Lake Side Park — Attraction in Lake Butler

This is a nice little park on the shores of Butler Lake. It’s just a normal community park, so don’t expect anything spectacular, but it would be a nice place to go to with your kids if you live in the area and want to play by the beach (if you’re not looking to drive all the way to the coast). The beach isn’t kept up perfectly, hence why I give it 3 stars instead of 5, but they do have bathrooms, a play area for kids, and a concrete boardwalk/pier thing with benches that goes out into the water for fishing. Do be warned if you go in the evening, as teenagers from this area like to come here and hang out and they might cause a bit of trouble. Based off my experience when I came here recently, if you’re very obviously not from the area, and you start to see some squatted trucks show up, it’s best to start...

A nice little park area near the Lake, I was stopping by on one of my weekend trips to different counties, the Lake there is really beautiful, and the park there is a nice spot, I was there on a Saturday at around 4 I think and there were a lot of folks out with their kids, etc. I'm sure in the summer months when people swim the park is even more active. I'm not a 'beach person' in that I don't go except to take pictures, even though I live 5 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico, but I can sympathize with those who don' have a beach as an option at all (ocean beach), so it's awesome they have Lake Butler there...

We went after some rain and the sand in the playground was all washed out and flooded in spots. The playground is cute but theres no shade. The splash pad was already broken after being repaired the week before. The lake is pretty but there can be ants in the sand and the drains from the park drain directly into the lakes swimming area. The covered benches are nice but a man was sleeping on them all morning. Overall, could be a great park with some work. Def makes me wish we had a boat...