Animas City Park — Attraction in Durango

Great little tucked out of sight strip of grass, trees, picnic tables, benches, slides & swings, doggie bags, bear proof trash recepticals, free parking, and all overlooking the animas river, a beautiful bridge with sidewalks &peek-over views, with a regularly passing whistle singin" cloud creatin' coal train right down the embankment from this cute "secret" park. Family shopping?Kids hate shopping? Split the responsibilities: one adult shops, one adult walks 0.5 of a block and PLAYS with those rowdy bored kids at Animas City Park and enjoy...

We walked here from our hotel (the Hampton), though driving would have been easier because of traffic and a closed sidewalk. The park itself was great for our kids (1 and 3). It was pretty clean and there were several tables under a shelter. Nice view of the animas River. Google maps led us to believe the trail system was easy to walk to from this park, but it was a little awkward to find from the neighborhood...

I came to walk my pup over here while visiting Durango for the week. I happen to see my 1st city deer walking down the sidewalk across from the park. It was my pup that noticed him walking around. I didn't see him...