We love, love, love Patterson Park. They have a Kayak launch, splash pad, playground, and so much more. Weve spent so much time there in 2020 due to COVID-19 super close to our home and super convenient to go here for afternoon fun or a picnic.

Patterson Parks boardwalk is a fine escape from city life hustle and bustle. Perfect walking route for exercise.

I just went to Patterson Park yesterday, 09/22/2020, and I and so sorry Ive waited so long to go. I love the boardwalk as well as the playscape. I would love to spend the day out there with my nieces and nephews. Is it too late to do so? Also, are those kayaks available for use?

Beautiful park with splash pad, kayak rentals, and so much more! Best of all...an exquisite view of Lake St. Clair.RESIDENTS OF G.P. ONLY

Amazing atmosphere and view....had an amazing time!

Private lakefront park. Its beautiful. They have installed pickleball courts. Fun.

When my grandson visits he loves the splashpad. Perfect place to launch my kayak....now if I could just get a spot on one of those racks...gotta check where Im at on that waiting list.

Walk here daily also....also down the street and love this park as well.

This Park in Grosse Pointe Park is a quiet park. There is access to Lake Saint Clair for kayaks, SUP boards, windsurfing and the like. There is a splash pad and playscape, swings, slides for the summer months and an ice skating rink and sled Hill for the winter. Walk the boardwalk along the lake. Gorgeous! Lots of beautiful shade trees.

Its a very nice large park with activities for all ages. A spacious field when you first enter which fr my impression seems perfect for dogs and their owners. A reflection pool with a little place surrounded by shrubs to sit at a table and chat. There is a small putting green next to a large parking lot when you make your way in. A area to store your kayak/canoe. A nice board walk around a park and an awesome gazebo with its roof made of four trees (beautiful spot for a wedding or pictures). And a playground for kiddos .

The ice skating area is fun. The warming stations is very cozy. The pier is calming to walk on. The splash pad is loads of fun with family. The play equipment is a bit old, but safe.

Looks nice enough from the outside, but you have to be a resident to get in, which in my opinion sort of defeats the purpose of a park. Maybe call it a country club instead?

Beautiful lakefront park. Splash pad for the kids, board walk for the adults to take a serene stroll. Exercise circuit around perimeter of park.

Its a great family park, with ice rink in the winter and warming shelter, and playgroup and splashpad in the summer! There are more activities, but Im just listing a dew. Grounds are well kept, no trash or anything.

My wife, kids, and I went to Gross Pointe for dinner at this nice restaurant, then after we wanted to take the kids to a nearby park in the area of the restaurant....I didnt know, but now I do, that ALL the parks in this area of Gross Pointe and Gross Pointe Farms like this Matthew Park are PRIVATE! They these parks had a gated entrance to the park and only residents can visit this park. Mind you, this is just another normal park with trees, a pool, a playground, nothing crazy fancy, again just another Michigan park, only private. Lets just say, my family and I will never visit this racist city and its parks again!

Great views and something for everyone. Perfect for family reunions and birthday parties. The playscape for the kids is awesome. The walkway is beautiful. It’s nice for a visit.

Locals enjoy the ice skating, boardwalk and beautiful trees in the private oasis. And of course sledding down a great hill.

Great Park for a family gathering or a picnic. You have to be a resident of Gross point to be able to go there or a guest of a resident. Loved the water fountain, keep it us cool in a hot weather day. Oh, it is gated so you can not just go there.

Its a pretty park with a beautiful view and access to the water. It has a splash pad and play areas for kids, plenty of open space for picnicing, boats to take out on the water. While there were lots of people around, it was still peaceful.

We had a great time playing at the park!!!

Very clean & well maintained, an excellent park whether you go with kids or alone.

Quieter than Windmill Pointe, its still an incredible place, with the splash pad, community build play ground, putting green, winter skating rink and just the serenity by the water.

We arrived to check out this location for a wedding, only to find out you need a park pass for entry. I asked how to obtain one and was (almost snobbily) told you needed to be a resident. Pretty obnoxious.

This PRIVATE park is lame. Shame on GrosS Point for having a resident only policy. Detroit is really much nicer.

Not a public park - you need a park pass in order to enter and you can only get a park pass if you are a resident of Grosse Pointe Park.

Good place to practice my poooor chipping. Not the same as real grass but I am grateful the chipping area was I included in the park makeover.

Nice and private

An outstanding park to have a family group picnics and enjoy the amenities. Very clean.

Nice park, but wayyy to bougie. Its a private park for residents only which kinda defeats the purpose of what a park was made for originally.

Its a calm setting, right on the lake. Love the boardwalk.

Absolutely gorgeous!

This park is restricted to GP park residents only and my wife and I regularly walked to this place for 5 years before we moved out of Grosse Pointe Park, MI.This is my wifes favorite park for its lovely shoreline view, quietness and beauty.This park has a nice kayak access site. You can bring your own kayak and enjoy some kayaking in the lake and store it there as long as they keep the racks.There is a splash park in there as well for the little ones to enjoy summer time.

Great place to relax or meet up with friends !!

Go walk the boardwalk along the lake...that is all I need to say!

Beautiful park. It is well kept and very clean. The veiw of the lake is great. Always quit and peaceful. Our family loves this park.

Usually quiet. Great for walking around laying on a hammock or, taking the [little] kids to the splash pad.

Great board walk, playground and green space.

Great park! Great boardwalk, and playground for the kids. Just wish they had a few more kayak racks so it wasnt a 3 year wait list to get our kayaks there.

Beautiful boardwalk!

Wonderful park in a great city

You have to be a resident to get into this park.

This park is a memorial park (hence the name), and was donated by the widow of Matthew C. Patterson as a passive park, in perpetuity. That originally meant, no lights, no buildings (except the restroom), and lots of space for kids to just run and play. It also provided a lot of habitat for local wildlife, that otherwise to longer exists in grosse pointe. At some point the city decided to ignore the wishes of the donor, and began actively managing it. Theyve added a boardwalk, that replaced and closed the natural shoreline, a reflecting pool/refrigerated ice-rink that replaced the small natural ice rink they used to maintain in the winter (kids used to play hockey on the small rink, but hockey is banned on the new rink), they built a large pump station for the city sewer separation project, but basements are getting flooded anyway, so its not very effective, and the list goes on.Dont get me wrong, its a nice park, but they took a big, open, quiet place where kids could use their imaginations, or play pickup sports, and theyre slowly building it up more and more. It typical Grosse Pointe fashion, more is apparently always better, enough is never enough.

Nice

Summer, winter, spring and fall, this is the place to be!

Such a gem!

Fantastic park! Splash pad - extensive wooden play structure - baby swings - beach with lake access and lots of covered picnic areas.

Absolutely stunning views of the water. Great playground too

Beautiful view of Lake St. Clair and a very nice skating rink/reflecting pond

Beautiful and well kept. Putting green is awesome and kids love the Splash Pad.

Really a lovely park for the residents of Grosse Pointe Park. It has lovely views, and such a nice set of paths to walk.

This park is private space for residents only. It is not welcoming for someone looking to take their nonresident children to a quite spot. Ive never heard of a private park. Silly, uneducated, non-Grosse Pointe resident me!

Great place to skate in the winter

Nice park with good family fun opportunities.

Beautiful park

Residents and guests only, unfortunately.

Great park with a splash pad for the little ones!

Great park

Very beautiful and secluded

Beautiful

Beautiful

Windsurfing

What a Hidden Gem, I had NO idea it was there!!!

Nice little park.

Nice to walk or run

Amazing views of the water

Grosse pointe parks rock

Beautiful park!

Good place for a run

You cant ask for a better neighbourhood park than this..

Love this place

I had never heard of anything like a private residents only park. Looks like its only in the Detroit area. Hmmm...

Great family Park

Its great! If the pickle ball courts were also tennis courts and there were nature walks, this place would be the best!