Holmes Park

I love this park because it overlooks Crane Creek, has very old live oak trees, and is themed Manatees. There are statues of Manatees at this park. There are pavilions with tables for chess playing. It is a very small park at the edge of downtown Melbourne. Very cozy and lazy like!

What a great spot to sit and watch the river flow by. Or how about a game of chess on one of the shaded chess boards? This is a fun centerpiece for historic downtown Melbourne and parking is abundant. No facilities, but the trees and birds are amazing.

I brought my young child and infant here slightly before noon for brunch. The park is small but clean and my kid thought playing on the manatee statues and trees was as much fun as an actual playground. However, I noticed the area had quite a few homeless people hanging around. There was a homeless man sleeping on the floor by one of the tables. When you cross the street to walk along the water there are more benches and covered areas that also had homeless people camping out. Would not come here at night or without a second adult.

This is a nice place to sit down and relax there's four tables with a little roof over them. On the tables there is a checkerboard built into them. And if your little children love manatees they're a little statues coming out of the ground in the middle sometimes there's water turned on sprinkling all around. It's pretty close to the river which means there's a gentle breeze almost the time.

This park has been around for quite a while, and it shows. More people would probably be reviewing this place if it were less "hidden." It's just not in a place typical downtowners go. I like the little manatee for kids to play on, but I have to admit, there's not much else here, just some covered spaces to have a picnic and some tile surfaces.