Riverside Park


This park has it all. There's a bandshell with free concerts on Thursday nights in the summer at 6pm, picnic tables and good spots to sit by the river to fish or just watch the boaters pass by. A white-water park just up river from here is great for beginners and tubers.


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5. Cottonwood Lake

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