Blackstone Park Conservation District — Attraction in Providence

This park has plenty of wide dirt trails that are clearly marked, without being paved. It's not the kind of pristine, solitary nature experience that is ideal in a hike, but it's an easy hike for young kids. For the urban locale, I think they do a pretty good job. The park's wildlife is nothing special. Just commonplace New England fauna like squirrels and robins. I don't think it's large enough to attract any more diverse wildlife. The road is pretty much visible from all points. Litter was not bad, but again this is not a deep-woods hike and there are plenty of signs of human activity.

I agree with some other posters that dogs (or rather, ignorant owners) can be a problem. I don't know what the leash law is in this area, but I saw a lot of off-leash dogs. In fact, at one point when I was a little off the trail, I heard loud growling huge black dog came toward me aggressively. Luckily I grew up in an area with lots of dogs and know how to behave around a strange dog. But if it had been a young child in my place, they might have panicked or run and the owner would have been no way been able to control this big off-leash dog. The park has a lot of potential but needs to have clear, better enforced...

This is such a beautiful park, but it’s a shame we can’t come here much due to so many people letting their dogs off leash when they do not have control of their dogs. In one instance, we brought our dog on leash, and a dog off leash cornered us by the river. We had nowhere to go and the dog completely ignored its owner when he attempted to call the dog back. It was scary, and we have never taken on our dog again. In another instance I tried taking my 2-year-old son. He loved exploring the woods but then a large dog ran up to him so quickly I didn’t have time to react. The dog grabbed food right out of his hand, scaring him and making him cry. I asked the woman to call her dog back and the dog ignored her. Until the city starts writing tickets to those with dogs off leash, many people will not be able to...

I loved this park. I went there in a rainy day in April. It's near the river and you can have a good walk/run and enjoy the scenery. The river is not that nice and smelly, but the park is really nice and the trails are challenging and beautiful. The park has three sections of north (mostly trail and road), middle (lots of trails between lots of trees and plants!), south (nice trails and a pond!). You can easily spend an hour walking different trails and taking awesome pictures!

I think the city needs to maintain the park better though. This park has the potential to be a really nice place for residents, tourists...