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Rillito River Park

Overview: Rillito River Park is rated 4.6/5 from 1351 Google reviews. This park offers a great pathway for walking, biking, and road-biking, with beautiful views, bridges, and murals. Amenities: Reviewers often mention restrooms nearby. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use, a friendly crowd of owners and dogs, and steady activity with other dogs to meet. Downsides: Some reviews mention inconsistent cleanliness.

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4.6(1,351 reviews)

Overview: Rillito River Park is rated 4.6/5 from 1351 Google reviews. This park offers a great pathway for walking, biking, and road-biking, with beautiful views, bridges, and murals. Amenities: Reviewers often mention restrooms nearby. Crowd: Reviews describe regular visitors and active use, a friendly crowd of owners and dogs, and steady activity with other dogs to meet. Downsides: Some reviews mention inconsistent cleanliness.

People say this park offers a great pathway for walking, biking, and road-biking, with beautiful views, bridges, and murals. They highlight the paved walkway is maintained, the trail branches to others for varying distances, and the bikers are mindful of walkers. They also like the convenient parking, bathrooms along the trail, and the quiet, open-air atmosphere.

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social dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenities

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social dogs and owners who enjoy a regular crowdowners who want shade, seating, and water accesslonger visits with useful park amenitiesparktourist attraction6 Google photos1351 reviewsOpen now

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Lexi Monroy2 months ago

This trail has beautiful views and a paved walkway that's maintained. Wasn't incredibly busy. The bridges and murals on the walls make for some interesting photos and the bikers that regularly use the trail are mindful and respectful of walkers! This path branches to others, so you can make your walk/bike as long or short as you'd like~ I do wish there were more trees/greenery. The river of course, is very dependant on our rain. Most times it doesn't have water, if this was your main draw here!

Miguel Angel2 years ago

I enjoyed how people are friendly enough to say hello, good morning, or even just a smile. I like how the road is nicely paved and also has good directions on where you are as well as how far the next exit is. I also like that, I found free parking in different entrance spots. I would like to see more drinking water fountains and better signage of them. I also would have liked an overall map of the entire trail unless I missed it all together. I did like how the trail has a divider to keep it two ways. I do recommend the trail for runners, cyclists, walkers, and more.

K & H Productions3 years ago

I have been going to this path for 25 years! I can assure you it’s one of the most serene places to be at. Whether you like walking, jogging, riding your bike. This is a great place that can begin at Orange Grove all the way to Sabino Canyon and further. Over the years, they have developed more asphalt on it. Since I am a big outdoorsy person, this is one of my favorite places to work out and take a walk up when it rains the river gets full of water and it’s such a great site to see. But recently yesterday on March 1, 2023, I took the most once in a lifetime pictures of the Rillito River. I enjoy this place so much! If I moved anywhere, I would definitely miss this path!

Marcus Lamoreaux2 years ago

Great place for a good walk, as well as access to the dry riverbed. As with the whole of the Rillito River, lots of trash along the river banks, yet fairly clean along the paths that go for miles, even saw roadrunner, and owl and hawks while I was there, which was wonderful!

Chris3 years ago

I stumbled across this great path while out exercising a friend's dog. The trail is plenty wide enough for bicycles to pass without interference to pedestrians and the trees and landscaping are pleasing to look at and provide some shade. There are a few water fountains and benches along the way for rest stops too. I'll definitely return soon.

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  • Monday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Thursday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Friday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Saturday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
  • Sunday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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