Waterfront / Gilmore Park
Waterfront / Gilmore Park is a scenic lakeside park in East Grand Rapids, offering well-maintained trails with great views of Reeds Lake and opportunities to observe local wildlife like swans, turtles, and ducks. The park features wheelchair accessible entrances and parking, picnic tables, benches, and restrooms, making it a welcoming spot for families and pet owners to enjoy hiking and relaxing by the water. Multiple trails and a floating boardwalk provide diverse walking experiences along with shaded gazebos for resting.
Reviews
Great lake views and trails. The Reeds Lake Trail goes through the park. Two branches of the trail lead through the park to the lakeside. One leads to a long floating boardwalk on the lake, with amazing views of the lake and surroundings. The other leads to two small gazebos with tables under and more uncovered seating nearby. There are informational displays in the park, and more benches along the trail.
Great views of Reed’s lake. It’s a wonderful place to walk your dog, and the trash cans are easy to find. The trails are well kept up so they’re easy to walk. There are several options of trails so you don’t have to walk the same way each visit. The wildlife (swans, ducks, frogs ) are fun to watch, and there are benches to sit if you want. You could pack a lunch if you want, because there are picnic tables.
Nice little Park very close to Rose’s Restaurant.
Always beautiful waterside park! Today saw pair of nesting Mute Swans with eggs in nest; another area three turtles 🐢 sunny themselves on a log!
a nice park to go birdwatching and enjoy the view of the lake.