We're in in Springfield to visit family and saw opportunities to get the kids out and active when…read morewe came across Rutledge Wilson Farms and the activities they have in the fall. When you have three little girls anything that is themed as a fall carnival option is a win. The farm has ample parking, a shuttle service for people who have difficulties waking and during the holiday season have events set up that are ticket based. One tip get your tickets early the lines get long. Free: a fun play structure for kids that is awesome. A pond you can walk around and animals to pet and stables and farm equipment to look at play around and take pictures. For tickets : Corn Maze, rides, bounce houses, face painting and arts and crafts. They also have a gift store and just a lot of beautiful scenery, our kids loved it !

Cute little farm park. Fun little playground for kids approx 5-10 yoa. You can pet goats and cows…read moreand pigs (if they are cooperative in their pens). They have space to rent for parties (ac provided) but be prepared for barnyard smells. Lots of festivals thru the year hut Halloween is the big one where you can pick a pumpkin from the patch. Fishing available only for kids at a certain age so check their website. Free to get into park. Plenty of parking.

What a great place the gardens are great they have a…read more Walking trail and a Prarie. A lake lots of room to spend out. There's a welcome center .

Both my kids and my husband love this place, and so I love it too. They are really just getting…read moregoing, but the archery center is a great facility with both indoor and outdoor ranges and programs for all ages and abilities. When you first turn into the drive you'll think you're going to someone's house, which is exactly what this property used to be. Just keep following the drive to the metal building behind the big house - that's where you need to be. You can sign up for a one-time "try archery" class for $5 if you're a complete newbie and just want to give it a try. Ages 8 and up can take the Archery Level 1 class, which is a series of four classes that covers range safety and gives students the chance to shoot with both a compound and a recurve bow. All equipment is provided. Once you complete your first class, you can join the JOAD program - Junior Olympic Archery Development. You can either bring your own equipment or rent from the facility for this program. They also have 3D targets and are working on a walk-through type course for more experienced shooters. If you want to learn about archery, or are already knowledgeable and need a nice place to shoot, this is the place.

Love this place so walk or run or bike great place to take the kids they have a little playground…read moreyou can walk the dog

It's a lovely park outside of the city, where you can walk/jog/bike/ect. It's calm and not usually…read moretoo busy.

It's really nice to and hang out and look at the caves and water! Just never go at night!read more

Perfect place for long runs, I love the Galloway town area and the rivers on the way. If you like…read moreto run then you need to try this place

Phelp's Grove Park is always a winning park to hang out at, and I was most recently there for Yoga…read morein the Park. How perfect is Phelp's for that kind of thing? There is a concrete pad that fits dozens of people for the event. It was really perfect and I absolutely enjoyed myself and the Yoga. As for the rest of the park, there's a lot of room to run around and have fun for both kids and dogs, there are tennis courts and picnic spots, and you just really can't go wrong with an art museum bordering one side.

I love this Springfield park perhaps most of all. I love to trot down here for a good run, and…read moreevery time I do, I feel like I see something new. I see birthday parties; I see families, couples, people walking their dogs; I see LARPers (look it up); I see potlucks; I see high school science projects; I see track teams; I see lone runners. This is a great place to see the Springfield community at their happiest and most relaxed. Not to mention it offers an impressive amount of amenities: a few tennis courts, a full playground, BBQ pits, a sprinking of permament art installations, and a very nice, covered communal area. This is a very old park, and the practicality of it paired with all the old stone work and giant Oak trees makes for a unique place to stop and unwind alone or with your favorite people/pets. A few other reasons why Phelps rocks: it's in a gorgeous, well-established neighborhood full of interesting and well-maintaned forever homes and it's right next to the beloved art museum. It also has a righteously awesome butterfly garden (you'll see it if you look in the direction of the museum from the park itself), and walking through it in the summer is legitimately like walking in a dream. It's quite lovely. One word of advice I can provide is that this park is also historically a not-so-good place to visit after nightfall, as most Springfield parks are. Get your recreational fix in before sunset and call it a day, unless you're with a group.

After traveling to Japan earlier this year, we couldn't pass up the chance to visit the Mizumoto…read moreJapanese Stroll Garden while driving through Springfield! There is a small admission fee, but you can take as much time as you'd like strolling through the peaceful gardens. You'll find Japanese architecture, a traditional Zen garden, ponds, and information about Springfield's sister city in Japan. There's also plenty of wildlife--we spotted turtles and frogs, and you may even come across a snake or two! It's such a peaceful little escape and definitely worth a stop while you're in Springfield.

Cute little gardens. Not sure worth the entry fee. We usually go for Christmas light viewing in…read moreDecember. The nathaniel Greene Park attached to it is free and full of walking trails and green spaces for picnics and a few playgrounds.

A nice atmosphere with peaceful landscaping in the community for true bliss portrayed smarter to…read moreattend animal maintenance

This is a small but enjoyable zoo. If you'd like to take a few hours to walk around and see a nice…read morevariety of wildlife, I recommend this zoo. Most of the zoo is easily walkable, pretty flat. There are also many benches scattered about for rest. Thus, it's very friendly to people of all ages and abilities.  A section leading to the elephant and bears has some hills and requires effort to walk, so if you'd like to avoid that, just skip those animals. The zoo has many peacocks that roam the grounds. You will have many opportunities to see them on buildings, fences or simply reading or walking, frequently with their feathers in full display. The train is best for children, as it simply goes in a circle around some water--it's not a tour of the zoo.

You walk or run you can go fishing they even have nature classes go check it out you won't be…read moredisappointed