Snail Lake Regional Park — Attraction in Shoreview

Here's what you need to know: Parking: Lot Age range (playground): 1+ Sidewalks: Paved to and around play area Seating: Benches around play area Bathrooms: In warming house Picnic tables: In nearby picnic shelter Grills: In nearby pavilion Sports field: Sand volleyball court, trails, and fishing (both shore and off-shore)

The picnic shelter (which is huge) and play area are located in the same direction right off the parking lot (a personal preference). The lake is on one side of the shelter and the sand volleyball court between the shelter and playground.

Although the play area itself isn't shaded, there's ample shading surrounding it. You can pick from sitting on a bench to lounging around in the grass.

Part of the playground has turf flooring while the other part has mulch. The turf is well-worn, but still more ideal than mulch (again, a personal preference).

The playground itself is big. On one end, little tots can peruse without help while big kids can keep themselves entertained on the other. The entire play structure is connected and, if able, your kiddos can navigate the entire thing continuously.

Zoey (17 months) enjoyed the ramps, tunnels, slides, and stairs on her end, as well as the bridges and bigger slides on the other. She's even trying to find her way up curved and rope ladders.

Titus (3) and Madeline (4.5) enjoyed the monkey bars, fireman pole, slides, and variety of climbing challenges on the big-kid half of the playground.

All three kiddos also took time to relax on the swing set, which sits on the far end of the play area. It has a baby swing and regular swings.

Another swing set sits on the opposite side of the play area with a high back and regular swings. Near this swing set is also a pair of spring riders, one double and the other single.

We visited in the morning. Considering school was out and this is a regional park (which means bigger park and, more often than not, more traffic), it had a reasonable amount of traffic (not overwhelming like at Sitzer).

Aside from park traffic, Snail Lake Regional Park is a clean, well-kept, and engrossing park. If you're looking for somewhere to throw a big outdoor party, maybe complete with water-front activities or playground entertainment, it's a...

Was just enjoying this beautiful Sunny day scouting parks and playgrounds to bring my six-year-old daughter. I heard that Snail Lake was fixed up since I was last there as a young probably 20 somethin, anyways I am only giving 3 stars because I haven't yet experienced the park only used the lavatory and walked around a bit but it looks nice, new and clean. I think the beach could be maintained better as there was seaweed washed up along the shoreline in the swimming area (most likely from the boat traffic) and it looks as though the sandy beach hasn't been groomed in some time. The parking is plentiful for both boat trailers and beach goers. There is a large playground and a volleyball court up over a hill. That being said I will most certainly be bringing my daughter here in the coming weeks to see what she thinks and I will update my review accordingly. Thank...

The bathrooms right by the lake are surprisingly nice. I was not expecting them to be that nice. Doors latch, doesn't smell, nothing weird, etc. Paths are nice, but they get a little flooded in the spring, and in the tunnels under roadways. It's a bit unfortunate, but with how close it is to water, it's ver understandable. The playground looks fun. I personally wanted to go play on it, but there were quite a few small children present, so I don't know how great it actually was or not. Benches all over to sit at, and it's overall a pretty decent place to do anything...