Nice park with diverse mining artifacts. Awesome little Lynx Creek Loop trail, my did loved it! read more

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I went to watch my friend fish and was amazed how low the lake was .. I hadn't been there for at least 4 yrs .. yet good place for dog walking and taking the kids out for a picnic .. my friend still caught a couple of trout. read more

This is the most beautiful park I have ever seen!!! if I lived near Prescott Valley, I would be here every day, hiking with my dogs and having picnics every weekend. Absolutely gorgeous! People are fishing off of the little dock which I have no interest in, but it is still so green and beautiful!!! Definitely a hidden treasure! You would never know that it is even there!!! read more

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So disappointing to see how neglected tbe park has become. Even the ducks have gone. Trash, driftwood and debris has made the water dirty, green and murky. It is being overgrown with invasive foxtails and other plants. Trash from humans littering is in/on/around the grass area and water as well. Also debris is stopping the water to circulate fresh water around the water filter pump. read more

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I needed a place to eat my take out lunch and Fain park was close by, it was lovely to sit in one of the covered picnic tables and enjoy the summer monsoon clouds. read more

Fain Park - Summer monsoon clouds through one of the covered picnic tables - Parks Near Me - Prescott Valley, Arizona

Nice clean little park in Prescott Valley. Their holiday Valley of Lights Walk is fantastic.

It is a very nice area, but I was there a few weeks ago and couldn't believe the amount of animal poop everywhere. I could hardly walk on the grass. I always pick up my dog's waste... why would people think someone else should do it? Clean up after your pets! read more

Stopped at this park to walk the dogs before starting a roadtrip that would last 6 hours (we still made stops along the way). The park is small, but offers several trails that are easy to walk for dogs and humans. The hills aren't overly steep and there are benches located in the best "photo spots" to take selfies (if that's your thing). There's a small lake with a pretty waterfall and bridges/platforms that extend over the lake. There were a few ducks wading, but they left after more people started arriving. There were also educational areas. One area for identifying local birds and other wildlife animals. Another area displayed different machines and tools for mining. This was a good park to visit. I'm happy we had a chance to check it out. This place was a hidden gem. read more

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Super cool place to go hang out! Moving here from a desert where all parks were the same, except for maybe a change in color of the playgrounds, it was cool to see a park where you can go hiking and fishing in addition to the usual park activities. read more

Please leash your dog! We followed the trail sign to visit a chapel and ended up being chased by unleashed pit bull sitting near a car appeared to be left by a hiker in the nearby parking. While running up the slope frightened going back to the building to take a breath, our dog with chronic kidney disease suffered from acute kidney injury and fainted. We didn't hear the dog owner's voice at all. I had to take him to animal ER on Sunday. He almost lost his life and it took a week to recover. We were glad to find such a beautiful place near the city where we can enjoy with dogs; however, the irresponsible dog owners destroy the purpose. I will still give stars because the terrible experience was caused by a human not the park or animals. read more

Dead deer was removed...a couple of weeks after my original review. Did not intend the original review to be taken as a joke. Happy that people were entertained by it but, there really was a carcass. And...it was gross. read more

I definitely recommend this park. It is more than just a park. There is water, streams, waterfalls, trails and old mining equipment. And probably a lot more I didn't see. read more

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No playground. This park is only good to walk your dogs, or have a picnic. The lake is peaceful, and the mineshaft items are a little interesting. The trails are easy, and there's some shade. Overall it's just an okay park. read more

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Super nice being able to go into nature in Arizona with little threat of scorpions, rattle snakes, coyotes, or other things that bite/kill. This is a fishing lake that you can walk around, has a small waterfall on one end and a grassy park on the other. Lots of rules as usual like no boating, alcohol, etc. I was surprised no one was playing in the water on such a warm day when I went last Saturday. I have to say, there were some weirdos there, I clutched my mace a couple times and held my kids hand close to me. But mostly it's a decent family spot to take your kids and chill in nature. I wish there were things to do besides fishing, and walking around the lake, like paddle boating, but the lake feeds into a dam with a drop off at one end that would make that a danger. I would reccomend a visit, bring a picnic lunch... and maybe a fishing pole. read more

This park was a pleasant surprise on our trip to Prescott yesterday. We had anticipated having a picnic lunch at the very nice A.C. Williams Granite Creek park, but remembered that we had driven into this park at night to look at a cool christmas display last fall. We didn't see much of what was in the park, but decided to give it a chance. Were we ever happy that we did! It's not a very big park as far as the grassy area and picnic tables, but it makes up for that with a rather large trail system that surrounds it. Even though they are small, the grassy area and picnic tables are very nice. It was a little crowded, but there are four ramadas with tables underneath, so we managed to find one. Two of the ramadas have one table, one of the ramadas has two tables and the last ramada has three tables. I saw a sign about reserving them for parties and such, so that's an option if you're looking to have a big family picnic. Each table would probably sit about 8-10 people. There are quite a few big trees around the area, and it looks like they've planted some recently to add even more shade in a few years. There is not a playground at this park, but after about 30 seconds of asking about it our kids completely forgot about it. They were too busy excitedly observing all that nature has to offer. We finished our lunch and decided to hike on the Lynx Creek Loop Trail. The trail is actually quite long. We hiked for about 10 minutes and only progressed about 1/6 of the way into it. If you were hiking at a faster rate you could probably do it quicker, but our kids were too interested in picking up sticks and playing in the water. Oh...I almost forgot to mention the water! Unlike many places in Arizona, this "creek" trail actually runs by a nice little flowing creek. There were plenty of little pools teeming with life that the kids found fascinating. It looked like a few of them would have been big enough for swimming in, but it was still a little too chilly for that. I assume, too, that we were still experiencing spring run-off, so the flow may decrease by the middle of summer. The trail itself is nicely shaded, with only a few spots where we had to hike in the sun. As I said, we didn't hike the whole thing, and it looks like it climbs up away from the creek at some point, so it may be a hot, exposed hike at that point. There is a display along the trail with 20-30 pieces of antique mining equipment, from when they used to mine Lynx Creek. It's pretty cool to see how far we've come with technology. Oh, yeah...I forgot about the lake too! The middle of the park is occupied by a decent-sized lake, with ducks, cormorants, turtles and fish. There is even a nice fishing dock, for whiling away those afternoons. The east end of the lake is held up by an impressive little dam, which you can walk to via a paved path from the picnic area. It's pretty cool! Part of the trail system runs around the lake, and we saw people fishing and enjoying themselves in the shade on all sides. One of the most important things about the park, at least to someone who has kids, is that they have restrooms. Not nasty pit toilets, either, but flushing toilets with running water in the sinks. The lack toilet paper was an issue in one of the bathrooms, though, so you may want to make sure you have a backup plan for that. There isn't soap in the bathrooms, either, but running water is better than no water. As I said, this park was definitely a pleasant surprise for us. We are always looking for cool places to visit to escape the Phoenix heat. We will definitely be coming back to this park, probably even within the next few months! read more

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Outstanding light show for Christmas. You have to see the magic that the lights bring to this holiday season.