Hyland Lake Park

Awesome park! Kids love it. Great fun in the summer. Be prepared to move around to keep an eye on little ones. The playground is HUGE.

This is a awesome place for taking your young children. I would have given it a 5 star rating, except for apparently some parents do not know how to watch their children. I saw a child climbing on the outside of a big tube slide and if he had fallen he easily could have broken an arm. Since this place is pretty big, as a parent you do need to keep an eye on your children or at least teach them some manners. Since there are smaller children trying to play also, I saw plenty of bigger kids pushing little kids out of the way or hog areas of slide openings. We definitely will be coming back again.

Gathering parks for summer and places to take our little one. Googled best parks for kids and this place came up. Excellent playground aka Chutes and Ladders.
Playground:
Water misters that come in handy when really hot out
Number of slides
Sandbox
Benches
Picnic Tables
Little kids area
Lots to climb and play around on
Restrooms
Water Fountains with cold water
Consession stand
Paddle Boats
Row Boats
Walking Paths
Picnic Tables and Grills
Wonderful park! Will defintely go back.

Great play area! The sprinklers are even running at the end of May at 81 degrees! My kids love playing hard and then running through the misters to cool off. There is even a visitor’s center with restrooms and a concession stand!

The playground is spectacular. My 3 – 4 year old was in heaven, and if we didn’t live so far away we’d be here often.
The worst thing about the park that I’ve found is the lack of respect by some people in the picnic area by the lake with all the rental boats. On Sunday morning there was a lot of dog crap in bags and out and just a bunch of litter laying on the ground, not 30 feet from garbage bins. Not sure how to fix that except to go back in time and give them better parenting.

This place is great! As a beginner, I was able to rent skis and stumble my way through the course. They have many cross country loop options (for beginners as well as pros). I would definitely return (once my muscles are done being sore). :)

This is a wonderful park! The bathrooms and visitor center are well maintained, and always have staff present, the trails are newly paved and extensive, the picnic tables are well spread out and equipped with grills, and the «Chutes and Ladders» park is huge and fun for the kids! The park has a small misting water area (no pool), and several structures with climbing rope ladders and plastic slides — which are an improvement over the overwhelmingly HOT sliver metal slide that used to be here. Pets are allowed in the park area as long as they’re leashed, but not up by the play equipment. This park is an AWESOME place to have a family get together.

Amazing cross country ski trails in the winter and an amazing playground and trails in the summer! Best place to go for a run and best place to cross country ski. Very nice chalet and concessions. Note that there is no longer a sledding hill due to the manmade cross country ski trails!

Amazing fun for the whole family!

This playground is awesome! The nickname chutes and ladders pretty much says it all. The maze of climbing nets and ropes lead to an array of slides that every child (eeehm, and some adults) dreams about! Even better yet, the play area is mostly contained, and there is plenty of seating for those with little ones, or those who deem themselves ‘too old’ to play. There is also a play area for the little tykes, and a misting station that proved to be fun for all ages. The only thing that could possibly make this place better is if they had an adult play night once a month!

This is one of those parks that make me appreciate the outdoors. Living in a big city makes me realize how much of the quiet is missed. It’s so green and plush. There is a huge playground for kids that varies from the tiny toddlers to the more grown up kids. This makes adults and even grandparents want to crawl inside and play, too! There’s an outdoor workout area that uses your own weight resistance that’s very cool! The bike paths are wide and great for walking. You can go kayaking, canoeing, paddle boating, swimming and fishing. I can imagine that over the winter cross country skiing and snow-​shoeing could be done as well. There are picnic table areas and you could probably grill out here, too. There’s a snack area to buy food as well. What a great way to get people out of the house. No more tv and video games people and kids!

You have plenty to do here all year round. This park has hiking trails, cross country trails, bike paths, walking paths, a play area for kids, rentals for water activities. Great for summer time picnics and grilling, and they do have a visitor’s facility as well as a nature center. Great for some peace and quiet or for fun outdoor activities. A very good size park for plenty of outdoor activities!