dog friendly park

Cook Park

Overview: Cook Park is rated 4.7/5 from 694 Google reviews. This park offers a fun playground with slides, climbing walls, nets, and a zip line, as well as sports fields and picnic areas. Amenities: Reviewers often mention restrooms nearby. Downsides: Some reviews mention limited shade.

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4.7Google rating

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4.7(694 reviews)

People say this park offers a fun playground with slides, climbing walls, nets, and a zip line, as well as sports fields and picnic areas. They highlight the park is clean, well-maintained, and inclusive, with decent restrooms and a walking path. They also like the enclosed playground, which provides a safe space for children to play freely.

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dogs that need room to runsmall dogs or homes with multiple dog sizes

Quick facts

AddressShambrook Pkwy, Colonie, NY 12205, USA

Phone(518) 218-7782

City pageAlbany

Imported fromAlbany, NY

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Bella Linda6 months ago

Very cool and fun playground. Lots of shade. Highly recommend this inclusive playground

Christopher Austen3 years ago

This park many different amenities. We used the playground but there are baseball fields, walking trails, and an amphitheater. The playground is recommended for 2-5 year olds, is very well maintained and has many unique features.

Ella Maria LeBlanc4 years ago

Love Cook Park, go there all the time! Love walking my dog at the park and bike riding, having picnics, playing basketball and volleyball and watching baseball games. I love that it has 2 playgrounds for children and a fenced in dog area for dogs to run free, although my dog gets in there and just sniffs around, so I don't use it as much. There's plenty of grassy areas and walking trails. It's a great park to go to!

Emily Crimmins7 years ago

Ample parking. Large fenced in playground with zip lines(one with a chair), swings(including baby and chair,) climbing scape with slides, a spinning ball, see saws, a playhouse for the littles. I’m subtracting a star for not enough shaded seating. We went on a 90 degree day and I’m very fair, as are my kids. Also couldn’t find an unlocked bathroom. But the kids had a blast and could have played here all day were it not for the heat. Nice pond/fountain as well. We only walked a little ways on the paved walking path, but it looked nice as well.

Michael Zukera year ago

Beautiful large park for people of all ages. It’s adjacent to the Northway, but gives the impression of being far from an urban area (except for the noise). Perfect location for picnics. A real gem.

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Monday: Open 24 hours
Tuesday: Open 24 hours
Wednesday: Open 24 hours
Thursday: Open 24 hours
Friday: Open 24 hours
Saturday: Open 24 hours
Sunday: Open 24 hours

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