This very small park is located at the southeast portion of Pensacola Regional Airport. to the…read morePensacola International Airport property! It is set way back along a somewhat secluded road called Jerry L Maygarden Road. It may seem like you're going onto private property, but you're not! The park is between the SkyWarrior Flight Training & Pensacola Aviation Center to the left and the Pensacola Air Flight School & the Pensacola Navy Flying Club to the right. There's a gate at the entrance of this park. It is free to the public. The park is open from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily. There are picnic tables of which one has shade. It rained a lot while I was visiting Pensacola in August. The park looks like a mini airport with runways, control tower, and airplanes! Although there is a mini Control Tower (observation tower) at this park, I could not get to the stairs without stepping into a very large pool of water! I really wanted to go up there, but I didn't want to get my shoes soaking wet! The main walkway is a mock runway. The smiling red, blue, and yellow airplane toys are off to the side. Too cute!!! This discovery park is also known as the General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. Aviation Discovery Park. General "Chappie" was a Pensacola native who became the first African American four-star general to serve in the U.S. military. There are tribute plaques to him and other individuals important to aviation. I stayed here for about a half hour and watched the planes land & take off at the Pensacola Regional Airport. Hubby & I used to park near the Los Angeles Airport (LAX) way back in the day before the road was barricaded and closed to the public. We'd watch the planes take off! I miss that and it was nice to be able to do that here for a bit!

Great area to take a kid for snack and out door time! You can hear the control towerread more

This is a nicely located huge dog park. Sure, it's sandy but it's also shady! I enjoy going during…read moreodd hours throughout the day and it's usually empty. If you go on the weekends or during normal hours you'll likely have a good play group! Also enjoyable

Came for the Crawfish Festival! So many nice vendors and great food! We had a great time walking…read morearound and looking at all the different things vendors had to offer. We purchased a dog collar for our fur baby and a wine tumbler. I also got the pound of crawfish, very delicious!

This park is pretty and host to many events in Pensacola. Without something going on it is just a…read morepretty place to visit or use as a meeting place after hitting the shops and eateries around.

This place is so peaceful and beautiful. My pics don't do it justice. There are multiple…read morerestrooms, you can camp and walk the trails, the ocean is right there, there's a boat ramp, lots of flora and fauna, and not expensive. There's lots of parking as well. I stop by whenever I'm near.

First time checking out this state park out and wasn't sure what to expect as we are visiting the…read morearea but it was great. Admission was $6 for out of state cars. Lots of boardwalk areas combined with well maintained sand trails, nice picnic areas and bathrooms along with camping areas. We just stopped in to hike the 3.5 mile loop. We followed the trails which for the most part are well marked but realized somehow even though we were on the main sand trails we weren't on the loop that the ranger told us to follow so it's not hard to get off target. Your phone GPS combine with the provided map proved to be the best solution for us. Peaceful trails, nice bathroom facilities and scenery combined with wildlife made for a great two hour excursion.

A small park with basketball courts, skateboard ramps, a children's area, a walkway around the park…read moreand a decent amount of space. I am sure that this park serves the neighborhood well. It was rather busy on the Monday afternoon and I was walking around it.

this is a cute spot. there was barely any parking no designated lot. boardwalk path. fairy house.read more

Enjoyed our visit. Not many dogs in small dog park on Sunday. I met a very nice young man named…read moreCory that brought his dog over from big dog side to play with Oliver and they had a great time. Come to find out Cory was from Chattanooga and I am from Huntsville, so small world when we Met in Pensacola. Enjoyed our visit. the park was clean a lot of toys only drawback is the water fountain for the dogs was very very slow coming out. There was a bowl there for the dogs that you could get water I did bring water and a bowl from my dog and of course I brought toys and bag for his waste. There is bags available for you to use there. somebody was in the small dog side cleaning up, overall the park was clean and was maintained. It looked in good repair. I did give it a five star I was impressed. There is chairs there is also benches and there is shade I did see bathrooms that was up closer to the front of the park so I did not see them by the dog park side so it was a bit of a walk, but there was benches by the trees, so you did have a shade that you could sit in while your fur baby played .

I went here today for the first time…read more This place could *potentially* be a really GREAT park if the grounds were fertilized & better maintained. It was pretty dry & dusty while we were there. It really needs regular irrigation. The grass patches had a lot of high weeds in them. It's a large park with a very large covered pavilion & picnic tables for large gatherings. It has a great kids playground & several fields. If also has 2 fenced in dog areas for small & large dogs. There were a few people there hanging in their tinted window cars in the parking lot which was a bit of a bummer. I really liked it. I do wish they would maintain the grounds better. I will check out the dog parks & update the review.

Fabulous little park downtown Pirate'cola. Multiple real…read moreCannons adorn the park perimeter like a fortress! Arrrr!! There is a statue of "Jackson" & a tall obelisk in the middle of the park. Live music on the weekends in good weather. Home of "Pâte à choux" the squirrel! He is very friendly & likes it when you feed him potato chips. Right across the street from, yep, you guessed it! "Jackson's" Steakhouse. The best Restaurant in Pirate'cola right on the park. Oui Oui. Come see little "Pâte à choux" he's so hungry for visitors, bring some snacks! Highly recommend.

I use to eat lunch here daily. The park is quite and neat. Only a minor problem with the…read morehomeless, they don't ask for money or food. Great place to practice night photography. Remember the park closes at 11pm