Fort Lowell Park — Local services in Tucson

Ft. Lowell park is a staple that has been in the neighborhood for decades and hopefully will be for many more to come. This enormous sprawling park features a duck pond, tennis and racquetball courts, public swimming pool with diving pool and children's wading pool, multiple sports fields for a variety of different sports, several Ramada equipped with Barbecue grills and electricity, who knows how many playgrounds for the little ones, a few historic buildings that are on display for free viewing, a museum, miles and miles of hiking trails, pecan trees, and many other features that I do not exactly recall from memory. However, growing up down the street, I remember many a birthday party celebration held here for friends and I, feeding the ducks and geese, flying kites, picking pecans a few years in a row, going swimming, and not quite being ready to fully commit to summer tennis lessons offered by Tucson Parks and Recreation Department. If you have not been to one of Tucson's oldest and most feature filled park, you and your family should definitely schedule some time here for one of the plethora of low to no cost activities that the entire family is sure to enjoy! Hope this little summary of FLP has been helpful! :) Thank you...

TL/DR: Easy, less populated, green, calm. Have a bike to show off, go to Rillito.

The Rillito was very busy this morning with a lot of bicyclists. Doesn't leave a lot of places to just enjoy a walk and scenery. Fort Lowell Park is a perfect alternative. The pond here is an amazing morning walk: the turtles sun themselves on the edge of the pond and when they slip back into the water their little heads poke out and watch. There's no feeding the ducks- a few signs around to help you remember. I could imagine that's why there's no too much bird poop around the edge of the pond. The benches here all have good shade in the morning. The sound of the fountain is so much better of an experience than the whirr clicking of all the expensive bikes in Rillito going too fast for pedestrians. The trees also deserve a mention. Tucson isn't the leafiest place. Agua Caliente Park's tree/pond experience on the eastside is what I expect from a park in desert. Reid's pond- great park too- feels too engineered. The trees here at the pond at big, climby, and hella leafy. The kind of leafy that feels cool as you walk by it. Tucsonans know what I'm...

This park seems to be steeped in history. It looks like it was a fort back in the day. There was so much more to see then my time there allowed so no doubt I will have to go back. But if you just drive by this park trust me friends what you see doesn't do this park justice in any way. First, it's much bigger than it looks. I went and parked all the way un the back where a guy can actually get a certain amount of alone time with my guitar. But it also has plenty of open area for walking dogs and a beautiful little man made pond with a charming little fountain in the middle and wild life in and all around it. It has the usual park amenities. Tennis courts swimming and dive pools and baseball diamonds. But it also has racquet ball courts. (One of my favorite games to play) Plus the playground area was absolutely jumping when I was there. I wont go into the history of this park because 1) I'm no expert. 2) I'm also no spoiler. But needless to say, it's an interesting aspect of this park that it would seem truly unique unto itself. I'm going back to better soak it all in. I think you would like this one to friends. ...