The lake is surrounded by parks. I may not have seen this in all it's glory (a sunny weekend day,…read morebut rather in between rain storms on a weekday evening), and didn't leave very impressed after my run around the lake. The east side is nice. The south end has some nice options for food and drinks. The west is pretty undeveloped, yet not natural looking. A bit more effort in landscaping or trying to give it that natural feel would make a huge difference. Putting in some fresh bike lanes / walking paths would help too. The current ones are old and look neglected.