Love this park! I'm so happy another moment mentioned it on one of my Facebook groups because it's…read morein a part of town we're always in AND it's got the coolest little zip line slash swing thing! It's so awesome! The kids love it and even adults have fun!! I do have to say there isn't much for the real little kids. It's just got one little train with a small slide and for some reason my daughter just isn't into it. But by next spring she'll be big enough for some other things and she'll be more entertained. This place also has swings, trucks to dig in a sand pit and some big slides and things to climb.

Great playground equipment. Terrific walking track too. Live the few trees that are there…read more Just not enough shade and more baby swings could be added

My kids continue to love the playground here. My son has a great love for Owen's Place Park and the…read morehill you can slide down on cardboard. He finds it the most fun thing to do. I love all the different play options then just a playground. The music area is cute and the little houses encourage imaginative play. Parking right by the park can be tight, but you have a bigger lot across the road. This park also have a lot of baseball and softball fields plus soccer areas. They are all well maintained. The bathrooms all over the park are nice and clean. They have a really nice paved path that goes from the front of the park to the back sports fields. They also have a wetland path that connects to the other wetlands in the area. We just started playing more regularly on the baseball fields in the back and they are nicely maintained. Lots of sitting options including benches and bleachers. Overall a really great park.

Such an awesome park. I actually came here with family on the 4th of July for the fireworks display…read morethey have here every year, and it hasn't ceased to be amazing!!!!

Orchardly Park is an excellent park for kids of all ages! There are swings (for babies and big…read morekids), many play sets (even a smaller one for younger kids), a splash pad, a sand pit, basketball courts, and a picnic shelter. I took an almost one-year-old baby here today. It is only street parking, but there were plenty of spots. The park has many trees, so there were spots of shade for us to rest. Many kids were playing at the park! But we played in the sand and used one of the many baby swings! This park is so much fun for kids of all ages! I brought a baby that's walking with assistance, and she had a blast! Other kids seemed to love running around and then cooling off in the splash pad. Highly recommend going here with your kiddos to get out of the house!

This is a great park for big and little kids! There's a little sandy area for babies with…read moreconstruction trucks in it. You can pretend you're a construction worker. LOL. There's about six swings, two or three playgrounds, and more baby swings. Parking isn't too bad here either. And, for the big kids, there's basketball hoops and tennis courts. The restrooms weren't too bad. (Unlike Shoup park - there's just a port-o-potty there!). The restrooms are next to the tennis courts.

Very nice little park. We stopped to have a picnic, since rest areas were closed…read more HOWEVER, no bathrooms

Very nice classic city park. We were there for the playground, of course. It's pretty big, with a…read morenew plastic playset in the center, and lots of older metal play structures around it. Slides, swings, climbing stuff, springy animal things, teeter totters, etc. Baby K loved it. Too hot to stay long, sadly, and too sunny so some things were hot. There's a big shelter, plus several smaller ones with single picnic tables underneath. Benches all around, a small skate park, large green space, decent amounts of shade trees.

A great park for kids of all ages. It has a nice playground area with swings slides and such.there…read moreare a few picnic tables and several benches There's a pond for fishing. There are maure trees for shade and some younger ones that will provide shade for future generations. The park is well maintained

Great park with a paved path. Also has a great playground that my kids love. If you have climbers…read morethis is the park for you! The elevator is one of my kids favorites as well. There is a Little Free Library. Open grass field. Picnic Shelter and tables. Bathrooms. Ample parking.

This park is great for kids who LOVE TO CLIMB! It is definitely geared toward older kids (6-12 year…read moreold) and not toddlers. There are many ropes and ladders to climb. There are also some awesome balance equipment to try! Something else to note: This park is not well shaded in the evenings. I brought a 3 year old to the park and while she had a lot of fun, it was quite challenging for her to climb on much of the equipment. There are also only two small slides which weren't easily accessible for her. They have a few toddler swings and a handicap accessible swing that she had fun trying!

Met friends here so the kids could play. Splashpad which we weren't dressed for but which was…read morepopular on a late July day. Big playset with lots of options. And shaded benches for the parents. Huge, old-school central city park. Ponds, plenty of parking, remnants of what must have been canoe livery and other attractions in years gone by. Shelters. Plenty of trees and also plenty of open space. A gem for the city, and I envy people who live right nearby.

Well, first off, I'd have to say don't believe everything you read/hear. Yes, I suppose this park…read more(along with a good bit of the "Field of Springs" itself...) doesn't have the best reputation, but other than its murky, garbage and algae choked waters, its reputation for DANGER after hours, and its general state of "past its prime," it's really a wonderful gem. I drive through here often on my way home from work, and it REALLY is the definition of a "gem in the ROUGH!!" There's TONS of history here, hidden away in the broken down boathouses just BEGGING to be restored to their former glory. There's a few large picnic pavilions, a dog park, a community garden, a busy playground and spray-ground for the kiddies, and so much more. A few years back, they created some "rapids" for kayakers, but it has very sadly been abandoned/not kept up. The park is the setting for a number of 5K races every year (Mr. M&P even "ran" a few...) and it's also the home of the wonderful Springfield Art Museum. Annual events like the Summer Arts Fest and the Food Truck Competition are VERY popular, but this place STILL (IMO...) gets no respect. Take a detour during the sunset hours, bring your pooch to the dog park, your kids to the playground, or just take a walk to clear your head. Give this "old girl" the respect she deserves...!! ENJOY!!

Visiting town and looking for a spot to walk. Large park with something for everyone, paved walking…read morepaths, frisbee golf, playground equipment, small pond and next door to skate park. Does have several shelters. Recommend

I haven't been here regularly in quite a few years lately because my kids are bigger now. I ran a…read morerace that came through the park and it's still a little hidden gem to me. Could it use some updates, sure, but I'm sure Kettering is getting there. The front of the park is a skate park and the back has a playground, path, disc golf course, picnic shelters, and a pond. The park also leads you to the Kettering Rec Center. I love that the park is rubber mulch. I also like the really cool and unique play structure. I do not remember the pond being so big so I feel like that has had an upgrade in the last few years. It looked nice. I'm not sure if you fish there or not. I do think they need to figure out how to get bathrooms back near where the shelters and playground are because if not you are walking up to the way front. The paths are in nice condition and connect to the neighborhoods for longer walks or runs.

This is one of the nicest parks in the area. The playground has new and unique equipment on a…read morepadded area. The playground is surrounded by a fence that only adults can reach high enough to undo the latch (which is mounted outside the fence requiring a sense of touch to undo it.) There are several other activities available for visitors: a baseball diamond, a multi goal basketball court, and a disc golf course that wraps around the other amenities and the large parking lot. I did not see any shelters/picnic tables/restrooms near the playground or else this could be a five star review. Review #1022

Fine little park for my toddler to explore. There's a playground, swings and shelter with picnic…read moretables. It gets the job done!