Fun little skate park where some of my friends go…read more I took my younger cousin here to see Lightning Bolt play a live show and she loved it. She is from a small rural town in Illinois so the combination of young skaters and live music was veryyyyy cool to her! I like that we have this spot in the city- great resource- hope they continue to do live shows!

Cool little skate park that sometimes has live music. Great location right in the heart of downtown…read morenext to Trinity Brewhouse and Trinity Rep, I hope they keep this spot vibrant and alive for my skater friends!

Great place to take skaters, scooter kids, and bmx cyclists to play on ramps when the weather is…read morenot good enough to be outside. Staff is friendly and The facilities are clean (or as clean as a skate park might be aka stickers everywhere). Most importantly, the bathrooms are clean! There are lockers you can use to store your stuff. Bring your own lock. There's a skate shop and a couple of different areas different styles of ramps. There are lots of areas for parents to hang out or kids to chill and eat food. There's even a couch and some upholstered chairs for watching skate videos. Bring your own snacks or buy food from the snack bar or the vending machines. Not a whole lot of options, but there is hot coffee and tea. If you want more than snacks, I recommend bringing food in. Prices are $25 for a three hour session or $50 for the entire day. Skate parks and scooters are available to rent for 10 bucks. It feels like a pretty good value when you compare it to the cost of other activities such as snowboarding for over $100 a day. You can even rent the place for private parties for $200 per hour certain days.

Multiple visits here, great large park, great music, awesome pro shop for skateboards. Scooters…read moreand all related equipment. Friendly staff and awesome instructors if your looking for a few lessons to step up your skill set

Diamond Hill State Park is 373-acres of fields, woods, pavilions, and steep slopes. A former…read moredownhill ski facility, this area is full of hiking trails, old ski machinery, picnic areas, a pond/stage structure, among many other features. Looking for a place to participate in short hike, a group of friends and I decided to check out what this park had to offer. Finding little information online as well as little direction once we arrived... we decided to just walk around and see what we could find. Locating a clearing in the trees after walking through a wide-open aisle of shaded picnic tables on a bed of pine needles, we trekked over an open field and eventually followed a couple small hiker signs we found. Be prepared to hike STRAIGHT UP the hillside. Making the summit means scrambling up a series of extremely steep hills covered in loose rocks and dirt. I was thinking it felt dangerous on the way up... then I reached the way down and felt even more uneasy with each step down. It was an adventure none-the-less. I enjoyed checking out the abandoned ski lift equipment on the way up and envisioning the history of this park as a ski reservation. Though I've never been skiing myself, I can't imagine dodging the rocks and trees on the way down. As with most aging structures, these are covered in graffiti and surrounded by the remnants of old campfires and broken beer bottles. I wished the summit had a more rewarding view, but feeling the accomplishment of climbing to the top is fulfilling enough I suppose. In trying to learn more about the park, I discovered that Cumberlandfest is held here each year. Entertainment makes use of the staging area complete with pond, the lot I suppose holds the carnival rides, etc. I feel as though this park has a lot of unexplored potential. A nice outdoor space for those nearby; I'm not sure it would be worth a long distance drive for a visit, unfortunately. Also the location of "Haunted Hill" in the fall for a good scare with the family! (http://www.hauntedhill.net/)

Ahhhh such a shame what's happened to this place. We used to go here all the time when I was little…read more- now it's completely changed for the worse! The main stage where bands would play is destroyed and the pond...well, is no longer a pond. They've closed off the water source so it's just a dry swamp that remains.There's a ton of trash in there as well. The land in general seems unkept, and the only positive I noticed is that they've created a sort of skate/bike park for kids in a corner. Anyone know if they still have the haunted trail here for Halloween? I remember sledding down that big hill, picnicing, bbqing and just walking around here after grabbing an ice cream from across the street.

One of my favorite weekend walking or short hiking spots…read more They also have a big pond/lake with a small sandy beach that has a lifeguard in the summer. It's very kid friendly and there are tons of families there in a warm day. By the beach there are restrooms, picnic tables and a cafe that serves snacks, fast food and ice cream. You can walk a loop around the water which is very scenic and relatively easy on a paved road. Or you can venture off the road onto the many hiking and mountain biking trails that run through the woods. Bring decent shoes for this as the trails are relatively short but can be steep, rocky and muddy at times. It's beautiful and peaceful but also there are enough people out that a single woman alone could feel safe. Lots of people bring their dogs for walks here. There are also picnic spots with grills and areas where you can boulder and rock climb. Truly a lovely park that has something for everyone!

I don't consider myself a typical RI'er in that I can hop in my car and do a 2-3 hour drive without…read moreblinking an eye, and am not afraid to go more than a couple miles from my home. That said, as a life long RI-er this was one of those places that had been on my 'to-do' list for some time and I finally got around to getting there. Very mixed feelings. First, the amount of dogs off-leash is astounding. There was even one that came charging at me and I drew my pepper spray to prepare to use it, and the owner started freaking out at me. Luckly the dog stopped before I had to. The amount of landmines on the trails and road was absurd as well. It may very well be a nice place to walk and recreate, but if I have to consistently keep my head on a swivel for charging dogs and landmines then its not really worth it for me. That said, there are plenty of nice views and scenery. One could easily spend an entire day here just exploring and milling about. There's even a cemetery in the park as well, if you're into historical sites. So if you don't mind off leash dogs and have to watch every step you may still get some enjoyment out of it.

Billy Taylor Park is a small park in the Camp street neighborhood, just east of N Main Street in…read moreProvidence, at the corner of Cypress and Camp. The park includes basketball courts, playground equipment for ages 2-13, picnic areas, grassy hill, and large trees to the side. There is also a new teaching garden, benches and skateboard area. It is used by many as an urban park to relax and play some sports. I see many kids during school days using it as part of recess or just as a place to exercise and be active during the day.

Every neighborhood needs a park. And Billy Taylor is a gem of the Camp Street neighborhood…read more Basketball courts, playground, outdoor grills, and even an enclosed water park for the summer! We enjoyed a picnic and frolic before Friday Night Live at the Everett Theater. Will definitely be back to check out the 'Eiffel Tower' rope tower on the playground. More points if it was better lit and so many fences didn't get in the way of freer play.

Father Lennon Park, located next to the Selim-Rogers Recreation Center in Providence' Smith Hill…read moreneighborhood, features a large field, walking paths, a playground and community garden. The park also has a Skate Bowl and Pump Track for skateboarders and bikers, and a parkour area for those looking for a more adventurous playground! A lot of kids come here to skate, so it's becoming more of a Skate Park than a green space, walkable park...even though there are 0.2 miles of paths for walking. Still there are nice places to relax away from the skate park.... This park was formerly a soccer field, but was rededicated in 1997 to Father John Lennon, a Dominican reverend who grew up near the park and was an active community leader. Little kids enjoy the playground for 5-12 year-olds, paths to link features in the park, shade trees, and a rain garden. The RIPTA 50, 56 and 57 buses all pass near the park on Douglas and Smith Streets

This small park is located in downtown Providence, right next to Kennedy Plaza, which is a huge bus…read morestop connector. There's a huge fountain, playground, benches, and walking paths. The statue of Ambrose Burnside on a horse is a grand one and can't be missed; the park was named after this Civil War general and governor of Rhode Island. Fun fact: he was the first person to rock a side burn, hence the name Burnside. Both the fountain and statue were added to the park in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There were bus stops all around the park. Many people were enjoying it and walking through. Cons: I did notice that there were trash all over; some of the people using the park just trashes it. I am not sure why this was the case because I saw trash bins throughout the city. Otherwise, the park would be very beautiful, historic, and in the middle of a bustling city.

This park is named for Ambrose Burnside, a Rhode Island general in the American Civil War. An…read moreequestrian statue of him is in the center of the park. The Bajnotti Fountain, sculpted in 1902 by Enid Yandell is being repaired. The Occupy Providence Movement took place here. Today free meals were being distributed here. The park reeked of marijuana & there were liquor bottles, cigarette butts & garbage all over the ground.

The Blackstone River Park put on a historic tour with an NPS guide, so my review is more for that…read morethan for the bike path. There is a parking lot at the Wilber House (open seasonally) and the guide described and showed the site of the original mill off of the river canal and then walked us over the multistate bridge to the Ashton Mill and pointed out the smokestacks of the factory-turned-lofts and the old residence of the factory workers. If possible, you should check park events because it gave some great local history of the site. It sounds like they have some tours on weekdays and weekends. If not on a tour, there are some informational signs but not much to look at and wouldn't take more than 10 minutes to read the signs. The interaction was definitely a great additional to learning about the site.

The Blackstone River Bikeway is a beautiful way to explore the Blackstone Valley, whether by bike…read moreor on foot and offers something for everyone to enjoy. We have done it both ways, mostly by bike. It is a beautiful green space that goes along rivers and small waterfalls, just lovely. With over 24 miles already constructed, the vision is for it to extend 48 miles from downtown Worcester, MA, to India Point Park in Providence, RI. From there, it connects with the existing East Bay Bike Path and continues to Bristol, RI, for additional 14.5 miles. When completed, the Blackstone River Bikeway will serve as an alternate mode of transportation for commuters as well as the region's premier recreational resource, connecting New England's second and third largest cities.

I wish I loved this park more because it's so close to my house; however, it does need lots of work…read moredone to it, especially the playground. I've taken my daughter here a couple of times and I'm not sure about the safety of their equipment. I do like that they have a turf surface at the playground. The park itself has plenty of benches and shade, making it a nice place to just chill out and relax at. They also have pickleball/tennis courts, and a baseball field.

Really like this little park, it's well Maintained but smaller. Has a playground for the kids,…read morepickle ball and tennis court as well as a basketball court. There's limited parking and loops around narrowly so be careful on the drive up. Some small benches around but I feel more need to be added.