Sugar House Park

The design of this park is great. The water basin gives good hills for running and biking. The pond is lovely. Having two playgrounds is great. But this is truly the worst cared-for park in the valley—and I would know, because we live a block away but end up driving all over the valley to avoid it. The spinning ball on the playground has been so badly in need of oil for over a year now that every parent wears out after only a few minutes. And both the ball and the swings make a terrible screeching sound. Everything needs some WD-40. The filth on the park is nasty. It looks like the dirty hands of kids for 15 years have never once been cleaned off. Everywhere the kids touch is black. But the worst part is that there are no garbages anywhere near the playgrounds. When my daughter was little, all she would do was toddle around picking up other people’s trash. People are clearly unwilling to either pack out their garbage, or carry it out to the parking lot and touch one of the big nasty lids to dispose of stuff. And clearly the only garbage plan—other than trucks in the parking lot—is for the wind to blow the trash all around. The parks department gets millions of dollars, but they can’t buy a single garbage can, some WD40, or send someone with a power washer once a year? It’s just gross. We go anywhere but. [Wish I’d have known that I could upload a video. I would have gotten one of the screeching swings and spinner.]

A nice city park with plenty of open space to enjoy. Lots of people were out taking advantage of the beautiful day. There were even busloads of kids having lunch and doing fun activities. A stream runs through the park, creating some very pretty spots for picture-taking. The large lake is a great feature too — the geese and ducks certainly enjoy it. Just watch out for the poop! 🦆🐾

One of the prettiest parks that I've visited! Clean, very well manicured. Beautiful playground with space for grandmothers 🙋🏼‍♀️ to sit. Will definitely be returning soon!

This park is great because it has separate areas for motorists, cyclists, and pedesterians/runners which are very clearly defined. Now if only that last group would stay out of the bike lane it would be a much safer place to bike.......

We met a group supporting a cure for childhood cancer there. We walked part of the area. The walking paths are nice lot of people walking there dogs and the playgrounds looked nice and well maintained. Great place to walk or just to go hang out with many options