Falls Park

Wow. Wow. Wow.
It’s a magical place. It’s winter wonderland.
The lights are amazing in the night and day time the falls are superb.
We will be back in the summer!

A beautiful place to stroll and watch the falls. Very picturesque with well manicured lawns and points of interest. They have the remains of The Queen Bee, a once functional mill. There’s also a lookout tower to view the falls from, a quaint café, and spots to fish. Whether you just want to take some beautiful pictures or relax with a picnic on the grass, this spot is a gem. I also spotted this wee surprise above the woman’s bathroom door.

Looking for a photo op? Here is your chance. We stopped in to stretch our legs and see waterfalls. The falls are not as exotic as Hawaii but they will have to do when in the Midwest. I don’t know if it was the steel mill or possibly a paper mill nearby but the smell was pretty strong. The park had a nice observation tower to get a great view and a gift shop at the bottom. The pedestrian bridge was nice too. It was a beautiful park to visit.

A must to visit when in town and it’s free to enjoy the serenity, including opportunities for selfies or ussies. I’m glad we made the trip, even if it was brisk out last week.

Pretty cool falls park. Good view to take a pic. My family enjoyed atmosphere but somehow so stinky

Free, pretty, historic, safe. Definitely worth a visit. I wish cincinnati’s riverfront was half as accessible, family friendly and scenic as this. Sioux Falls has done a great job of showcasing its namesake falls with lovely parks, trails, picnic areas, and viewing platforms. Really something to be proud of.

An absolute must see if you are in Sioux Falls. As you enter it doesn’t lookin like there is much to it. Keep going to the end of the road. I almost turned around before I got there. The falls are lovely running over
The red rocks.

There are people that live here and have never stopped to sit near the falls.
They are missing out!
Great energy, beautiful setting, not the cleanest as the Sioux River comes from the Missouri river, which I suspect stems from Monsanto, so I would be afraid to take a jump here but I love jogging through.
The downtown Sioux Falls area is being developed more, this is one of the fastest growing cities in the country, and it’s best feature will hopefully always be the falls.
Maybe I will jump in for a swim. Protect our rivers! Very nice parks and bike-​paths following through. At least South Dakota got something right. They know how to manage great parks and recreation.

Beautiful park. Not many cities can say they have something like this. Great to walk around, great viewing tower (It has an elevator if you’re a sissy), and its own restaurant! It has some nice plaques representing the history if the park and waterfalls. Very nice for picture opportunities, although the water was a dark, muddy, brown when we went. It also smelled like dirty river water. A great place to stop though if you’re passing through Sioux Falls.

We enjoyed walking around and seeing the nice falls. We also took the elevator ride to see the falls from the tower. We parked in the lot nearby.

This is a gorgeous natural waterfall. The pink (quartz?) Rocks left behind from the current are beautiful. It was well worth the stop even though we walked through it in a rainstorm.

Unique, pretty and free? I’m in!
I was in Sioux Falls with my pilot boyfriend on a 32-​hour layover, and wanted to check this out while in town. It was a short walk from our hotel in town, and was totally worth it! The falls were so pretty from every angle! I loved seeing the quartzite rock all over the place. Plenty of photo ops for the scenery, or of someone against the landscape, whatever you choose. I’d even bring lunch and have a picnic on one of the green spaces surrounding the falls.
We also went into the tower and stood on the observation deck. You get a really good view of the whole falls and some of downtown in the background. Also, this is a really good place to stop for tourist information and souvenirs. The ladies working the cash register were really friendly and told us lots of places to go. And, this was by far the cheapest place to buy souvenirs. Coffee mugs from $ 5, t-​shirts from $ 10, magnets for $ 3 – 4, and plenty of other Sioux Falls-​related stuff. And all of it is specific to Sioux Falls, not South Dakota as a whole. I found other places in town didn’t have as much selection or had SD stuff, featuring Mount Rushmore or other stuff I didn’t see on this short trip. If you think you want a memento to take home, buy it here!

Took a road trip from Chicago to Cali and decided to stop in Sioux Falls for a break. Falls Park was a really nice place to just relax and stare at the waterfalls. There was another person there sitting solo on one of the rocks just staring at the water falls. My friend and I did the same thing. It felt very therapeutic to just sit on the rocks and stare at the cool looking rocks and the water falls. I didn’t give it 5 stars because certain parts of the water falls had some really colored and dirty looking water, other than that it was nice.

We have gone to the falls 4 times in the past 3 weeks since moving here. We have been in cold/​rain and sunshine. Overall this park is a really nice place to come for a walk, picnic and to show off to our guests. I love the arrangement of the walkways with the natural stone — very well engineered to preserve the natural feel. We have also enjoyed the observation tower and bookstore — not unreasonable prices in there either. Haven’t tried the café yet but will be sure to stop by for a coffee sometime.

Decent little park. Not terribly big, but it’s nice and relaxing.
The falls themselves are small, but the sound of running water (depending on the year) is soothing. There’s rock formations you can walk around and chill on.
There are some ruins of historic buildings, like the Queen Bee factory, among others. There’s also a small bridge and some fairly scenic spots, although I don’t remember if there’s fields to like play ball or something.
Falls Park is definitely worth a quick stop if you’re in SuFu.

The most scenic spot in Sioux Falls. A must see.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Sioux Falls, but it was a pleasant surprise. I had ever intention to stop by spend 20 minutes and hit the road again on my cross country road trip. However, I was pleasantly distracted here and spent a good hour or more here. The falls are not the biggest or tallest falls, but they are still pretty neat. In fact, I found the rock formations to be pretty fascinating and completely worth the trip.
Great for scenic pictures, take a quick trip to the top of the tower for a nice view or enjoy a short walk round the falls and grab breakfast or coffee at the café. Great road trip stop if you are in the area. They also do lazer light shows at night.

Awesome views and cheap tshirts!
It’s a lovely park in a lovely city, with plenty of flat green space for children and animals, and plenty of nice spots to take a picture.

Beautiful park! A great place to stop, stretch your legs, and enjoy the view. Definitely make sure you go to the observation deck of the Visitor’s Center. The view is lovely!

Stop go, stop go — yes, I was on a road trip. Falls Park in Sioux was one of the many stops. When I got out of the car, the air was surprisingly stink. I was not impressed by the falls because it was tiny, but maybe because of the time of year (May 2012). It was so tiny that I could actually see the bottom, and some moss on rocks on what I think should have had water.
It was a really nice park for kids to play, as long as nine of them jump over the rails or bridges over looking the falls.
There was a tower to view the park in its entirety, elevators located inside the gift shop. I got a decent size snow globe for $ 9.99!