Marla Dorrel Park — Attraction in Cary

This park is an absolute delight. So creative, inclusive, textured - magical, even. Usually lots of kids here ... so great opportunities for little ones to interact with new, unknown people and play environments. Beautiful landscaping. The rest of the Greenway area is beautiful too - though I think some icky development is about to happen on land uphill from park, and that will materially change the fact that this place stays nice and cool because of that deep band of large trees in creek bottomland adjacent to park. Which is a crying shame - I've seen wildflowers and native flora in woods off trail and meadow under power lines that have been lost in the rest of the Triangle. Photo is of cardinal flower, growing wild - have never seen a clump this size in...

Took my grandson for the first time. He is 4 and it was perfect for children that age group. It had shade trees, the equipment wasn't hot to touch. The splash pad wasn't what I thought it would be. The little one were not able to push the buttons for the most. That seemed to be an issue for most of the parents there who had other little ones that wanted to play elsewhere. The other issue was there was 2 tour buses that showed up filled with camp kids ages ranged from 8 and up. The counselors were not helpful with the camp kids from being pushy to the tiny tots. The kids were wild to say the least which ended up having those with small tots leaving. But I'll return again, just one a day when the camp kids...

The park is big and in the middle of trees. Well made and maintained play sets. Sand pits are fun for smaller kids. Nice landscaping mixed with the play sets. Even it is big, it is safe for kids to run around freely since there are steel fences around the whole park, so that kids won’t wander off the limit. Restrooms are located right at the park entrance with picnic and bbq furnitures, very nice. There is dragon or alligator sculpture lurking beside the bathrooms building, where kids like to play a bit always. Water fountains are scattered through out the whole park area, so the kids can get water anytime close by. A kids paradise, that is why the park is also called “the kids...