Rowlett Community Park — Attraction in Rowlett

UPDATE: 3/6/2018 I am happy to report that the smell is gone! This is absolutely my favorite place so I was really glad when they fixed whatever was making that noxious stench. My dogs LOVE this place and it's so pretty. I can't tell you how happy I am that it smells good again!

We were up there today and they were doing a lot of maint. on the baseball/soccer/etc fields. Very busy! They also put out a ton of extra portapotties and scattered trashcans throughout the parking lot. Even if I don't enjoy sports, it looks like sports lovers are gonna have a real good time this year!

On top of that, there are turtles in the lake! It's not a deal breaker but it makes me happy to know that so many turtles found a safe/life-sustaining pond to live in like that.

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This was one of our favorite parks for a while now. There's a ton of land, well maintained grass, smooth sidewalks, nice baseball fields and well kept playgrounds.

Sometimes, you would get the random person who wouldn't have their dogs leashed but the place is so spacious that if you stayed keen on your surroundings, you could anticipate and react accordingly.

Unfortunately, something is going on recently with the giant hill that overlooks the park. On the right, there was a swarm of birds, I mean absolutely a massive flock flying in circles over something, though I couldn't tell you what as it was at the top of the hill.

We got out of the car and caught an absolutely noxious odor that we originally thought was just a really bad dog poop someone didn't clean up but the longer we lingered at the park, the stronger the smell became.

Checking our shoes and surroundings, we didn't find poop but glancing at that hill, we saw the dozens and dozens of birds and then strangely, to the far left I saw fire atop the hill!

I don't know what they were burning but that fire was quite large if I could see it plainly all the way over by the jungle gyms.

Gag reflexes triggered, we rushed back to the car, even having to breathe through our mouths (gross) just to keep from retching over the smell in our noses.

There were a few maintenance trucks rolling around but it didn't look serious. We also saw a big truck rolling up the big hill but still not sure what the hubbub was about.

Hopefully they fix it soon, the place is too nice to...

We use RCP almost year round. We play Ultimate Frisbee there for most of the year. We play at 7:30am till a little after 9am. This is a well planned park with a lot of soccer fields, baseball fields, an outdoor basketball court, 2 sand volleyball courts, a pavilion, fishing ponds and concrete tracks. The only thing is it is next to the Hinton Landfill so the smell can be quite bad at times.

We've been using RCP at nights now as well so it's been fun. The lights are on for soccer practice and we tag along. The lights go off at exactly 9pm...

Called about reservations here for a birthday party the lady I spoke with told me 8-12 and 3-9 it could be resevered or all day but if not reserved but someone else 12-3 was free range I said ok . called the day before I needed the park pavilion they said NOONE had reserved it so I set everything up at 12 only to take it down cause someone did reserve it even though I was told nobody did and the parks and recreation told the lady to just call the cops on us even though we were not in the wrong. they need to make sure no false accusations...