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.

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

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.

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.

Great park!! Clean. Bathrooms available. No mulch. Perfect for toddlers and older children.read more

Beautiful new equipment, handicap accessible, picnic tables, plenty of parking right by the…read moreplayground. Pavilion just completed 10/2011.

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.

The pricing is like a bad carnival. Tickets for every attraction and random ticket count per each…read moreone. Nothing special and overpriced.

This is one of my favorite parks the kiddos enjoy the hills and the water features during the warm…read moremonths. There is a small slide and climbing rock but mostly walking and open space. The only thing I don't care for is there are a lot of homeless lying around and at times they clog up the bathrooms which means the staff has to keep the doors locked. Nice walking and neat things to check out!

I think the single nicest feature of this park is the nearly perfect mounded hills. They look like…read moredrawings in a book. Also, the water way and fountain add a classy dimension to the center of the park.

Great little park for free. Spent many a day at this park when my kids were younger and it was…read moretheir favorite park. Lots of trails and a cute pond. Several play areas. This park is connected to the Greenway Trail system

This is such a great hidden gem in Springfield. My children love going to the butterfly house and…read moreall the different playgrounds and children's areas. It's also a great place to see people with their dogs are flying kites. Such a wonderful nature area and the people working there are always so kind.

For our family reunion picnic my mom selected Doling Park family center which was pretty brilliant…read more We were inside a large air conditioned facility with a kitchen, nice clean bathrooms, attendants on duty who happily pitched in to help with group photos. The park is really big with plenty of outdoor activities. Doling Park is a Springfield gem. I would definitely keep Doling Park Family Center in mind for future activities.

Love this gym! Not only the great equipment "way better than the one on Republic", but also a few…read moreof the girls in child care. Some of the girls there go above, and beyond. Playing, and entertaining the children, and it's free! There's never usually a wait for machines, place is clean, and no "muscle head's." Awesome court to play anything you like from basketball, volleyball even badminton!.. They have a lot of free aerobic classes, and a fantastic pool area. I would give this place 5 star's, but what's holding me back , is they use paper towels for cleaning instead of cloth, and their vending machine doesn't have lot's of healthy options. Other than that. I love this place!

Visited for the eagle presentation. Very informative, but extremely difficult to hear especially…read morefor my elderly father. It would have been exponentially better if the PA system and microphones were used correctly.

What a wonderful asset for Springfield to have! I came by to check it out with my family while…read morevisiting Springfield recently. We really enjoyed the trails, wildlife viewing windows, and interactive displays. We definitely recommend visiting!