Cook Park Playground — Attraction in Town of Colonie

Such a wonderful playground!! We needed a place for our girls 9yrs and 2.5yrs to play in the middle of a trip upstate, and this park was perfect. The playground was good for a very wide range of ages of kids with a small house for little kids, climbing ropes, an accessible zip line with a seat, and a free swinging zip line rope. Swings for big kids and babies, a safe teeter-totter, slides of so many lengths and heights. The only thing missing was a splash pad/water feature (which we are used to at most NYC playgrounds)!! Then not far are bathrooms that were very clean and well kept. The women's bathroom had a changing table and plentiful paper towels to dry your hands. And right outside the bathrooms was a half circle of benches facing a small waterfall into a pool. The playground itself was diverse and full of friendly cool families.

Outside the playground area, there were rolling grassy hills facing a pond, a small amphitheater that we're sure most host outdoor concerts, and plenty of places to go for a run or kick a ball. And all of this right off the main drag, just down from a major shopping area.

We loved it so much, we are sure to stop here on any trip between NYC...

Not very cultural, I would not recommend if you are a family of color, the looks, the stares, like you don't belong there Brought my grandchildren with my husband I am afro latina my husband is irish our grandchildren didn't understand why people were leaving and looking at them and whispering wouldn't let their children play with my grandchildren wow what a world we live in, I never thought I would be exposed to that behavior by adults. Our children are who we teach them to be, but all in all we didn't say anything we just let the children play didn't realize at the time it would be an issue for some, just posting...

Absolutely love this park & playground, my 3 grandkids love it as well, something for younger and older kids to enjoy. They also have spots for picnicking, cookouts that are free, first come first serve basis but they do also have pavilion rentals, believe reasonably priced. There's plenty of little trails to walk on around the park, fenced in dog park, baseball fields, basketball court, volleyball spot, small pond with many geese and an amphitheater that does have concerts weekly during the summer for free. Definitely a nice park to spend the day or just for little bit of...