I like Mountain park park, and not just because I have to say park park. It's heavy of sports…read moreparticipation, with several baseball fields, one football field, a few tennis courts, a volley ball field, and even nice bouldering rocks near a swing set...y'know, for those times you want to rock climb but don't want to fall more than 5 feet. In addition to all of the organized sports, whose fields are all kept up and look great, there's a skate park, two play areas for kids and lots of walking/cycling trail, both paved and unpaved.
There are two paved trails, one inner trail and then an outer trail, which hugs Pounds road for a time. Both trails add up to 1 mile total, and there's several natural trails that crisscrosses through the woods, also lined by benches here and there.
There's also a small pond and batting cages to round out everything on hand at this park, along with several parking spots to choose from, although during baseball or football practice, I could see this park being slammed with people.
I visited just around noon on a Wednesday and outside of two or three people on the trail, and a handful of folks playing tennis, it was a fairly empty park, something that you may want to take advantage of if it's more congested during the afternoon.
The park is kept up nice, and even though the walking trail is 1 mile in length, it sits on 44 acres and there's plenty to do for practically everyone...even if all you want is to sit and read, because as luck would have it, there's a library is beside/in front of the park, so go grab some reading material!
Nice neighborhood park with lots of opportunities for fun. Definitely worth stopping in if you're in the area.
