional (?) trails that aren't shown, so it's really, REALLY easy to get mixed up. I'm a very seasoned hiker and still had trouble navigating to where we wanted to be. Also, we would never let my precious grandchildren ride their bikes here. Even on our loop, it wasn't especially safe, and on the main road? Forget it! Even if people actually drove the speed limit (yeah, right), the roads are narrow with not great visibility. Hence the one star deduction. I must say again, the campsites are spacious - I absolutely love that! But here are some tips, from just driving around to see everything: Loop B has no bathhouse/restroom facility. Really, those folks had to hike to Loop C bathhouse (where we were). The bathhouse on Loop A is located kind of close to the main road, so if you choose a site farther along the loop, you'll be hiking to go potty! Loop C was very nice, although weirdly the noise of the highway seemed especially loud at night. All in all, this is a very nice, very well maintained campground. The main reason we won't visit again is that the kiddos really need more to do, like fly kites, ride bikes, splash in water, etc., and this is not the place for those activities.

First - this is an amazing park…read more 1. Soccer fields everywhere!!! 2. Cricket, I walk by on the weekends and watch the matches - i miss cricket! 3. The walking trails are well maintained and both bikers and walkers are friendly! This is an amazing park. With indoor tennis, indoor pool as well as outdoor tennis, and outdoor pool. A water recreation area. Soccer fields and baseball/softball diamonds as well as a huge picnic area. This part has something from everyone! There is even a 2.1-mile track that walks around the entire facility. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pMj91bD4B2w The video is from the soccer area on the west side of the park. It was windy while i was walking in the park. But, the people were still out watching their kids play soccer! All of that and I still have more - A community garden, an archery area, a BMX/bicycle torture track, and every year at Halloween a haunted area to entertain the kids. Simply, amazing!

Golf balls are old and in terrible shape. Too many bugs around. Ball dispenser frequently…read moremalfunctions or breaks down.

Love coming here and doing walks, plus the scenery is great - huge lake. On my recent visit I went…read morewalking with a friend - off the beaten path. Also, took a short visit through the Discovery Center (my first time inside) - will have to check it out another time. I'm already looking forward to my next visit to this park as it is one of my favorites in the county. Visited November 2024

Enjoyed a wonderful barbecue here. The park is large and it's beautiful. We had a picnic pavilion…read moreright next to a playground. The facilities are well maintained here.

Stumbled upon this happy little place while on a fall adventure. They have a variety of animals and…read moreyou can ask to hold any of them except for snakes that are shedding and the tarantulas. (Not that I'd want to hold either.) we met Dobbii the bearded dragon who is quite the snuggler. Doesn't take long to see the animals and there are lots of trails to explore as well as a playground for the kiddos.

I love coming here. I love going to the park so I could take my dogs out there and play. Can't wait…read moreto see everyone tomorrow. It's gonna be cool.

It's closed for months to repair a sewage siphon in spring, which is ridiculous. There's a sewage…read morepipe that empties into the waterfall area, but people don't seem to care and they swim, even though you can smell the sewage. The whole place and even the forest is littered with hard lemonade and beer bottles, babies diapers, dog poop and all kinds of food wrappers.

Amazing hiking trails! Trails are pretty accessible for all levels…read more The trail maps need updating as there are some new trails.

Spring time in Baltimore does not get any better without a visit to Sherwood gardens for the full…read morebloom of the tulips. Me and my friends made a quick stop on the way home from brunch in the Cross Keys area, and the day was perfect for it. The park was alive with families and their furry friends just having small picnics and taking in the scenery. If you're not familiar with Sherwood Garden's, it's a privately owned community park in the Guilford section of Baltimore City. It's been famous for its annual tulip since the 1920's by John Sherwood, whose home bordered the park. To this day up to 70000 tulips are planted annually along with other flowers such as magnolias and dogwoods to name a few. Best time to visit is always towards the end of April and beginning of May. Although a private park, the public is always invited to stroll at your leisure throughout the grounds. The ongoing displays are 100% privately funded and depends entirely on contributions to fulfill its mission of providing a natural place for recreation for the community and related education.

I love tulips, so when I read about this place, I couldn't wait to visit. It's located as the…read morecenter of an expensive Baltimore block, surrounded by million dollar homes. There is no start or end, so just park on one of the surrounding streets and walk over. We were there the third weekend in April, and while the tulips were definitely past their peak, and many were completely gone, there were plenty of flower beds of tulips still blooming. Plus, almost all of the azaleas were blooming. I loved that they had so many different colored tulips and azaleas. They did different combination of colors in all the different flower beds, so we ended up seeing some surprisingly beautiful displays, even with some tulips no longer blooming. We weren't there very long because it was cold out, but this would be a great spot for engagement pictures or a picnic.

A bit of a mixed bag for me at Cunningham Falls…read more.. I was excited to find a listing of parks that supposedly had wheelchair accessible trails. I've never been to Cunningham Falls before and the idea of seeing a waterfall seemed lovely. However, the accessible boardwalk has strips on pretty much everything board which made me feel like I was riding a very angry horse. Each bump shot pain up my spine. I'm writing this a day later and I still hurt, and I think I'm a pretty tough chick... and the view of the falls was mostly blocked and not worth the actual pain. The Falls is more like a small stream of water that splashes down some rocks. It's a soothing noise but I was expecting something more grandiose... I suppose I could blame climate change. Most of the old stream beds are dry. We also checked out the "south beach" which I enjoyed. There's plenty of pavement, and packed gravel. I couldn't get close to the water, but that's okay because it was a sunny day and I prefer to stick to the shade. I was impressed by the fact that every picnic table has a grill nearby. If I lived closer I'd like to think I'd come to the south beach often, hide in the trees near the river, grill something delicious... but I was a several hours long trip from Dundalk, so it's unlikely that I'll return. It was a nice day-trip though. I don't regret going.

Hikes in a Sunday with friends. 100% recommend. I'd say it's beginner friendly. Beautiful water…read moreviews both on the hike and in the picnic areas. Hammocks, rental canoes. Such a nice all day event with families or a mate. Trash free park, wheelchair accessible, clean bathrooms. 100% recommend

This review is for the splash pad and playground. The incredibly awesome and very, very free splash…read morepad and playground. This new splash pad and playground serves as a reminder that damn Loudon County has some money. We got here at noon with our toddler and only planned to spend a couple of hours and ended up basically being here until they closed in the middle of summer at 8 PM. I think it's an amazing design to have three playground design for different ages right near the splash pad. Luckily it was like 5000° out so kids dried off the minute they left the waterpark to go to playgrounds. So being a wet mess really wasn't a concern. There are a few rules to the waterpark that includes no toys and no dogs and the standard diaper requirements for the incontinent , but otherwise it's pretty open and people were really really well behaved. The bathrooms are amazingly clean for a public bathrooms and offer wide enough stalls to change in. It's highly recommended because of temperatures and the fact that most of the place is concrete to wear water shoes. The only issue we had was that a baby kept putting wet banana peels like this was Mario kart in the splash pad and people kept tripping on them. Most of the water features are well functioning and a lot of fun. The playground themselves range from ages 5 to 12, and have a lot of hills with Astroturf, which is kind of fun to just roll down and they have slides built into them. There are a lot of climbing activities. The slides do get hot on a sunny day, but since the kids are already wet from the waterpark, they seem fine. And the park is very clean. We went on a weekday and it wasn't really that crowded, but I can see how weekends could be pretty full. They also have lots of tables for our families to sit down and enjoy some picnic items.

My kids love it. It's clean and lots of parking space and well maintained. It's worth visiting.read more