Family Park — Attraction in Wayne Township

This is a beautiful Park tucked away just on the northwest edge of Sioux Falls. It has a good size lake that you can use kayaks or paddle boards or canoes anything without a motor on. There is no swimming area or scuba diving allowed. There are restrooms available. There are 4 good size fishing docks and the entire Lake can be fished from the shore easily. It is a fun place to bring a family to fish for Bass and channel catfish, Sunfish, bluegills etc and late in the fall as soon as it gets cold enough they stock it with trout. There is no play area or play structure but there are a few benches around the lake as well on all the docks and a few picnic tables near the parking lot/main dock area. There is also a good size completely gated off-leash dog park with one side for smaller dogs and the other side for larger dogs. A lot of people visit the dog park especially around the time that most people get off work although I have been there as late as 9:15 and there's been at least two other dogs there for my dog to play with and I've never had any sort of issue with another dog (or owner) while there with my dog, I'm thankful everyone I've met out there has always been very friendly. There are handicapped parking spaces available at the dog park area and at the lake dock area and a handicapped accessible bathroom. The whole place is very easy to get around with a very smooth, wide gravel trail that goes all the way around the lake that is perfect for...

Looked like it was a nice park but the fence in dog park is complete mud pit. I guess there is an off dog leash area where it’s not fenced in but it’s not label well but there’s a very tiny sign over near a walking path that says stop dogs have to be on leashes. For the people that have their dogs off the leash can still run over to the dogs that are on the leash on the walking path, I just think this is not a very safe environment for dogs, especially when dogs run up on dogs and have no control environment. There needs to be a bigger sign when you pull into the parking lot down there that says off leash area and then a bigger sign over near the walking path that says leash here for the walking path. It’s a nice place to go ride a bike with your family and stuff but beware of the dogs off leashes the owners have no control over them. Would I recommend this place?? It’s a nice walk with your dog if the dog stay by their owner. It’s not a good place to go if you don’t like dogs running up on you the dogs are not are being controlled by...

I absolutely love this place! I frequent the dog park more than any of the other areas of this park. It isn't advertised a whole lot online. It has a two part dog park, one area for small dogs and another larger area for ALL dog sizes. There are picnic tables and benches on both sides as well as large logs and concrete tubes that the dogs can climb on and run under. There are normal dog park water fountains, but they also have hose stations (on a timer button) on both sides to wash your dog off when they get muddy or to fill some sort of water container that you bring for your dog. My absolute favorite part about this place is the off-leash trails that wind throughout the park! They are well maintained, and lots of fun. It's not as big of a place as Spencer Park, but it does not flood at all because it is on top of a hill. One downside to that is in the colder part of the year, the wind can be atrocious. So make sure you bundle up and wear lots of layers during the winter! Frank and I love coming here at least...