This is a cute little park in the Blackstone Boulevard area of the East side of Providence…read more You can stroll right by the Seekonk river and enjoy the nice water views or you can spend time in the green spaces that run along Angell Street or Paterson St. We have come here for bird watching, to have a picnic or just for a nice stroll....since it is across from the Blackstone Field, it's easy to enjoy time around nature. This quiet neighborhood park has a nice playground, picnic benches, a sandbox and a field.

This park is a hidden gem. And it remained hidden even to me because I was looking for "Patterson"…read moreinstead of spelling it properly and google maps was convinced that I was trying to go to a park in Baltimore. The things I like about this park is that it's got enough "danger" to keep the bigger/braver kids happy but enough safety to prevent treachery. Especially for the littles. The thing I love about this park is the proximity to the wooded area. That's unbeatable.

Awesome playground! Can get windy so be prepared. Also can be a bit noisy because it's close to the…read morestreet but it's all fenced in. It has some really great structures. Very unique play place and well maintained.

We love this playground, it's so lovely. We always have a great time and being right by the water…read moreis so nice.

This scenic park has great views to catch a magical sunset. Also known as the Seven Hills, this is…read moreone great place for winter fun and going sledding. There's several fields for baseball as well as a playground for the kids. However, the playground is well abused and not the best in the area. For that, I suggest going elsewhere for playground playing such as Pierce Beach in Somerset across the river. I'm sure things will be getting an improvement here with the new school construction underway.

North park is a great place for kids of all ages. It is right next to a middle school so there are…read moreleads kids hanging out there and I think it was a great idea to build a play ground for younger children too. The park is a great place and hope it stays that way. I would definitely go again.

What a great park for the little ones. It appears to be very new /great condition. I love that the…read moreground is like that soft mat so it's great for the little ones that are just learning to walk and can walk and fall down without getting hurt. There's so many different things for the kids to do. It's not your typical playground. Definitely worth checking it out. I was actually very surprised that it wasn't busier. I also love that it has like that secured entrance. It has a little walkway where there's like one gate you secure it then you walk and then there's another gate. Definitely better for safety.

Tucked back into a neighborhood off Charles street is this hidden gem. THE NICEST playground…read morearound. Handicap accessible- parking - decent amount of shaded area.. never over populated. CLEAN!!!! Has some benches, picnic tables oh and ITS FENCED IN!!!! This park is great for all ages- something for everyone/all sizes!

Sea breeze in the late afternoon was much needed relief from the sun bearing down…read more Parking lot is tiny. Has a beach that is very spacious and offers play set for children. Best advice I followed - use the grounds facility instead of portable toilets.

Music and mounds…read more Burr's Hill Park is a seven and a half acre park that sits right across from the town beach. A very pleasant place with nice views of the water but this park also holds a bit of a mystery. The park has baseball fields, basketball and tennis courts, and a bandshell where a summer concert series is held. Other events and gatherings are also frequently conducted at the park. It's also right next to the East Bay Bike Path so it's a convenient place to use the bathrooms or get some water while biking by. One of the things that first struck me when viewing the park are the strange mounds that rise up on the perimeter of the park. If you look closely it becomes obvious that these are not natural but created by people a long time ago. These enigmatic mounds are actually the remains of a Revolutionary Fort that was built here centuries ago and long forgotten. No signs or historical plaques are around to mark the site but it's still pretty cool. I couldn't find any signs of recent archaeological activity nor any reference to any digs that have been conducted in the park so who knows what treasures lurk below the surface. Burr's Hill is a nice place that serves many of the recreational and artistic needs of the people of Warren. Interesting to realize that several centuries ago the value and function of the park served a far more martial and less pleasant purpose.

While we were in Providence Rhode Island my family and I stopped at this wonderful Riverside Park…read more Really had a great time my kids enjoyed sliding on the slides and climbing up on the blue tractor like things they had it was a lot of fun. We didn't get to spend much time in Providence Rhode Island but this is one thing I am glad that we checked out and had my kids play on it was a lot of fun

Love this place! A community garden, places to sit, and a nice long walking path.read more

Amazing park... wonderful area for kids on playground... walking areas are great too... attend a…read morefair and concert there it is a well maintained park!

A whole lot of…read morefields Swansea Memorial Park is frequently called Veterans Memorial Park or occasionally Town Park. The park is a vast area that includes a variety of different baseball, softball, and soccer fields. The local Little League as well as other groups have games here during the summer months. The park also has a nice playground in addition to basketball and tennis courts. All the facilities are in excellent condition and the entire complex is very well maintained. It gets crowded during the summer months when Little League games are being played, but there is plenty of parking. The park is very safe and has lots of families use it but on a couple of occasions I did see what appeared to be high school or even younger kids drinking, smoking and being quite rowdy by the wooded area. Curiously they seemed to be taking pictures of each other in curious and rather licentious poses and didn't seem bothered that groups of people were fairly close. But they didn't seem to be a danger to anyone but themselves. Despite the young knuckleheads, the park is an excellent place to play or watch some sports. And no matter what you call the park, the wide variety of facilities assures that there is something for everyone here.

Great neighborhood park located at the corner of residential street, just a few blocks from Wayland…read moresq. Great place to take the kids. Park is fully enclosed. Plenty of on street parking

This 1.2 acre fenced playground and gardens, known colloquially as "the baby park," was created…read morethrough a gift to the city of Providence in July 1917 by Mrs. Josephine E. Potter in memory of her daughter Gladys. The two stone tablets set into the brick and stone columns that frame the entrance to the park, anchoring its wrought-iron gates, provide the basic facts: * "The Gladys Potter Garden/ December 4 1883/ November 16 1891" * "This garden was given by a mother in loving memory of her little girl who loved this spot and who used to walk here with her father when it was a part of an attractive ravine/ MCMXX" I have biked many times around this park and it gets busy with kids during the school year....teachers and child care workers keep an eye on the little ones as they enjoy the playground and the green spaces....the park is well fenced, so it's very secure. Mrs. Potter's gift to establish and maintain the park was substantial: about $15,000 ($250,000 in current dollars) for the land and landscaping costs, plus $10,000 ($160,000 today) provided in her will to endow a fund for the maintenance of the park. Mrs. Potter described this gift in her daughter's memory as the "fulfillment of a long cherished ambition," and expressed the hope that "this parcel of land shall be a place of beauty and satisfaction to the neighborhood and a place where persons interested in such things may stop and rest and enjoy the beauty of the flowers and the cultivated garden which will be established here." In her will, Mrs. Potter left more than $660 thousand (today over $8.4 million) to the Rhode Island Hospital to establish a building in memory of her daughter and husband. The Potter Building is still operating at Rhode Island Hospital; and in a lobby of the hospital's Davol Building is a bronze plaque that commemorates the original gift, and a large oil portrait of little Gladys Potter.