4/8/21. Another lovely day in WNY - quite hot, high of 84 degrees - record breaking temperature!…read more Another visit to a park ....Bassett Park in Williamsville! Small park with a couple of ponds, large grassy area, few paved walking trails, bathroom facilities. Bandstand / amphitheater - waiting for summer concert series to make it come alive! New parking lot - glad they finally paved a black top one. A muddy mess on a rainy day when you had to park your car on the grass - no more! A few benches to sit and enjoy the evening breeze and catch up with a dear, long time, friend tonight. We walked our dogs along the paved pathways. Several folks enjoying the warm evening outdoors sitting on folding chairs or blankets. Kids playing catch. Playground area on one side. A decent, clean, neighborhood park.

Bassett Park is a very small town park at the corner of Bassett and Klein Rd in Williamsville. The…read moremain feature of the park is a grandstand where a variety of different weekly concerts are held in the summer. The grandstand was expanded last year and at the same time the parking area was as well. The main occupants of the park seem to be ducks, geese, and what looks like a local school track team that can be seems frequently running around the park. A couple of years ago an art sculpture was placed in the park. I personally think it's placed too far back to be thoroughly enjoyed. To me it looks like kids 'pick up sticks', for those that remember them. It's suppose to be thought provoking and that's my thought. Come in the summer and check out the concerts!

I absolutely love to come to this playground with my daughter. We have been coming since she was a…read morebaby. Now that she's two, they have a vast amount of things for smaller toddlers to take part in. There are pretend shops set up, a toddler playground separate from the big kid playground and plenty of swings. It's always clean and the people who use it are very friendly. I highly encourage you to come visit.

We visit here for the playground. It's a modern playground with modern swings and other items that…read moreI didn't have on my lead infested playgrounds of yesteryear. My son really enjoys checking out the replica storefronts as this playground boasts a tiny main street of popular establishments in the village. We visited on a summer weekday and there were about 4 families at 9:30am. I have heard that it can sometimes get crowded, but it's no surprise because of how nice it is. There are also bathroom facilities on site as well that can be accessed from the outside. I believe there is a family restroom as well.

nice park and well maintained with a small skateboard area towards entrance, wading pool for kids,…read morebathrooms, picnic tables, playground and nature trail

The park is a nice park with soccer fields, a kiddie pool, several shelters, basketball courts,…read morewalking path and a nature trail. For winter there is a toboggan run with hill. The park is clean as are the bathrooms. The nature trail was in pretty good shape. If your from Alden, then you remember "the rope". The tree and rope are long gone but the hill is still there.

This park is off North Forest, a busy road, but it's set back enough to feel so nice and among…read morenature. The pool is great for the kids; they took lessons there and what a dedicated staff of young people that did a wonderful job instructing! From leery of the water to jumping in over a matter of a few classes, it was so good to see this development over a few short weeks. There are swings for siblings to enjoy or other playground equipment for fun. The fenced off pool area has plenty of grassy seating beyond, mostly bring your own chair, but a few benches. The locker rooms were a bit aged and could use an update. The park is a nice place to hang out!

I must have driven down North Forrest 1000's of time over the years and never really noticed this…read morepark. We went there to meet a few friends that suggested it as a good outdoor meeting place. We had a group of about 15 people and we were the only ones there. They have a nice pool and pool house that opens next week. I'm sure the place will be much more crowed then! Besides that there's a picnic pavilion, a small walking path, and large parking lot. Not a big place to explore, actually very small, but nice for our purpose. I'm sure in the summer the pool is the big draw. Will need to go back to get more pictures.

Great place to be! Did NOT know there was parking allowed in the park by the buildings. We walked…read morethrough the park on the one trail we found. A lot of work had been done just recently, as we saw Tree trunks and pieces moved from one spot to another to clear the trails. We got out to the baseball field then continued walking the trail. Outside the trails through the woods were a LOT of Flickers [woodpecker]. We've never been to any area where we saw so many flickers before on the Trees or ground. At one time there were seven of them on the ground! Be very careful because while we were deep within the woods, apparently I was bit by a wasp. Heard NO sign of wasps and we did NOT venture off the trail, but at one time within the first 20mins within the park, I was bit by something within my pants. Later at home I could see what was later identified as a wasp sting. I heard NO buzzing or anything, but apparently it got into my pant leg as I could feel something inside my trousers. Otherwise WE enjoyed being out in the Nature that is western New York and Pine Woods Park! I WAS disgusted to see that the woods trail and most of the open areas were littered with human filth and trash. Please everyone, YOU are part of the solution AND/or problem!! Please teach your kids to NOT litter! I put my trash while in the outdoors into my right back pocket, and when home or where there's an outdoor trash bin, it gets transferred to that. Also, kids learn from who they are with, or via their home environment, so if everyone around them trashes our parks, streets etc, then they will too. They learn from experiences. Please pick UP your trash or better yet, DO NOT LITTER OUR PARKS! I saw a lot of people walking their pets. I have seen a lot of pet owners at other western New York parks litter disgustingly with their pet poop. Either they leave the poop so YOU can step in it, or they pick it up, then when nobody is around, they throw it in bushes or leave their bag of pet poop in plain sight. IF you are a pet owner and do this, you are a disgusting person who should be fined, jailed and do community service picking up cigarette butts and dog poop off the streets! YOU should have your pet taken away and given to a true animal lover who will respect others, parks and other natural areas, and their pet, and NOT leave their poop out!

My kids and I stopped by for a bit in between running errands in this part of town. It's a small…read morecozy neighborhood park with a somewhat outdated playground under repair, but lots and lots of swings. Plenty of shade. There's a small nature trail. All the restrooms were mysteriously locked even though it's still summer, but there's a couple of port-a-potties. I wouldn't make a special trip, but it's a solid neighborhood park aside from the closed restrooms.

I have really come to love this park . My family often book shelters here for family gatherings …read more The park is spacious , and each shelter is a good distance from the others so it never feels crowded. The park has a basketball court as well as a tennis court . You will usually see a few people fishing in the pond (you will also see many geese-this is their hangout). The playground area is loved by my grandchildren and the splash pad is really cute and has kept the kids cool on many days during this hot summer. This is a clean, well maintained park . If I had a preference, I would prefer a few more shaded/tree covered areas in the park , but if you love the sun and don't need any more shade than what the individual shelters provide-this is a great place .

We come here for 7/4th every year & we never have an issue with the environment. Everyone comes for…read morea good time. Park is well maintained. The kids love the splash pad, playground, and volley ball area with sand!!

This park is tucked in off a Fairly Quiet Street, Paradise Rd., so it is easy to turn into from…read moreeither direction. It is about a half mile from Williamsville East high school and is more of a neighborhood park. There are Pickleball courts and large fields. Very few trash cans which makes walking your dog and picking up after him a little unpleasant. The fields do not drain very well so if you show up after a recent rainfall, it's a bit soggy and very buggy. If the neighborhood has seen her dry spell, the park is very pleasant. When there are soccer games or other organized sports activities, the parking spaces fill up quickly. There are no bathrooms at this park.

Positives: - Playground is in good shape…read more- Regulation Pickleball courts! They're in excellent condition. Nice option to have instead of Tennis, which is common elsewhere. Negatives: - Basketball court is in horrible condition. Time to fix this one up. Overall: - Come here for the Pickleball. Otherwise, there are better parks in the town. The pickleball courts alone warrant the 4 stars.

This is a very large park. The playground has a couple of large playsets, lots of swings, and a…read morecouple seesaws. The bathrooms are pretty well kept and didn't smell like outhouse when we visited like so many other playground bathrooms do, at least as far as the ladies room went. There's some paths for walking or biking that looked flat and smooth enough for blading as well. There's a big soccer field. They have a couple movie nights in the summer. There's also a small Santa's cottage that's open multiple days and times in December. Great park overall.

We came for the first time today and wow, I didn't know such a great park existed so close to home!…read more Three playgrounds (one seems to be wheelchair accessible), soccer fields, plenty of seating and picnic tables, restrooms, a pavilion, walking paths, Santa's Workshop (can't wait to find out more about that), and probably so much more that I can't even see from this spot. It all looks relatively new. Everything is clean, intact, and in very good shape. The kids are absolutely loving this park right now. I don't think I'll be able to get them to leave!