{"id":4415,"date":"2026-08-04T17:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/hogs-back-park-ottawa"},"modified":"2026-08-06T01:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T05:23:45","slug":"hogs-back-park-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa","title":{"rendered":"Hog&#8217;s Back Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-parks\">\u2190 TOP 10 venues in Ottawa \u2014 best parks 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Park<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Ottawa<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 9.5\/10 \u00b7 3409 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-04 20:17:42<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>600 Hog&#039;s Back Rd, Ottawa, ON K2C 0H9, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+1613-239-5000\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=45.373077,-75.697898\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aa60c935d412\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aa60c935d412\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Hogs_Back_Park_%E2%80%94_the_waterfall_where_the_Rideau_Canal_leaves_the_river\" >Hog&#8217;s Back Park \u2014 the waterfall where the Rideau Canal leaves the river<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Highlights\" >Highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#What_youll_find\" >What you&#8217;ll find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\" >Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Getting_there_practical\" >Getting there &amp; practical<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#When_to_visit\" >When to visit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Visitor_tips\" >Visitor tips<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Questions_answers\" >Questions &amp; answers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.name\/en\/hogs-back-park-ottawa\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hogs_Back_Park_%E2%80%94_the_waterfall_where_the_Rideau_Canal_leaves_the_river\"><\/span>Hog&#8217;s Back Park \u2014 the waterfall where the Rideau Canal leaves the river<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hog&#8217;s Back is the loudest place in Ottawa that nobody has to pay to enter. This is the point where the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, breaks away from the Rideau River and heads north through a man-made cut toward the locks below Parliament Hill \u2014 and where the river&#8217;s surplus water is thrown down a rock channel in a white, hammering cascade you can hear before you see. The park around it is a compact 20.8-hectare nature site run by the National Capital Commission, built around lookouts, picnic lawns and a restored mid-century pavilion, and it functions as the single best short lesson in how the capital&#8217;s most famous waterway actually works.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hog&#8217;s Back Falls<\/strong> \u2014 officially named Prince of Wales Falls, though almost nobody uses that name; the water pours through an excavated channel in the river&#8217;s eastern bank rather than over the natural riverbed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The lookout platforms<\/strong> \u2014 railed viewing decks set directly above the drop, close enough that spray reaches you on a high-water day in April.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The heritage pavilion<\/strong> \u2014 a refreshment building of 1954\u201355 by Ottawa architect Watson Balharrie, a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a clean piece of mid-century modern design in geometric shapes and period colours.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The canal junction<\/strong> \u2014 the exact spot where the navigation channel splits from the river, with the dam that made the whole system possible immediately upstream.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interpretive displays<\/strong> \u2014 panels through the park explain the canal&#8217;s construction, the dam&#8217;s repeated failures and the engineering that finally held.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hog&#8217;s Back Grill and Bistro<\/strong> \u2014 the seasonal concession beside the pavilion, with covered gazebo seating and long summer hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_youll_find\"><\/span>What you&#8217;ll find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park is small enough to walk end to end in twenty minutes and dramatic enough that most people take an hour. Paths loop from the parking area down to a series of railed lookouts over the gorge, then back through picnic lawns and mature trees. Below the falls the river reassembles itself into a fast, deep run that anglers work from the banks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Railed lookout platforms and a short network of surfaced walking paths.<\/li>\n<li>Picnic tables scattered across the lawns above the gorge.<\/li>\n<li>Washrooms open roughly from May to mid-October, from 9 a.m. until dusk.<\/li>\n<li>The restored pavilion with its seasonal food service, open daily in season from late morning to mid-evening, weather permitting.<\/li>\n<li>Free time-limited parking, generally available from 7 a.m. until dusk.<\/li>\n<li>Direct connections to the Rideau Canal and Rideau River multi-use pathways, north toward downtown and south toward Mooney&#8217;s Bay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Things_to_do_%E2%80%94_and_who_its_for\"><\/span>Things to do \u2014 and who it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First-time visitors to Ottawa<\/strong> \u2014 twenty minutes here explains the Rideau Canal better than any museum panel, because the dam, the falls and the navigation channel are all in one view.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photographers<\/strong> \u2014 high water in April and early May gives the falls their maximum volume, and the low afternoon sun cuts straight into the gorge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cyclists<\/strong> \u2014 the park is a natural water stop on the canal pathway, roughly halfway between the downtown locks and the southern suburbs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Families with older children<\/strong> \u2014 the lookouts are safe and thrilling, though the terrain and the fencing mean this is not a toddler playground park.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anglers<\/strong> \u2014 the deep, oxygenated water immediately below the cascade is a long-standing local fishing spot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>History and engineering enthusiasts<\/strong> \u2014 the interpretive displays and the heritage pavilion make this the most legible piece of canal history inside the city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there_practical\"><\/span>Getting there &amp; practical<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The park sits in Ottawa&#8217;s south end, immediately downstream of the Mooney&#8217;s Bay area and a short distance from Carleton University. The nearest rail stop is Mooney&#8217;s Bay station on O-Train Line 2, the Trillium Line, which reopened in January 2025 after its rebuild; from there it is a walk of about fifteen minutes along the riverside pathway, and Carleton and Dow&#8217;s Lake are the next stations toward downtown. Several OC Transpo bus routes serve the surrounding neighbourhoods. Entry to the park is free and there is no ticket of any kind; parking is also free but time-limited, generally from 7 a.m. to dusk. The National Capital Commission operates the site seasonally, opening in early May and closing on 1 December, weather permitting, so the facilities, washrooms and food service are not available in deep winter. Most visits take between forty minutes and an hour and a half.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_visit\"><\/span>When to visit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Spring is the falls at their most spectacular. April and early May bring the Rideau&#8217;s meltwater surge, the channel runs full, the noise is genuinely loud and the spray drifts over the lookouts \u2014 this is the month to come if you want the waterfall rather than the picnic. Summer settles the flow into something steadier and turns the park into a picnic and pathway stop, with the concession open daily and the lawns busy at lunchtime. Autumn is the quietest and arguably the prettiest: the gorge is framed in colour, the light is low, and the site stays open until the seasonal closure at the start of December. Winter in Ottawa is severe, and this particular park steps back from it \u2014 the National Capital Commission shuts the site for the cold months, so there are no washrooms, no food and no maintained parking. Winter visitors come on foot or on skis along the canal pathway, and the season&#8217;s real attraction is a short distance downstream: the Rideau Canal Skateway, 7.8 kilometres of maintained ice on the same waterway between the Hartwells Locks near Carleton University and the locks beneath Parliament Hill, free of charge and, when the ice cooperates, open twenty-four hours a day from January into early March.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>None of this was here two centuries ago. Before the canal, the site was a run of gentle rapids about 600 metres long with a drop of roughly 1.8 metres \u2014 mild enough that canoes ran it without portaging. It was known as Three Rock Rapids until the current name appeared just before construction; the civil engineer John MacTaggart recorded it in 1827 as a noted ridge of rocks called the Hog&#8217;s Back, so named because timber rafts coming downstream stuck on it. When Lieutenant-Colonel John By&#8217;s Rideau Canal project reached this point, the dam required here became the single most troublesome structure on a 202-kilometre waterway. The first contractor declared the job impossible and walked away; the Royal Sappers and Miners took it over; and on 3 April 1829 an ice jam destroyed the unfinished works outright. The dam was finally completed in 1831 and raised the river at this point by 12.5 metres \u2014 41 feet \u2014 drowning the upper rapids and creating the calm water upstream. To keep spring floods from tearing the new structure apart, the engineers cut a waste channel through the eastern bank; that channel is the waterfall people photograph today, which makes Hog&#8217;s Back Falls a genuinely rare thing, a major urban cascade that exists because of a nineteenth-century safety valve. The canal itself opened in 1832, was built for military reasons while Britain and the United States contested control of the region, and is now the only canal from North America&#8217;s great canal-building era still operating along its original line with most of its structures intact. UNESCO inscribed the Rideau Canal as a World Heritage Site on 27 June 2007. The park above the falls came much later, developed through the 1950s, and its refreshment pavilion of 1954\u201355 by the Ottawa architect Watson Balharrie survives as a Recognized Federal Heritage Building \u2014 a small, confident piece of mid-century modernism that has since been rehabilitated in its original colours.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_tips\"><\/span>Visitor tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay behind the railings and keep children close. The water below the cascade is fast, deep and cold even in August, the rock is slick with spray, and the fencing exists because people have been swept away here. There is no swimming at this site.<\/li>\n<li>Come in the second half of April if you want the falls at full roar; come in October if you want the same view with a fraction of the people.<\/li>\n<li>Combine it with the walk upstream to Mooney&#8217;s Bay \u2014 twenty minutes along the pathway gets you from the waterfall to a beach, and it is the best short riverside walk in the south end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_answers\"><\/span>Questions &amp; answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is Hog&#8217;s Back Park free?<\/strong> Yes. The park, the lookouts and the paths are free to enter, and parking is free as well, though it is time-limited and generally available only from 7 a.m. until dusk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the waterfall natural?<\/strong> Not in its present form. The original feature was a set of mild rapids called Three Rock Rapids. The cascade you see now flows through a channel cut into the eastern bank in the 1820s and 1830s as a relief route for floodwater, protecting the canal dam built alongside it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you swim or wade at the falls?<\/strong> No. Swimming is not permitted, the current below the drop is powerful, and the shoreline is fenced for that reason. For swimming, the supervised city beach at Mooney&#8217;s Bay is a short distance upstream, and it is itself subject to seasonal water-quality closures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the park open in winter?<\/strong> Not as a serviced site. The National Capital Commission opens it in early May and closes it on 1 December, weather permitting, so washrooms, food service and maintained parking are unavailable in the cold months. The surrounding pathways remain walkable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I get there on public transport?<\/strong> Mooney&#8217;s Bay station on O-Train Line 2, the Trillium Line, is the closest rail stop, about a fifteen-minute walk away along the riverside pathway; Carleton and Dow&#8217;s Lake are the following stations toward the core, and several OC Transpo bus routes serve the surrounding neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there food on site?<\/strong> Yes, seasonally. The Hog&#8217;s Back Grill and Bistro operates beside the heritage pavilion during the open season, daily from late morning to mid-evening and weather dependent, with covered seating in a shaded gazebo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is it called Hog&#8217;s Back?<\/strong> Because of a ridge of rock in the rapids that caught timber rafts drifting downstream. The engineer John MacTaggart wrote the name down in 1827. The falls also carry an official name, Prince of Wales Falls, which is almost never used in practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long should I plan for a visit?<\/strong> Forty minutes covers the lookouts and the interpretive panels comfortably. Ninety minutes lets you add a picnic, and a half-day works if you continue on the pathway toward Mooney&#8217;s Bay or north along the canal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawa.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/08\/hogs-back-park-ottawa-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hog&#039;s Back Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawa.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/08\/hogs-back-park-ottawa-2.jpg\" alt=\"Hog&#039;s Back Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawa.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/08\/hogs-back-park-ottawa-3.jpg\" alt=\"Hog&#039;s Back Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawa.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/08\/hogs-back-park-ottawa-4.jpg\" alt=\"Hog&#039;s Back Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawa.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/08\/hogs-back-park-ottawa-5.jpg\" alt=\"Hog&#039;s Back Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawa.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/08\/hogs-back-park-ottawa-6.jpg\" alt=\"Hog&#039;s Back Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<details>\n<summary>Show 1 more photos<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ottawa.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/08\/hogs-back-park-ottawa-7.jpg\" alt=\"Hog&#039;s Back Park\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Claret M<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n12 November 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A great place for walking, cycling, feeding the birds, lots of flora and fauna. A wonderful waterfall and playground. A nice stream you can walk across&#8230; a nice park, as much as you like. The washroom closes at 7 or ear\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>J\u00f6rg Heinson<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n11 October 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A very nice park right in the city. I definitely recommend visiting it.<\/p>\n<p>There are very tame chipmunks here. It&#039;s best to bring nuts with you. IMPORTANT: The nuts must be unsalted and unflavoured. Then the chipmunks will\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Tarek al-Hammadi<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n2 June 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>A great place for a picnic and get-togethers. The park has waterfalls, trees, paths and other amenities. It&#039;s huge and surrounded by other parks. The atmosphere here is lovely and suits couples and family gatherings. The\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Barnali \u201cBarnali Sarkar Banerjee\u201d Banerjee<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n25 May 2024<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>This place is a fantastic combination of natural beauty and man-made structures. There&#039;s plenty of free parking here, which makes it easy for people to visit and enjoy the place. We loved the impressive rock formations,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-4\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Tom Daff<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n21 January 2023<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 8.1\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Enjoyed a short visit to the park. The waterfalls make for wonderful views, and the trail along the river has lots of greenery.<\/p>\n<p>The walk along the park was much quicker than expected, so it seems like a better place to\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-04 20:17:42<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. 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