A very nice park with a well managed trail and a small waterfall to enjoy. There is also a small…read moreplay area for the kids as well. We did the loop around the park, which took us about an hour. There are benches at regular intervals if you want to give your feet a rest. We saw many squirrels while on the trail and many tortoises in the creek. It's a nice place to enjoy nature and rejuvenate. There is very limited parking and I don't remember seeing any restrooms in the park. It's a dog friendly park. Dogs need to be on leash and please clean up after your pups.

Very lovely park with beautiful green grass no matter the season! Perfect for taking photos or…read morespending a day walking and looking at the gorgeous houses! Very clean and well-kept area and a great place to get some fresh air and enjoy nature! Will definitely be coming back!!

I love the time it's in the summer but about the bugs is kind of a bit annoyed about. It's not that…read morethey should remove it. I'm just saying that it's too concerned for me. Well, it is a creek trail so there has to be bugs right but anyways, they have so many trails But my grandpa and I don't take off course trails because we just don't want to. We don't have any reason for, but we just don't want to. But it's so good looking lots of different species. I've actually saw species type of bug there. It was so beautiful. I even had a butterfly land on me one time I didn't want to move or scare away because it was so pretty.

This is such a great nature area to walk or bike around. There are nice paved paths for walking or…read morebiking and some nature trails you can explore. We walked off the paved paths and ended up lost in the middle of the forest but it was fun being surrounded by nature. If you walk on the paved path, then it'll loop around the entire park. The nature trails had some dead ends which sucks because we were hoping it would connect back to the main path somehow. The only surprising thing is the limited parking spot available. There's only one small parking lot with 7 SPOTS available for the park, and they were all taken by others. We had to park our cars at Chick-fil-a and walked across the street just to get to the park.

Tranquil park, ample parking, plenty of rides for the kids and a nice little trail for adults. They…read morealso have what seems to be a little corral for letting dogs loose. One of my new favorite parks!

My family loves this place. The facility is clean and well run and inexpensive. They have several…read moreworkout machines and the wait if any is minimal. I highly recommend you join if you are a Richardson resident.

Cottonwood Park is located across from Richardson High School in the southwest corner of the City…read moreof Richardson. It is a popular neighborhood park, but since it is one of the larger parks in Richardson, it attracts residents from around town. The park has a wide paved sidewalk that winds around the green space allowing visitors to get some exercise. There is a creek that flows through the park and has been dammed in two places to create large ponds that attract ducks, geese, herons and other wildlife. There are two walking bridges that cross the creek on the north and south side of the park. You can also find tennis courts, basketball hoops, sand volleyball, and a small swimming pool that has a separate deep end with diving boards. The pool is only open during the summer between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Weekend. Pool hours are limited and depend greatly on the city budget and the number of lifeguards available. A major attraction is a children's playground. It has been developed with different age groups in mind and is accessible for individuals with disabilities too. Twice a year, each spring and each fall, the city holds the Cottonwood Arts Festival. This is a juried event with artists from around the country displaying and selling their unique creations. The City of Richardson plants wildflowers all over the city each spring and reserves large areas of the park for the flowers too. It's a great place to take photos and have a picnic with your family. There are two covered pavilions that can be reserved by residents for parties, meetings, and other activities. The pavilions have tables and chairs and even electricity. I wish visitors to the park would do a better job of picking up after themselves, and I wish the city would do a better job of maintaining the park. Trashcans are often full and not emptied frequently enough so garbage ends up overflowing and blowing around into the grass and the waterway. Despite this, I really enjoy visiting this park on a regular basis. You should check it out too.

It was not like this growing up here there's so much dog poop and trash I think they abounded this…read morepark! The city needs to do something about this and if your one of these people throwing trash and leaving dog poop stop! Por favor para de estar asiendo eso

After a 3 day winter ice storm, we were ready to get outside when the temperature reached 60°F…read more We had a great time walking around the park. It was nice that the park had a lot of paved roads because the snow/ice melting that day left the grass pretty muddy. The park was pretty clean for the most part. There were some debris/trash stuck in the creek and in the forest sadly!

My favorite place to disc golf! Such a wide variety of holes and a beautiful walk across the park!read more

Terrace Park is on the East side of Hwy 75. The park has a small neighborhood pool. While I…read morepersonally would never swim here, I'm certain it is popular with the kids during the summer. The shallow end has a beach-type entrance that gradually slopes into the water. What drew me here was Dog Splash Day. Neighborhood pools in Richardson are open limited hours in the blazing hot summer when kids are out from school. Pools shutdown nearly a month before Labor Day because kids are already back in school. However the real fun happens on the last day of the season when they open the pool up to humans and dogs. The dogs had a blast swimming, jumping, and peeing in the pool. It was about 109 degrees on this particular summer day in August. There was very little shade, so what little they had, everyone was congregated under it. The people running the event took more cash than was advertised to get inside. City of Richardson said $6, but the gate entrance told me $7. The City of Richardson advertisement online said this was a fundraiser for the shelter, but Richardson Shelter staff on site did not acknowledge this. They said they were there to break up dog fights. Someone was kind enough to give me a pupcup which I used to lure my dog to the water. He got his paws wet, but didn't venture any closer. On his own volition, he did head over to the water to cool off, but upon it touching his belly hair, he immediately ran back to shore. Fun event! Glad I went. Will try again next year to get my dog into the water. Hopefully it won't be as hot.

Cute little spot by a friend's neighborhood. Awesome that it has a nice clean playground, tennis…read morecourts, a pool, and most importantly, plenty of trees! And the rock wall is easily my favorite part of this park... the best rock wall I've seen at a park in Richardson! Definitely worth a visit if you've got little ones.

This place is a great mental break! I have always passed this place while I walk around the…read moreneighborhood FOR YEARS, but never thought about checking this place out. It was until i got a herniated dish and couldn't walk too far that i decided to check this place out. HOLY COW. This place is the most serene, quiet, calm, clean mini park i have seen. There usually only one it two other people here when i go, and it's like having the park all to myself. It's so tiny, so as you are walking you can see the entire park in a circle. This really helped me mentally when i herniated my disk, so now i come here when I'm stressed and need a mental break! I love this kil secret park.

Small park. Great for lap walking…read more Lovely space for photos. Trail along White Rock Trail a few steps away. Historic church near trail.

Had a great walk around the park with the wife and dogs. The park was clean and had a nice path…read morethat went down one side of the creek. They also have a few large rocks that cross the creek that the dogs enjoyed crossing and playing in the water. Nice and clean.

Feeling so Blessed to Live in Duck Creek! Love our Creek! Duck Creek is my 1 Square Mile of Heaven!…read moreQuack! oxo

This park is pretty cool! Me and my daughter was looking for volleyball court with net so she can…read morepractice and we found it. They have 4 courts that are sand. The downfall is the nets are a bit old and there's no light when it gets dark. There's also a restroom which is a plus, but it's closed I believe until March. Plenty of parking on multiple sides also which is a plus. They have a huge playground area for the young ones . They have picnic tables as well so you can make a nice little family event. Overall this park is pretty cool and my girls really enjoyed it. We for sure will go back. Nice set up to accommodate everyone.

Bob Woodruff has four Lots for the dogs to rotate but they never let the large dogs have the…read morelargest lot it's always the small dogs I can see why people would be happy with that arrangement. The largest lot should be rotated so the large dogs can have more room to run and some shade trees. There are no shade trees where they keep the large dogs. It's boring it's just big piece of grass we have to watch where you step. I've contacted the management and said why don't you put some trees in there if you're not going to allow the large dogs in the big lot? And they have all kinds of strange governmental excuses. Last year they said they were going to build some type of a cover inside the lot but never did.

Beautiful place to explore! Love walking around her with friends or by myself. I've walked in…read moreterrible conditions. As well as great with ones. Love it so much. Just be careful going off trail to explore, it's easy to get lost.