The Doral White Course Park was built on the former Doral County Club's White Course Golf Course…read more Established in 2000, the course was closed in 2015. The land was then sold for mixed use redevelopment. Across the road the four Trump National Doral courses are still open for play. This park opened on May 4, 2022. It was designed with input from area residents. A highlight of the park is the shade covered imaginative golf themed playground. There are spinners, swings, climbing structures, and slides including a corkscrew. I love that the playground has a soft artificial turf to protect knees and bottoms. The park also has outdoor fitness stations, a multi- purpose green space area, fenced dog area, restrooms, practice putting green, and picnic shelters and tables. Landscape lighting with overhead and walkway lighting and security cameras were also added to the park. Another feature is a boardwalk that connects this park to the Downtown Doral Parking Lot. A Doral sign added to the park was a gift from the Miami Association of Realtors. This park is a tranquil retreat from the stress of everyday life. I enjoyed walking through the park while taking in the beautiful landscaping and visiting birds. This park is an important space for the people living in the high rise mixed use development. Doral White Course Park is a safe and convenient place to take the kids and dogs to play, work out and exercise on the free equipment, or just have a picnic.

The park is well-maintained, making it ideal for both toddlers and older kids…read more It offers plenty of shade and enjoys a pleasant breeze throughout most of the day. Thank you for a great time.

This park was previously known as Ludlum Glades Park because it is located next to the Ludlum…read moreElementary School. The .38 acre of land was acquired by the city in 2019 to turn it into a pocket park. The single family home on the lot was demolished in 2021. The park was renamed in honor of Vice Mayor C. Welsh in 2021, the same year he lost his battle with cancer. Welsh was known as a local Johnny Appleseed because he planted live oaks and Dade pine trees throughout the county. Vice Mayor Robert C. Welsh Jr. Park officially opened to the public on Tuesday, August 9, 2023. The new park features an open green space, a basketball half-court, a playground area with a poured-in-place protective surface, a shelter, concrete sidewalk, benches, a bike rack, a water fountain, and native Florida landscaping. The park has a pretty water view of a canal that runs next to it. I think the city did a great job on the park. It is so inviting adding natural beauty to the area while giving the kids in the neighborhood a great new place to play.

Water Oaks Park is located in a rural part of unincorporated Southwest Miami-Dade called the…read moreHammocks. It is located next door to Oliver Hoover Elementary School. There is a large parking lot and the park is open daily from sunrise to sunset. The main reason to visit Water Oaks Park is for the tennis and pickleball courts. All of the courts were filled with players when I visited but this pretty park has even more to offer. There is a racquetball court and if you follow the shade covered path to the back of the park along the lake you will discover a large picnic pavilion with multiple picnic tables and a fire truck themed playground. It looks like there used to be a pool here too but it is in disrepair. I especially enjoyed the walking path and scenic view of the lake. Water Oaks Park is a great place for a picnic or cookout as well as outdoor activities with facilities for sports like racquetball, pickleball, and tennis. The walking paths are perfect for a light workout while the park's open spaces are ideal for playing frisbee or other group activities.

Our next summer adventure with kids take us to Sabal Chase Park with a category of 4.5 and more…read morethan 118 reviews located in Hammocks Kendall. Small but it has many options for the little ones in the family to play on different obstacles for the motor and muscular development of the body. Located next to a school, it's perfect for children to enjoy, as well as the surrounding community.

I discovered this darling park when I was grabbing coffee at Our Grounds which is located nearby. I…read morecouldn't help but notice the adorable playground set among beautiful landscaping. The park is on a large field that sits adjacent to the William Lehman Elementary School. It turns out everything in the nature based playground is brand new. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on May 31st of this year. The city spent $500,000 from the Quality Neighborhood Improvement Program and impact fees to redesigned the playground with the goal of getting children to spend more time outside and to encourage them to appreciate nature through play. The 4,510-square-foot play area contains inclusive playground equipment and Australian pine logs were added to provide seating. Playground equipment includes climbing nets, a double tower, spring riders, swings, a play and learn panel, and musical instruments to play. New landscaping including five oak trees, sod, and native pollinator plants along with concrete curbing, walkways, benches, and bike racks were added to enhance the area. The result of all of the improvements is a inviting play area for the community children. Improvements at Sabal Chase are part of the Miami-Dade County Parks and Open Space Master Plan which is a vision to create a sustainable system of parks, recreation and open spaces for the citizens of Miami.

Fletcher Street Park is a pocket park located in Hollywood across from FedEx Freight. Pocket parks…read moreare generally less than a half acre in size and can have different amenities for the public. This type of mini park arose from a desire in communities to have places for kids to play instead of another building or wasted vacant land. Fletcher Street Park has an artificial turf, shade covered playground with slides and climbing structures. In the back of the park is a sand area with swings. There are also a couple of benches. This park is open sunrise to sunset. The park was well maintained and trash free and it was completely gated for extra safety. This is a cute place for neighborhood children to play. Note that there are no restrooms or water.

5749 Fletcher street park is a small park that has a playground and swings…read more It is on a corner and is one block away from Pembroke road. This park is a neighborhood park and unless you live in the area not worth driving to. There are two benches and no bathroom. No place to park as well. This park is not far from Home Depot on Pembroke Road. Park is closed due to Covid.

This park was like hidden gem and I found it when I googled which park was around me…read more What I wanted to do is walk and sit down to relax a little bit. I was able to do some of it but because of the fact that it's not as big I couldn't walk that much. They have free parking.

This is a park located in west Coconut Grove. It is named in honor of poverty activist Elizabeth…read moreVirrick who was born in Winchester, Kentucky in 1897. She studied architecture and interior design at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University before moving to Miami in 1925 with her husband. During a meeting at the Coconut Grove Civic Club in 1948 she met Pastor Theodore Gibson. Through him she learned about the impoverished living conditions of the community's African American population, many of them Bahamian. Together Gibson and Virrick formed the Coconut Grove Citizens Committee for Slum Clearance to improve sanitation, access to clean water, and garbage pickup in Coconut Grove. Virrick raised money to replace outhouses with plumbing. She then expanded her crusade to other low income African American communities. She tried to stop the I-95 expansion into Overtown which devastated that community. She was more successful with halting the I-95 extension into Coconut Grove. After WWII Verrick continued to work for the betterment of her community. In the 1960s, Virrick was working on President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, a program that promoted fair housing, increased job opportunities, and social service programs. Elizabeth Virrick's name adorns many buildings throughout Miami. The 3.5 acre park that bears her name was designed by architect Kenneth Treister. It is on a parcel of land that borders the historic black and white sections of Coconut Grove. This park was the result of work by Treister, Virrick and Miami City Commissioner Alice Wainwright who also has a park named after her. The park opened in 1963 and in 1970 a pool was added. In 2002 the park was renovated and a new community center was added that was designed with the assistance of Kenneth Treister. In 2006 a library branch was added. In 2017 historical marker F-967 was added to the park. The marker details the many accomplishments of Elizabeth Virrick and it is located near the Coconut Grove Wall of Fame. Today park amenities include the library, basketball courts, restrooms, grills, and picnic tables. The community center provides after school, teen, and camp programs. It has a gymnasium and computers and hosts events for the community. Plans have been in place since 2010 to replace the outdated pool. Right before Covid, funding was getting finalized for an Olympic sized pool that will help children in the community learn to swim. The pipework underneath Elizabeth Street would need to be restructured which will hold up the project. The community has eagerly been waiting for the pool for many years now. I am sure that if Elizabeth Virrick was still alive she would be fighting for them to get it. .

Park doesn't have much. Just two empty fields, perfect park if you want to play baseball or soccer…read more Had two identical fields a parking lot and a playground for little kids. Entrance is free.

Triangle Park is named for it's triangular shape. The park does not have a dedicated lot, you park…read moreon the surrounding streets. The park sits along Okeechobee Road. It dates back to the 1920's when people would meet in the park to buy Hialeah real estate during Florida's land boom years. I was eating dinner at the Crackers Casual Dining across the canal when I noticed the incredible light display set up at Triangle Park. I came over after dinner and was impressed with Hialeah's holiday spirit. The city uses over 20,000 lights to deck out trees, buildings, and holiday figures transforming the park into a winter wonderland. Besides the seasonal holiday display, Triangle Park also contains Hialeah's Veterans Memorial and an art piece called El Precio de La Libertad (The Cost of Liberty). This is a nice little historic spot in the heart of old Hialeah.

Triangle park in Hialeah, is yes you guessed it Triangle in shape. The National Historical Site…read moreTriangle Park offers memorials. Few parks out there can say they house 3 memorials in a single space. The ones you can visit here are dedicated to the Cuban Holocaust, the Veterans, and to the Cuban Women Prisoners. Come during Christmas to see everything decorated in lights for the occasion.