River Woods Park — Attraction in Auburn Hills

It's a beautiful park, but a long the pathway the weeds and grass are so high, I felt unsafe. Someone could very easily hide in those and attack someone. The NYC jogger murder case should not have happened, but the fact that it did should teach us some "common sense" ways to take care of our public places to keep them as safe as possible, one of those ways being not to let brush get out of control like that because it's the perfect set up for danger. I turned around and did not walk the path. The swings and play area are nice, though other than 2 toddler swings, it's not set up for toddler (1-3 years old) age kids. It has one of those cute library/free book boxes, however it's empty. I'm not sure who manages that. It's it still in use, so one could go donate books to it whenever? Park is clean and clearly well maintained other than that high brush. I did not use the facilities or go in the covered eating area as there was a party going on there. The ground under the swings and play area is wood chips, which I don't prefer, especially when other people don't care for their children and a 5 ish year old runs over and quickly grabs a handful and dumps it on your 1 year old's head out of nowhere. Yeah....that happened. Parking is close but there's only one actual entrance. It has basketball courts that look...

Nice walk along the water and through woods with a bridge over Clinton River. Bathrooms are clean. Nice pavilion with fireplace and grill, but wish the pavilion tables were movable. Need more picnic tables on the lawn. Apparently this park suffers from vandalism. It's very sad that anyone would destroy a free nature space given for the enjoyment of people of all ages and interests from kiddies, families and on up to seniors. Especially nice for seniors because of level, paved paths, close parking and bathrooms. The money spent repairing vandalism could be used for more features at this and other parks. Thank you Auburn Hills staff for all your...

The park itself is nice but they could use more grills, n this place needs to be more regulated. The only time I went was once with my 3 yr old son n 3 little black girls who were on playground unsupervised they had no parents watching them at all and I was waiting for my son to come down the slide n next thing u know he comes flying down backwards n flying right off slide and onto the ground n there isn't even any parents to tell cause they dont care about there kids I guess or how they behave anyways and then they wonder what happened...