Garfield Park

Located in the perfect neighborhood of Tacoma and Ruston. Just beautiful and relaxing. A very nice children area with a variety of exciting structures to play on to stimulate the imagination as well as their physical development. Big kid field area also. Picnic benches as well as permanent park chairs to relax on. What I don’t see is a pavilion or a restroom though. No bathroom for humans but plentiful pet prize dispensers. Huh? So overall I really like this park and the private location.

Needed to kill time before checking into my hotel, and found Garfield Park. It's so cute!! Huge field for dogs to run around in, a little play area for kids, nice location. I think part of the trail was closed, unfortunately. Still had a good time!

This is a great park to bring kids to play. There is a large field for baseball and soccer and a short walking trail. Kids love the playground, however the drainage around the swings is awful. Plan on wearing boots if your toddlers want to swing, especially if it has rained recently.

I wish I could enjoy this park, it’s quiet and cute and has access to a peaceful trail through Garfield Gulch. Unfortunately there are Always off-leash dogs there. Look, I get it, having a big open field to run around in is fun, but my dog has been attacked by an off-leash dog and despite my efforts to leave lots of space we have been approached by unleashed dogs who do not have adequate recall skills almost every time. Today I dared to try an enjoy my neighborhood park as it was nearly empty and two off-leash male dogs ran across the field and flanked my female dog. I asked their owner to recall them and he had the nerve to yell at me for « having the whole park » and getting too close to them. She was busy looking for a precise place to do her business and was not engaging them whatsoever. It’s a nice park but be aware that unleashed dogs with poor recall and/or inattentive owners are abundant in spite of the clearly marked signage.

Nice little park hidden in the rich part of town. I had no idea this park was here for the longest time. There is a basketball hoop, small children’s gym, the kind of workout equipment that only exists in public parks in the large grassy field. There’s also a nice walking track. It’s right behind the tennis club and the Annie Wright private school. There is a nice little forested area with a walking trail as well.