Ethan Unklesbay
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This is a solid park. It's significantly larger and better kept than most, if not all, the other parks in Provo. It boasts a massive pavilion that would easily seat 300+, one smaller pavilion, and plenty of picnic tables scattered around the park, along the canal.
A cute canal cuts through the east side of the park, flanked by reeds, and sometimes visited by ducks. You have to walk across at one of Lions Park's 3 bridges to enter the park, which physically separates the park from the car parking lots.
2 parking lots grant access to the park, one nicely paved, curbed, and gardened. The other is kind of gravely and is not wheelchair friendly. If you live in a close neighborhood, you can walk in through the parking lots, a neighborhood sidewalk access point, and two stairways on the north and west sides of the park.
Beautifully, the entire west side of the park is slightly overgrown. There's a fence, but it's covered in creeper vines. Large, old trees lean over the fence and provide ample shade for so much of the walking path thatbcircles the park
Plenty of shade and seating, a baseball diamond, and a nice safe feeling are the highlights of this park.
We also enjoy weekly storytime over the summer, provided by Provo Library.
I'd love to see a bigger playset or an additional playset, considering the size of the park. There's also nowhere within walking distance where I could grab lunch and still keep an eye on my kids.