Shepard Park — Attraction in Normal

Review written 11/02/2025. Great place to walk around or sit in car and get work done on phone. Removing a star because I wish it had more longer sidewalks or walking paths but I walk laps in the parking lot.

Has a bathroom that is still open as of 11/02 even with the cooler weather which is nice to have a park with a bathroom.

Note there are often cops at this location watching for speeding so heads up it’s 30 miles per hour zone by the park.

Has a dog park and people often let dogs run around loose outside of the dog area even though they aren’t supposed to, so heads up if you don’t like dogs running up to u, u may not like this park but it has a big parking lot so I recommend to go away from the dog portion if u don’t wanna be jumped on or sniffed or licked or bitten or have ur car doors hit by dog tails or collars or whatever lol. Speaking from...

Nice Park, but owners do need to learn to clean up after their dogs. Their is generally a trail of poo down the sidewalk as well as both sides to tread carefully. Lots of landmines inside the fence as well. While there are 2 sides to the park inevitably owners with small timid dogs will bring them to the big dog side where they are run over by the other dogs. You wouldn't put a toddler in with bunch of 8 year olds, don't do it with your dogs either. It's not a good experience for anyone. Most owners are pretty responsible and understand how dogs play but the area is not really big enough for a lot of dogs at one time so time your visit right and you will have a good experience, time it wrong and you will probably leave...

What an excellent park! We came for the playground and especially liked that the playground designed for younger kids (2-5) has a fence and a soft pad around it (rather than woodchips that sometimes go in mouths). The equipment was in great condition and very age appropriate. They also have a big playground for older kids that looked quite fun with swings, a rock climbing area, and tall slides. It looked as though they also have a big field for soccer, football, or something like that, as well as a baseball diamond, a walking path, a pavilion, and a pretty big parking lot. We definitely plan...