Great Falls Park

Beautiful park! The line is long to get in but worth the wait. It's $3/individual or $5/vehicle to get in and there are several areas to picnic, all which are usually full of families and pets. There are 3 overlooks to the Falls, many trails, picnic areas, a visitors center, a snack bar and most importantly, clean bathrooms. If you are brave enough, you can also go whitewater kayaking or canoeing at your own risk.

Our trip to this park started with walking on one of the trails right next to the water.  The River was overflowing at the time and covered a part of the trail and there were warnings that it would be rising higher but it was still fun as we tried to skip stones across the water (none of us have mastered that art). We went to each of the three Great Falls overlooks, where there are lots of large rock areas that the kids love to climb on and are perfectly safe, and watched the "crazy people" kayaking down in the rough water. Later we went to the snack bar for frozen juice bars and relaxed in the park for a while before heading home.

Definitely a nice place to spend an afternoon with the family!

Kid's View: "The park was okay, I don't really like hiking but I loved climbing on the rocks and getting ice-cream!"

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