🐾 Kids at the Dog Park: Real Stories, Safety Risks & Smarter Solutions
If you’ve spent time at an off-leash park, you’ve probably seen it:A parent strolls in with a stroller 🚼 or […]
Rotary Park is a popular community destination located at 5485 Tubbs Rd in Waterford Township, MI. Known for its welcoming atmosphere and pet-friendly environment, this park is frequented by dog owners looking for a safe space to enjoy the outdoors with their furry friends. The park features spacious sports fields, beautifully shaded picnic areas, a well-equipped playground for kids, and plenty of open green space. In the mornings, many locals bring their dogs to play and socialize, making it a friendly spot for both city and country pups.
Visitors appreciate the wheelchair-accessible parking and entrances, covered picnic tables, public restrooms (seasonally available), and ample garbage cans spread throughout the park. Rotary Park is set back from the main road and surrounded by trees, creating a sense of privacy and natural beauty. While there isn’t a dedicated fenced dog area, leashed dogs are welcome throughout the park, and there are benches and a small community library to enjoy. Whether you’re seeking pet-friendly trails, a peaceful picnic spot, or a dog-friendly gathering space in Waterford Township, Rotary Park has something for everyone.
Great place for the Warriors to practice. I wish both gates would be open more often, easier flow for traffic.
Really enjoy this park. It’s mostly sports fields with some tables and grills. The best part is that there aren’t a lot of posted rules like most parks. It seems okay if you want to have a few (reasonable!) beers with your cookout. Also, in the morning prime bring their dogs to play. Has kept my country dog very happy while staying here in the city.
We recently used the playground. Great open space for kids to run where we had a picnic (there are also covered picnic tables). Bathrooms are on site but they were locked. Very fun to watch the planes overhead going to the airport. I have also used the softball field before; good times.
It’s a nice little Park! It’s set back pretty much, off the main road; surrounded by trees. It’s not usually busy during the day but there are ball fields there and it does get busy in the afternoon/evenings.
The play area just used to be a simple climbing structure and then there was like, a big area of people’s off to the side that kids could dig in, lol. Now, they’ve cleaned it up a bit and added a nice swing set. Definitely way better than it used to be, I feel like. I know the kids loved the pebbles/rocks but I’m glad they’re gone lol. The picnic area is covered so that is nice and there’s plenty of garbage cans everywhere. There’s also the ball field, so my kids like to bring a soccer ball and go in there and kick it around.
There’s also a couple benches by the play structure, along with a little Library.
It’s safe after dark, but look out in daytime for people who are not having a Good Day.