Riverside Park — Attraction in Lynchburg

It is a beatiful park with lots of plants, and it is a big area. It includes a small playground, a small splash pad, and a train exbihit. Treasure island road and alpine trail loop around the park and seem like great spots to hike. The pool here was abandoned a long time ago as the city government boycotted against abolishing racial segregragation (which is stupid). Sad, but true: the city closed the pool because they refused to allow black people to enter it. However, you can still use the splash pad for free. There is a nice trail throughout the park.

From what I saw, the views of the James river here at the main overlook are mediocre, but I have barely been on alpine trail (which is where apperently the best views are). Surprisingly, I could see the Blue ridge mountains from this park, which is a rare treat in Lynchburg. Still, Candler's mountain/Liberty mountain will always be the best place to view the blue ridge mountains from within Lynchburg. Overall,...

Unfortunately there are some things that need to be addressed. They tore the old playground down and never replaced what was in its spot, which is very unfortunate. They have successfully almost killed the oldest tree in the park, planted by city council 100 years ago, due to piling up mulch. I have called the city and no one has done anything but dump more mulch at the base. The park used tens of thousands of our tax dollars to plants dozens of trees, only to neglect them and never take the support ropes/wires off. Resulting in killing many of the trees and deforming many because they couldn’t grow. Parks and rec deemed it ok to spend 680k of our money to repair a couple walls on the look out that should have cost around 100k max. The park also gets a little...

We had time to kill and wanted some activity after sitting in a car for 6 hours. Since we had a dog we needed somewhere we could take him. Saw this on my phone and we headed out. It was a hot summer afternoon but the park had plenty of shade. There is a small water play area, along with classic playground fare - swings and slides and things to climb. We walked part of a trail that overlooks the James River - fairly accessible for all but the most out of shape folks. The remains of the boat that carried Jackson up the James River is sheltered in the park. There is an overlook made of stacked stone that has a few benches. Two picnic shelters and a gazebo, all with grills, can be reserved for events, as can the overlook (all had reservations for the next...