Montana RailLink Park

I think this is one of the nicest parks in Missoula. It has things to play on, rail car artifacts, historical placards, many nice park benches, good signage for a selfie spot, plenty of open grassy spaces, a grass volleyball court, a pickleball court, basketball hoops, an enclosed dog park with double-door entrances, a view of the mountains north and south, a drinking water fountain, picnic tables, a rain sheltered area, bicycle parking area, beautiful community gardens, paved walkways, and it even connects with the bitterroot branch paved bike/pedestrian trail. I like to come here and do some pull-ups on the playground and then get down to my short shorts and tan myself in the sun for a while and then make the short walk over to the mall for a big cookie and some sushi. Great location easily accessible via the trail, and also plenty of on street parking. Bring your dog, bring your kids, bring your empty water bottle you need to fill up, bring your volleyball; this park has it all!!

I wish I had read the recent reviews beforehand... It is a very nice park and the kids were very excited about it, but unfortunately we didn't feel very comfortable or safe. If my husband hadn't been there I probably would've left immediately. I hate to sound judgemental, but there was some erratic behavior and some sketchy behavior and a police officer patrolling the area. The picnic areas were fenced off. It does seem a lot cleaner than previous reviews I read. The garden area was beautiful! Hopefully this park can start to feel a lot more safe for the kiddos .

This place is AMAZING!!!! My step-daughter and I go here at least once a week and we have never been bored for a second. There are some very interesting pieces of old mining equipment retrofitted to be benches a things to climb on. The location is super ant there is a DOG PARK!! I like this because my landlord will not let us have pets🙀😻👾😈😢😢 so I am still able to creep up to someone and talk about my dog-ency until they offer to let me play. The equipment is the best i have ever seen and the community garden is a very close family dream to have something like this of our own some day.

This could be an amazing park. It has a great park for the kids and a dog park with water access. However, since it is so close to the homeless shelter it is overrun by homeless people. They take over all the benches and tables, leave trash and clothes and other disgusting things all over the place. Even if they do not actually communicate with you it makes the whole park an uncomfortable place to be alone and DEFINITELY is not somewhere where I feel my kids can play safely.

This is a warning for all parents to NOT bring their children here, ever. This park was really nice a couple years ago, a solid 4-5 star park, with the only issue being intense sunshine and heat in the summer months due to lack of shade. Now, because the homeless shelter opened up right up the road, the park has become completely unusable. Homeless people are always at the park, staring at the kids from the covered pavilion, and they're also urinating at the park. The park stinks like urine and feces, unironically, it is bad. There is "urban camping" within eyeview of the playground along the Bitterroot Trail. There are dirty clothes scattered around the playground, trash, and graffiti as well as defacement of the cool railroad stuff they put up when they made the park. And, last but not least, the irresponsible dog owners let their dogs poo everywhere. There is poo all over the grass field, to the point where you WILL step in dog poo if you walk through the grass without staring downwards the entire time. Do not come to this park. It was nice before and now it's gross and unusable. Anyone with standards should not bring their kids here.