Its beautiful out there. The spring time is the best time When the flowers r blooming. Its breath taking.

Beautiful for walking or running! Great trials.

Wonderful park where you can relax and enjoy the nature! Clean and well kept! High recommended!

Beautiful walking trails, very well kept and clean park with fishing, wildlife, bathrooms, picnic tables. Handicapped accessible throughout park.

Overall nice park with a good network of trails throughout. A few little ponds are found about on the reclaimed landfill, and although they advertise fishing, it’s quite rubbish as I have never caught anything more than a small sunfish as an experienced angler. It is not a bad place to go long boarding, although you need to have your balance just right or else you may crash because of all the branches and twigs everywhere and then at night with the frogs and toads everywhere, it’s a bloody minefield. The ponds will always freeze, but in a snowy year, don’t expect to do any activity such as hockey or skating, because they aren’t shoveled and Brookings is not a hockey town by any stretch, so unlike Minnesota the snow will stay on all of them all year around.

My second home away from home

Just live down the road looks really nice but trees need be trimmed for big campers

We stopped here for a break on a long trip. Well maintained, and clean restrooms!

Beautiful park with plenty of scenery, riding and walking trails, and nice people. Definitely recommend visiting whether you live here or youre just traveling through

Free, it Is a beautiful place. Plenty of things to do. Rent kayaks, bikes, fishing rods, and much more.

Very fun place to go hang out and fish casually with out boats zooming by or a ton of bugs biting.

Beautiful nature center and paths. Great spot for a wedding

Dakota Nature Park is great. It is free it has a lot of different paths to walk and it has a very nice Nature Center with restrooms.

Great outdoor park for a nice walk to take in nature with some nice views of water.

I love coming out walk here with my dogs. They like to wade in the ponds to cool off. The only issue I have is the grass next to the path needs to be cut down as my dogs are small dogs and couldnt walk on grass without getting the weeds and grass in their eyes. The paved paths get to hot and they need to be able to walk in the grass. All in all it is always a nice peaceful and enjoyable walk!

Great place to spend family time outdoors. Bike, fish, canoe or walk.

Favorite place in Brookings. Hard to believe its right on the edge of town.

Nice place for hangouts..

Great place to picnic, fish, walk, ride bikes. Found lots of monarch Caterpillars, fireflys at night. Its a treasure!

Beautiful nature area, fishing was fun, walking trail was smooth.

Best kept secret of Brookings

Its beautiful place and its so nice to have something so close to town. My kids loved catching little fish. We even made a fishing pole out of a stick.. my daughter got 7 fish with it. My little family loves this place.. if you havent checked it out, its a must! We also went around and picked up some garbage people left behind.. remember to clean up after yourself.. lets keep it beautuful!!

Love the trails and fishing!

This is a great park to have right in Brookings. There is plenty of paved trail for taking a stroll, walking your dog, biking, etc. The nature center also has equipment you can rent. Bikes, kayaks and paddle boards in the summer. They also have some winter gear. Unfortunately, a portion of the trail that goes through the wooded section has been flooded for over a year. I hope they can do something to fix this area.

Nice place first time kayaking

My all time weekend destination (Im summer ofcourse ) nice for cycling jogging fishing and spending some family time

Good place to visit. Lake was frozen due to winters. But a good place to spend a evening.

A perfect day for a walk.

Good place for walking, cycling and boating!Far from crowd!

Paved walking trails that accommodate hikers, bikers or anything with wheels. Pets on a leash are permitted and there are several pet waste receptacles. Kayaking is permitted and rentals are cheap. Have bug spray handy in the Fall and avoid getting into the water.

Decent park...

Excellent park for walking, running, or biking. Shoreline and docks for dogs. Watch out for the goose poop on the paths!

Great place to walk or jog, or just sit and enjoy.

Great place to walk. Too bad its close to a highway so lots of noise pollution.

Really nice area with great trails for walking and biking. They rent bikes, two rider bikes and kayaks during the summer and do ice skating in the winter.

I love going to this place! Dont have traval far for a beautiful walk and they have the option to rent canoes and kayaks. Also animal friendly!

Shot lots of guns

Beautiful trails to bike or walk on paved and crushed rock trails. Peaceful and lovely bridges. Kids liked the activities in the nature center, canoeing, and kayak rentals. We also checked out the mountain bike trails and pump track. Good signage for Mt. Bike trail loops easy vs hard loops. Grandpa & son experienced riders. Lots of cool bumps, and some jumps. Myself and 5yr old did loop in woods and easy track on regular bike. The pump track was fun and to try. There are easy loops for strider bike or kids scooter, intermediate, and advanced pump tracks. However, no signage to indicate levels or the start point. We found this difficult as newbies. Great course, but city is letting an asset like this go neglected due to poor maintenance and no signs for loop levels or starting point. It also was very difficult to find the entrance to the Mt. Bike area. I suggest parking in the outdoor activity gravel lot them follow the treeline by the baseball outfield to find the entrance. We are from St. Paul MN and did like all the offerings for outdoor fun!

Got engaged there. 10/10 would do it again.

Great place to shoot some guns, but range only has 25 yd range lanes. Come on now, how am I going to work on my long shot at your facility? One less star for you! Lolz

Great place to relax. Quiet and refreshing place for running, walking and fishing.

Nice peaceful little park to walk ride bike or paddle board at.

Very reasonable to rent kayaks, canoes, bike etc. Nice staff!

Great place for easy, kid-friendly nature time.

Beautiful place to go in Brookings.

Quaint park. We even saw some nature, so it lives up to its name. The grassland section sports many native plant species and is well maintained.

Great outdoor experience. We walked the dogs all the way around the park. Side note...Be watchful for fast bikers coming down the same path

Always Peaceful and Beautiful

Its a very nice park! Walking paths, biking, small boating, dogs allowed on leashes and fishing. Lots of ponds with wild life! Beautiful and peaceful inside the city of Brookings SD.

Great place to relax and enjoy a good canoeing trip day

We like to ride bikes, walk the dog and fish a little here. Good place to bring the kids to burn a little energy. The bike hills are pretty unique and watercraft can be rented.

Beautiful park with lots of trails that is free to the public

Cleanest park you can find around.

Beautiful trail system and nature center!

Wonderful hidden gem here in Brookings! Especially the marsh boardwalk. Fireflies, owls, redwing blackbirds, deer, and peace and quiet. Well, unless there is a soccer game at the nearby field. But otherwise, a great place to commune with nature

Great for a neature walk!

Beautiful place to bird watch, fish, bike, or just enjoy nature!

Good size for a city run outdoor nature park. Summertime rentals are nice with kayaks and canoes, along with fishing equipment and other sporting goods. Winter is also a time to rent sporting goods such as cross country skis and snow shoes, weather permitting of course. The one thing that kept me from adding that fifth star is the management of the ponds. The DNR has not done a great job maintaining a healthy fish population and this has resulted in a lot of stunted fish, good for kids to catch, bad for anglers who are without a boat or access to natural lakes/waterways.

I loved coming here since freshman year. Great place to walk, rollerblade and just get away from the town for a bit.

Plenty of outdoor fun like kayaking, biking, and just plain strolling around the lakes. A beautiful use of land right outside Brookings.

Amazing trails that are a good distance range

Beautiful park, good place to go for a walk.

Awesome trail system, fun for family hikes. Easy bike and kayak rentals. Cross country skiing too.

Reclaimed landfill area, great place to take the family for biking and walking. Took a lot of great photos, especially sunrises. Also offers fishing and a kayak/canoe put in. Definitely worth a stop.

This is a great place to take the kids they have more fun watching the fish then catching them I think

Beautiful place to go relax and enjoy nature

A great trail to bike, walk, and even roller blade! Beautiful lakes with the trails so close to them!

Nice nature walk

We spent a great day out with the kids. This is a beautiful place, great views and very peaceful.

Dakota Nature Park is located on the south edge of town, so it can be accessed quickly and without much of a drive for residents of the Brookings area. I like to stop here on my way out of town to gather my thoughts after visiting my mothers home. Lol. No offense Marcia. This little sanctuary is my best kept secret weapon of stress relief to get me back home without a headache, or a speeding ticket, each time I pass through. On some occasions, I stop before my visits AND after. Regardless of my reasons, or how often I visit, this tiny, non-concrete obstructed view pitstop, gives me, my truck, and my lovely child a nice place to breathe in some fresh air, shake off our days schedule for a bit, have some nature talks, and give our four legs a walk, before we head south to Harrisburg. Which is where our usual and customary sanctuary is located. We like to call it home. ~We️BNPyouWill2~

Photos in the autumn are beautiful

Great place to jog or sit and relax in nature.

Wish I knew about the nature center 5 years ago Id be there every day doing homework

Comfortable, well maintained trails winding around a group of man made ponds through beautiful trees. A great place for photos, canoeing, fishing, or just taking in nature without leaving town.

Very informative staff willing to answer questions about the park

Nature is so natural

Loved the canoe rentals! Great place to visit for very little cash.

Grandchildren loved it

Great little trail system!

Wonderful setting of nature. Very peaceful.

Amazing, beautiful, well designed. A wonderful surprise for Brookings and surrounding areas!

A place for nature lovers

So nice a place.. Scenic and lush in summer

Beautiful place to enjoy an afternoon. Bicycling, fishing, paddle boarding are just a few activities. Rentals are available if needed.

This is a beautiful place with a great nature center and awesome walking trails.

Beautiful still pond where kayak rentals are available

Great people! Had a great time fishing with the kids and renting a canoe.

Great place for a run or to just enjoy a nice summer day.

I want to go back.

Great place to walk, run, bike, kayak, SUP. Rentals available. Not very dog friendly :(

Interesting, but its not the home of my twins

Nice park! Kayaks, canoes, and bikes are available to rent for a few hours!

Free!!!!! Nice place for evening walk

Great walking trails in a tranquil setting.

Great fishing and nice trails.

Nice, quiet, with good walking trails. The water areas are interconnected for kayaking.

Great place for a walk.

Great place to hangout and exercise all year!

Great recreation!

Very nice park!!!