Russ Nature Reserve
Russ Nature Reserve is a well-maintained natural area featuring a network of trails for hiking and walking, a unique creative playground made from natural materials, a community garden, a butterfly garden, and modern restrooms. It is family-friendly with kid-specific amenities and is dog-friendly with leashed dogs allowed. The reserve showcases nature’s resilience with post-tornado recovery and offers a peaceful, accessible outdoor experience with wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking.
Reviews
This is a fantastic park! Lots of walking paths, a real restrooms with hot running water, a butterfly garden and one of the most creative playgrounds I’ve ever seen! It’s very dog friendly as long as you keep them on leashes. The playground is made entirely out of large sticks and logs. I know that doesn’t sound like much but it is very creative and they have put them together in fun and entertaining ways. Lots of cravings and the kids can run around and play hard on the study creations.
Great hiking place for family! And a playground for kids too!
This park took a direct hit from a tornado on Memorial Day of 2019. A lot of work has been done to clean up and improve the park. The Russ house is gone now, but the PlayScape has been greatly improved. The trails have also been greatly improved with crushed rock and stairs. The park has a very nice network of trails. It also has a high fence garden and small pond. They keep improving the trails and the Playscape…well worth a visit. It is also a good place to see how the forest recovers from a direct tornado strike.
A great place to walk and enjoy nature. Well laid out trails, children’s park is too cute made from local trees cut and shaped into playground equipment. vegetable garden for the picking , take what you want , save some for others ❤️. Pond and
Very nice and well kept reserve! Trails are top notch for walking or running. Features include a community garden, a lovely playground, a birdwatching blind, some beehives, and modern restrooms. I’d love to visit again once the vegetation grows in.