Riverside Park
Riverside Park is a large, beautifully maintained park along the Grand River in Grand Rapids, MI. It offers a variety of amenities including hiking trails, picnic tables, barbecue grills, playgrounds for children, ball fields, and restrooms. The park is wheelchair accessible and features shaded areas, scenic river views, and diverse birdlife. It’s popular for family outings, dog walking, disc golf, and relaxing by the water. While dogs are allowed, there is currently no fenced area for off-leash play.
Reviews
A nice big park on the river. A nice place to start bike ride on the White pine trail.
One of the best things about grand rapids. This park is always meticulously maintained and stretches along the grand River for miles. There are parts of this park I could and have spent hours relaxing. Great place to hang a hammock, and they also have an excellent 18-hole disc golf course.
This park is fairly large and has plenty of nice walking paths throughout the area. It has nice views of the river, and there are decent facilities for park goers. If you’re looking to fish, spend time with your family, or just go for a stroll, this park has something to offer. It’s a good place to spend a lazy afternoon.
This nicely-shaded park runs along a stretch of the river and features a few ponds opposite the flowing water, so it’s beautiful all year! Watch out for geese “evidence” in the summer months, but other than that, it really is a safe, clean park for the whole family to enjoy! A great asset to the Grand Rapids community!
What an enormous park! Constantly getting maintenance, though not intrusively. It’s peaceful. It’s popular, and very busy at times, but not without space to spare when it is. They have a lot of parking within, as well as parallel parking on the roadside outside of the gates. Boaters seem to never be congested, bathrooms (prison style toilets but clean and stalls to separate the toilets in the women’s . Multiple playgrounds, disc golf courses, ball fields, picnic tables and grills (some with cover). My favorite part of this park is the bird population. Lots of geese (and goslings right now!). Ducks, robins and small birds too. I’ve seen blue herons, hawks, and a Balde Eagle. If I could change one thing, I would loooove to have an enclosed/fenced area for off-leash dogs to run, play, and get the stimulation they need. I bring my dog each time. Lots of people walking their dogs, as well.