I was here at North Ponds Park on a nice Saturday morning in May 2019. The park itself is gorgeous and there's a 1 mile loop of paved asphalt that runs around it.
Unfortunately for me, I happened to be there to run that 1 mile lap 26 times for the marathon distance. You see, my experience here at North Ponds Park involves a foot race called Mind the Ducks, which is a 12 hour ultra distance foot race event that is held annually around this time of the year in this park. As I got to know the park through it's scenery and majesty, I did enjoy the views along the two ponds that sprawled along this urban oasis. I did enjoy the ambiance that is the park, where I'm sure many residents come here on a regular basis. The air was clean and the park itself was very much clean and plenty of trees to help beautify the area. I did enjoy the fact that there were plenty of ducks here, which coincidentally was the name of the event that I had participated in. The mile lap included a nice little steep hill about 1/4 mile in from the parking lot. I started to hate traversing that section after 10 laps in, but the weather was perfect that day and the park itself seemed to cheer me along. I was happy to be there, loop after loop.
The overall experience here at North Ponds Park could categorized as being exhausting, fun, and an adrenaline rush. Not many people Can do this, But the park itself is a great place for anyone and everyone to enjoy the Great outdoors and the open areas that is made possible by the local government. For the most part though, it was always a pleasure to see parks and other open areas in different areas of the country. It may look the same from place to place, but it always is different. The grounds are maintained by the good folks at the City of Webster New York. It also has a nice bathroom near the parking lot, which was a blessing for me since I had to use it about four times during my stay at this park. The bathroom is self was to be clean and adequate and not grungy and smelt bad, which was refreshing. The North Pond Park is located at 750 Holt road in Beautiful Webster New York. Since this is a public park, there is no admission fee required to come here and chill out. That's right folks, it is absolutely awesome to be here with anybody and everybody without having to pay money! With that said, as aforementioned before, there is a generous parking area for everyone and everyone to park their vehicle. The main parking lots in holes about roughly 40 cars. And there is a alternate parking that possibly has about 20 to 25 cars, but it is about half a mile on the other side of the park. This alternate entrance also a good option for anyone that can't find parking in the main lot.
For the most part though, the scenery at North Ponds Park was nice and blessed to be here, no matter what excuse I had to come here. It was nice to traverse the paved mile loop 26 times to knock off another marathon distance here in New York and feel confident that I can still do it. The venue was gorgeous and I always focused my energies and thoughts on the mini lakes aka ponds and the Ducks that makes their home here. I'm sure everyone and anyone enjoys this park each day whenever you're here. Definitely would like to recommend coming to this park if you are in the area. Watch out for that steep rise along the mile loop though. It's a doozy!
5.0 stars for the overall experience.
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