A great small skatepark that is great for beginner skaters. Whether you are on a scooter, bmx, or…read moreskateboard, you will find plenty of hard lines that can challenge your ability.

I came to this skatepark to ride, paid my money, and was skating for about 15 minutes when a staff…read moremember approached me and said, "you can't be chasing down kids." That accusation was completely false. I was not interacting with anyone's children in any way. A random woman complained, and instead of staff verifying what actually happened, they chose to repeat a serious and damaging accusation to my face. Labeling an adult as someone "chasing kids" is not a minor issue--it's dangerous, defamatory, and irresponsible. There was no attempt to observe, ask neutral questions, or handle the situation professionally. I was treated as guilty based solely on someone else's assumption. I will not be returning or spending money at a place that handles situations this poorly and puts customers at risk of false accusations.

This place is awesome. It is very family friendly. My son is non-verbal and struggles to find…read moreplaces that he feels he belongs. He immediately loved 3rd Lair and all the amazing and supportive staff. I can not recommend this place enough. They do a great job fostering community and a love of skateboarding in all ages. They have great skating clinics and do a good job of making skateboarding accessible to all ages and abilities. We love it!

This park has quite the variety! Playgrounds and gazebos as well as ponds to fish in. The parking…read morelot is plenty big enough for quite a bit of parking, especially if you're throwing a party here. The bathrooms weren't the cleanest and there was some trash throughout the place, but otherwise it seemed pretty decent. It doesn't seem to be as heavily patrolled as other places, considering there were people parked at one of the gazebos, where you clearly should not be driving your vehicle; they drove up the foot path and through the grass to get to it. It is a pretty fun place though. Lots of shade as well.

Morehouse is a beautiful park in west-central Owatonna. It probably offers more things to do than…read moreany other in town. The Straight River borders the park to the north and west. In the northwest corner there is a dam with a pedestrian bridge across it. This part of the park is a reasonably short walk from much of the downtown area and is a popular spot to relax and watch the ducks and geese. On a nice calm day I like to sit there and read. The park has a pavilion as well as places for picnics and grilling. It's the only park in town that's active during the winter, other than cross-country skiing. There are ice skating rinks as well as skating on the frozen river. The chalet is great place to get skates on and off, as well as warm up. I think they rent out cross-country skis there too. The park also offers, softball, horseshoes, pickleball,and volleyball. There's also a skate park and a playground. Morehouse Park is also the hub of the paved trails that extend to other parks: the walking and bike trails at the north edge of town, and south to Lake Kohlmier (swimming, beach, fishing, canoeing) and Kaplan's Woods Parkway ( woods with 6 miles of hiking trails and 2 miles of paved trails). It's got something for everyone that wants to be outdoors.

Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park features a pavilion, soccer fields, 3 softball fields, a basketball…read morecourt inside the hockey rink, a pleasure ice skating rink in winter, a playground, and a skate park. It has a huge parking lot and is across the street from Hidden Springs Park (where the music is held during the summer months). There are lots of paved walking trails and you can hike/bike into the Anoka County Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park from this park.

The park looks nice but if you're coming to use the skate park with a scooter, don't waist your…read moretime. Scooters are somehow prohibited. Not sure why but they are.