Family-friendly park in the heart of Chapel Hill.Pleasant, well-maintained, easily accessible walking trail along Bolin Creek.Good volleyball courts. Picnic shelter near kids play structures..

My two teen age boys love to come here and meet up with their friends as the biking/skateboarding room is exactly what they need. Everyone is always friendly and helpful when they need it,and they always find something new to get into. Through COVID19 they were locked inside however Iv found letting them out here has helped them mentally beyond what I ever expected. We love umstead park for sure!

Love this place. Bathrooms close to play area. Very clean. Great playground equipment. Just a lovely place!

Beautiful park that provides more than just a playground. Large shaded tables to eat, bathrooms, big open fields and paved walking paths next to a stream. I saw a lot of people with fishing poles but I do not know where they are fishing at. Highly recommend for relaxing, nature watching, or exercising.

Great place to walk, jog, run, or bike ride. Beautiful.

Very nice park. Walked by the canal and was peaceful. Liked it when cloudy.

Good volleyball courts, right on a few jogging trails. Clean bathrooms

I arrive later than planned. Darkness arrived to fast, however I was able to see some of the park, seem very pretty..

Great little park with volleyball courts, a playground, and lots of nice paved trails.

Playground is good but hot in the summer. Bring lots of water. The creek and trail is a lot of fun to explore.

Sunny day quiet nice and clean

Awesome new trail Bolin Creek Trail attached to this awesome park with ample parking, fun playground and restrooms. I go here at least once a month because its always a blast for the famiky. Lots of fish to see in the creek and the path is well shaded.

Great playground. Good surface. Some shade, not a ton. Also has a creek that the kids like to visit.

Wonderful access to paved Bolin Creek trail.

Grew up there my home love it

Great trails. Beautiful scenery. Wonderful place to enjoy nature.

Nice shaded trail. Nice playground and volleyball court (sand surface) associated with it. Been there twice and moderate traffic each time, but imagine when college is in session there may be more bike commuting on it that I experienced each time.

Peaceful and quiet

Great park. Extremely large areas to explore and the closest environment to true wilderness you will find in Raleigh if you travel deep enough.

This is a great park for picnics, playgrounds and all around fun. There are clean bathrooms and even a few grills. The creek is very tempting to the younger set, so bring a change of clothes and shoes that can get wet!

Park has: restrooms, picnic tables, basketball court, volley ball sand pits, playground with swing and spinning things, trail. Trail was closed when we went. The place could use more benches and water fountains.

Small park with swing set and well maintained playground. Trail head connects to Bolin Creek trail. Nice and flat, great for walk/jog/bike.

My son loves it here, we enjoy walking the trail and he loves finding baby turtles by the water. Very safe trail its good to walk through early mornings, late evenings. The basketball court can use some renovating other than that great place for family and pets.

Best place to have family gathering clean great place for the Lil ones too please

This park is beautiful. We had a semi-family reunion. The shelter and grills were perfect. Its located right beside a brook. We were fortunate enough to see 2 beautiful deer walking on the other side of the brook. The only unfortunate part was someone had their dog loose which ran up to our shelter and pooped right beside the brook. No owner in site. And we had kids out there. But other than that, it was a great day.

A wonderful place to walk in the shade on sidewalks and along the creek awesome place

Take my daughter here often.

We love this playground, but were sad they took away the drinking fountain.

Great place to hang out with nature and family

Great small park. Ideal for anyone who enjoys nature. Has a few trails people can follow. If you dont like getting muddy or wet may not be the place as a few trails require that you cross the creek. Has restrooms and a picnic shelter. Also has a playground for kids. Ideal for dog walkers.

My child and I love that park. It is not too crowded either

Great place for kids. Playground and creek

Best local park!

Love all of the trails! There are also nice areas to stop and have a picnic along the way. Would recommend for anyone looking for easy exercise.

Great beach volleyball courts!

Awesome trails, big parking areas with restrooms. You can just enjoy sitting at a picnic table next to the parking lot, go for a 6 mile hike or run, or anything in between.

Great park, always very clean and well kept! My kids enjoy this park alot

Awesome volleyball courts!

23 month old rating review a 1! If you have older children you might feel differently. IMO this playground is poorly designed. There are low bars in sightline head height placing horizontal bars just where a toddler can pick up speed and smack right into it them. The ramps should have some sort of mesh guard to prevent crawling under too. The slides arches to go under are entirely to low but I’ve seen this as a trend at too many parks. It’s just bad design. I find the coloration in the natural setting also completely obnoxious. You had 2 confused bumble bees all over the orange looking for the pollen. There are no tied down drum sticks for the drums or metal bars. You have this giant play ground with 5 slides yet you only have 4 swings. Who picked this thing out because it doesn’t seem like they gave it much thought? I could go on...As a designer I find it extremely disappointing.

This park is ok. It has a nice rubbery ground thats helpful if your child is crawling. The playground is not very big.

Very nice park with a lot to offer. Even basketball courts across the street and a walking trail. Kids will definitely love this park!!

Good beach volleyball courts

Pleasant place to stretch your legs

Cute nature walk

The beach volleyball courts here are wonderful. The sand is always in great shape and there are bathrooms nearby. Its a true hidden gym.

The vollyball ball courts are the best, smooth sand and some shade. You can reserve a court by calling the park. There are only three though.

Great place to go with kids to have fun.

Small but nice clean family friendly. Not a lot to do there.

Great start for Bolin Creek Greenway East. Bike, run, or walk. Anticipate completion of the trail West to Estes Drive Extension.

Good playground for younger kids. Not too crowded.

Needs more parking spaces

Love the trails here. Great way to take in some fresh air and get some fitbit steps in!

Nice playground for young kids and a good place for hiking. Plus there are toilets and Picnic tables and barbecues.

Plenty of parking. Kids playground is comprehensive. Well maintained bathrooms. Picnic areas.

Cute little park. Shade. Playground with good surface for crawling babies or running kids (spongey yet solid). Picnic are. Walking paths.

Awesome family park....it has parking, walk trails, volley ball courts, basket ball courts, picnic area, grills, and bathrooms, wonderful Carolina scenery and its clean also alcohol and drug free great family park 2 thumbs up!

I play sand volleyball here regularly. The courts are an improvement over most other courts in Chapel Hill. Sand is soft, though they need to add more as the courts arent very deep. No lights.

Nice and peaceful for family get-togethers or just a place to relax by yourself

Its a nice, outside park to play at with really good walking trails

Great playground, lovely stream - easy place to spend time with the whole family.

Nice place for kids to play

The sand volleyball courts are awesome!

Nice small park. They have basketball, volleyball, some outdoor grills, a pavilion , and some nature trails close by.

I love this park. My puppy and I visit every week to take walks and play.

Nice clean park with good hiking trails.

They keep improving it

Large lovely wooded park

Use to be a fun place with huge playground but unfortunately they have torn down the park and replaced it with a smaller one and torn down the old bridge that went over the river

Beautiful

Cool

Great trails , dog friendly, bathrooms, and huge !

Need more benches closer to where the kids play

It is a great park

Great place

We bring our dog here. Lots for him to explore.

Play in the creek, but watch out for broken glass.

Good

The dead turtle was cool

Volleyball courts, childrens playground

Birds

3 sandy beach volleyball courts

Awesome park

Awesomeness

Beautiful

Great!

Love this park!

Good hikes and cycle trails.

Access to lovely greenway. Along a creek. Hills. Trees. Open bathrooms.