dog friendly park

Ken-O-Sha Park

Overview: Ken-O-Sha Park is rated 4.6/5 from 540 Google reviews. This park offers beautiful walking and mountain biking trails, as well as a meadow, river, and wooded areas. Amenities: Reviewers often mention shade. Crowd: Reviews describe a friendly crowd of owners and dogs.

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4.6Google rating

540reviews

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4.6(540 reviews)

People say this park offers beautiful walking and mountain biking trails, as well as a meadow, river, and wooded areas. They highlight the trails are well-shaded, clean, and comfortable for walking or biking, and that the park provides a peaceful and relaxing escape within the city. They also like the opportunity to see wildlife, such as deer, snakes, and salmon.

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quieter off-peak visits

Quick facts

Address1353 Van Auken St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508, USA

Phone(616) 456-3696

City pageKentwood

Imported fromGrand Rapids, MI, Kentwood, MI

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Red Catsa year ago

So many memories! Wonderful park! The playground is amazing, I made friends with every kid I met here. The trails are lovely, extremely pretty. They used to have milkweed here, me, my brother, and my dad would look for catapillers and butterflies. It's a lovely place, couldn't recommend it enough! I don't remember when the attached photos were taken, sometime in 2022 or 23. Taken on different dates

Tatted Topanga2 years ago

Great place with trails and very well made activity sets! There's bridges and creeks and a nice trail. This place is also I believe dog friendly as I seen many people walking their dogs. Felt like a safe spot right next to the school. Clean and absolutely beautiful even on a colder day.

Sheri Monroea year ago

What a beautiful park! There are a couple typical play structures/swings, a small little free library, a nature play scape and the walking paths are just gorgeous! Unfortunately there is some graffiti mixed throughout, especially in the "nature amplifier" and my son who is an eager reader read his first curse word here 🤣 other than that mishap, we had such a lovely time here and will be back again!

John Walters9 months ago

Mtb trails are fun, especially if you get a little creative. It's small but fun and plaster Creek is beautiful snaking through. Always amazing the amount of wild things living a few hundred yards from 28th Street. I've seen tons of deer, snakes, and salmon in fall the last couple years. Check out the video of the snake eating the toad, almost ran them over. Lol

Kate Bek2 years ago

This place has been a quiet, beautiful gem since I was a kid. Trailhead parking is marked off Kalamazoo Ave. - the lot is at the elementary school. Dogs are permitted but must be leashed. There’s a port-a-potty at the trailhead. Not all trails are accessible by wheelchair, but you can park and go a good distance on the main, paved trail.

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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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