Cole Park — Attraction in Dallas

Apparently there's an established line at the park if you're a first time goer make sure you wait on the right side of the fence

My friend and I came here for our first time playing tennis in a while and having never played on the court. When we arrived the last court had just filled up so we waited against the center wall. After an hour and twenty minutes of waiting we went over to a court that was opening only to have someone walk over before us and tell us we had waited in the wrong spot. Apparently the back fence near the parking lot is the "official" waiting area for the courts. We argued for a while when two nice ladies who had seen us waiting said they were leaving and we can just take their court.

We started playing when a couple came over and told us we didn't wait our turn, we explained we had been waiting and being our first time we didn't know there was an "official" waiting area. We had arrived when the foursome next to us had begun playing and they verified that we had waited as well. The couple accepted this and went to go back into line when the line that had formed AFTER we arrived told them they should play. After having six other people come over and tell us we didn't use our common sense by waiting in the "obvious" line (which was not there when we arrived) we were forced off the courts by people yelling at us and refusing to leave the middle of the court until we left.

There were no signs stating an official line and it seems to be some rule that is "unwritten" it's an odd coincidence that no one told us that until a separate line from ours had formed and it was our turn to use a court.

If it is your first time there you'd better automatically know these rules or be yelled off the courts. To say my experience was one star is far higher than it should be. The city needs to place signs on entrances stating where this next up line is or people need to be more curious...

Cole is a beautiful natural park in the middle of the concrete jungle. It's an oasis of green in a sea of cement. The grass and trees are a welcome break and offer an excellent place to escape from the urban hellscape all around you. Enjoy the playground with your kiddos. The slides and swings are in good shape and mostly safe and rust-free. Dogs roam freely on and off leashes, and usually are not threatening. The paved path makes a great place to walk, jog or skate. The flat fields are perfect for a picnic, a game of Frisbee or an early morning workout session. The pickleball courts are always busy, except for on nice 65 degree days (but always packed when the heat is in the triple digits for some reason). You can take it fast or slow & easy here. Shootings are fairly rare (2 - 4 per year) and most of the bums clear out during daylight hours. Cole Park is the spot you want for a nice clear...

Cole Park is a large sprawling park in Uptown, near the 75 and Haskell. It offers lots of amenities but no grills and few picnic tables. I saw a lot of dogs and that's a good thing because they were happy and that made me happy! No unfriendly dogs or poop to be seen and smelled.

Perhaps the best asset of the park is the many tall, graceful trees providing welcome shade and greenery. One particularly big/old one is near the kiddy playground. Must be a good 5' in diameter. I'm wondering if it's been here since the park opened in 1922.

There is a small parking lot on the northeast corner, off of McKinney. Even so I imagine parking gets difficult on weekends and holidays. There's a DART station a short walk away. This is one of the few neighborhood parks worth...