Ballard Park — Attraction in Newport

This beautiful park is just a few minutes away from downtown and it's 100% worth talking a walk through! There is enough land/woods that you feel far away from the hustle and bustle of downtown. I parked across the street at the school since it was a weekend and I'm not sure where else to park since it looks very limited on the road. I really like the area where it opens up to a clearing and there is a huge rock/cliff. I was able to climb the cliff without any issue but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone because it was pretty risky(albeit extremely...

Park is opposite the 'front' of Rogers HS. Did not see anyplace to park so I used the HS parking lot (glad school was out). The trail was interesting. It was narrow, filled with tree roots and rocks. Definitely not for strollers. I couldn't tell which way - or which trail - I was on. So hopefully you won't be in a hurry exploring here! I gave it 3 stars because it was difficult to find, parking was scarce, navigating trails was a...

Very pretty views in this small but fun to hike park (lots of changing elevations as you got around the quarry in particular). However, SO MANY TICKS. We went in late april and pretty much stuck to the main paths and didn't go into any overgrown areas, and we (2 adults, one young teen and a medium dog) had more ticks on us than I have ever seen before. An hour of hiking/walking tops and we had 5 or 6 on the humans and probably...