Optimist Park is a nice enough park with s basketball court, volleyball court, a children's…read moreplayground, a baseball field and more. It has a pleasant ambiance and was pretty packed with people enjoying this park. I would definitely recommend this park.

Beautiful park with large playground and sports fields and lots of grass. There's even a free…read morelibrary

This five acre park has a good bit of activity. I was hoping for a nice picnic area but did not…read morefind one near the entrance where I managed to find parking. The park includes baseball and football/soccer fields. There are some limited bleachers for spectators but lots of room for setting up your own chairs. The park is not lighted. There are no bathrooms here. [Review 14059 overall, 1381 of 2020, number 1124 in Florida.]

I love this park. It's family friendly and safe for everyone even pets. There are 2 large…read morebaseball/multi-purpose fields and a very large field which it shares with the adjacent elementary school (Canopy Oaks Elementary).

The park has a playground, swing set, open grassy area, benches. The grassy area is large and has a…read morelot of space.

If this were any other day, I'm sure I'd rate this park higher, but please be aware that this…read morereview is based on my experience from Independence Day. That being said, we went for the holiday celebrations, and well, this was packed more than a can of sardines. We were only there the last hour of the festivities, but it felt like an eternity. Lines, lines everywhere, with lots of disorganization as there were minimal lights and a lot of staff that were directing people to park in places further when there was parking up front. Ugh. Definitely a place to come early for a special day because it's hard to get a decent spot otherwise. The lines, lines everywhere continued everywhere honestly. The food trucks, the finding a good spot, the entering and leaving the park. Sigh. At least the fireworks were pretty. Will have to return on a regular day to see if I can actually enjoy this park rather than just think of all the stress it brought us.

New park discovery of a Tallahasee gem for running and hiking …read more This 255-acre park with 3 1 mile mountain bike trail was named in 1977 after a Leon High coach (1944 to 1946) Thomas Irwin Brown .Tom Brown was also a Babe Ruth League coach for 20 years and a Leon County Commisioner for 14 years. His love of sports was the blueprint for establishing these beautiful and well-kept trails and park. I love to find new places to run and hike while traveling and was surprised at how many baseball, softball fields, and tennis / pickle board courts this park offers. You can hear the peck of woodpeckers on trees and many different types of birds such as cardinals and swallow tailed kite as you hike on their asphalt paths or dirt trails. A nice change from the normal sounds of Houston traffic. Check out this park while in Tally .

This is a nice pocket park that is one of seven parks in a chain called the Park Avenue Chain of…read moreParks. There is metered street parking on the streets surrounding the park and within a reasonable walking distance. This park is one of the first formal parks in the chain and date back to the 1880s when it was developed for public use. It is named after the Spanish explorer who discovered Florida and for whom Tallahassee's Leon County is named. The only sign designating the park is a small bronze maker in the ground that can be easily missed. It gets its name from the prominent Captain William C. Lewis family that played a key role in the financial, social and civic activities of Tallahassee for generations. This park is in very good shape and is maintained by the City of Tallahassee Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs. This is a wide open park with a lot of green space that is suitable for soccer/football games, playing catch, or flying a kite. There are a few, and I mean few benches to sit on in the park. The shady live oaks trees that you will find at the park are amazing and very picturesque. They provide a decent amount of shade. This park's main value is it being a chill spot. This park provides visitors a nice place to just sit back and relax. Being that this park is part of a chain of parks, you can bounce back and forward between parks, which is nice. You visit whatever park depending on your needs are at the time.

This is a thin pocket park that is located along a series of pocket parks that run along Park…read moreAvenue. There is metered street parking along the sides of the park and also within a reasonable walking distance. This park is home to one of Tallahassee's largest dog parks. The p[arks namesake was the person charged with doing the landscaping on the chain of parks that this park is located. It has a long history, being around for over 85 years. The park is not very well maintained and seemed to be a hangout for for local urban campers. The park has a brick paved walkway that goes down the center of it. You will also find a few metal square picnic tables and a pavilion with nothing under it. Just off of the dog park, is a paved circular area with benches along its outside perimeter. This is a nice hang out spot, if you are in the area and have no other place to go. I do not see much value outside of that and it is definitely not a destination spot.

Located in downtown Tallahassee, Greene Park is one of the seven downtown chain of parks along Park…read moreAvenue. It is named for Greene, who landscaped this chain as much as 80 years ago, one of his many contributions that enhances the natural beauty of Tallahassee. There is a fenced dog park here. Greene Park is between Duval and Bronough streets in front of the Leon County Library. There are benches and picnic tables and a brick walkway. [Review 14092 overall, 1414 of 2020, number 1153 in Florida.]

The weather was starting to get nice and cool in Tallahassee so I saw this place on Yelp and…read moredecided to go with my boyfriend. We were there for around an hour but it was literally nothing but the same trees for miles. I compared it to one of those fun houses at fairs where it's all Mirrors and you're looking at the same thing. We turned back around because it just got so repetitive. There was no body of water or other types of trees around.

This is an official state park, but they obviously didn't have much money for this one. That may be…read moreintentional to keep use down on a sensitive area. Facilities consist of a simple parking area, a small area designated for horse trailer parking, 2 old wood picnic tables that have seen better days and a little signage. There are no bathroom facilities. The draw here would be the trails which go north all the way to the northernmost boundary of the property at US 27S. I'll leave it to the hikers, bikers or horse riders to rate this park for the value of the trails. For this more sedentary user there wasn't anything worthwhile. I am glad they preserved a major section of the St. Marks River area for us. If you look this park up on the Florida State Parks website it is called St. Marks River Preserve State Park even though their sign at the park doesn't say that.