Marla Dorrel Park

Nice area. Great park! Clean bathroom. Lots for kids to do. Plenty of places for parents to sit.

Great park for ages! Just discovered this with my grandson. Really well laid out, clean and safe.

Incredible park with something for everyone. Love love loved this park. It is in a nice shady area, there's playhouses, multiple picnic/patio table areas for parties and people to eat meals and/or snacks. It also has a big range of play equipment for different age ranges. Did I mention that I love this park?

There are cool statues inspired from fantasy themes like a lion with a squirrel body or a tortoise with a hare's head as well as a giant sea monster on a hill, complete with a nest of eggs. There's also an area with water spray thingies. That's my best attempt at describing them. They had been off for the winter but they're back on since a couple weeks ago! The kids love it especially with the weather heating up!

"Can we go to the dinosaur park, mommy?" I don't think he fully gets the difference right now. There is a large dragon sculpture that kids can climb on but there's no dinosaurs. The park is in heavy usage and it seems like due to this, likely, there are often things broken here. A bench, a fence, etc. There are multiple different play areas and a water play area. It's a delightful park to visit. We have played here for two hours straight. There is a covered picnic area that you can rent and people often do so for kids birthdays. The variety of play experience make this play so popular - sandbox with play excavators, climbing areas, platform rocks, a tree house area, dragon area, water play, slides and Roller slides, instruments, young kids play areas. This park is recommended (by me).

This is the a perfect spot to get out to get some fresh air during this COVID, social distancing. It's a great way to meet others. The scenery is beautiful and breathtaking.

Recently discovered this gem of a park. It is not very large but it is very well kept with several playgrounds intended for toddlers and little children. There is a single shelter with one grill, a few swings, a few slides, and other play fixtures scattered around the park.

There is also a walkway around the park that I see people on often. Overall, it's a nice little park that doesn't have all the bells and whistles but is still nice enough to enjoy with your kids.

We really loved Marla Dorrel Park. It's like a hidden gem to me partially because I don't live in Cary and the other side is that I have never heard of it. I looked best parks in Cary and it had a good rating so we went.

Upon our arrival the first thing that we noticed was the basketball court which always makes for a good park in my sons book. But I told him that I want I wanted to see the park first before we went to play. He went without a problem can we say WIN!

I had to use the restroom so we both took a bathroom break. To my surprise the bathroom was really clean. Like really clean and it smelled clean. Which was a major plus because park restrooms can be a hit or miss.

The park is beautiful and well shaded for hot days. They have a huge dragon that's in the ground and kids can play on which was pretty awesome and my son couldn't believe his eyes.

They had 3 different parks one for the littles, the tods and then the big kids. (There was a snake hole near the big park, so be careful) the set up is really nice and the park is beautiful. They have a field to play games in and if I am not mistaken I think that I may have seen a trail. There is also an area with sand. Overall great park and my son asked if he could bring his dad back so I think he loved it.

Wonderful accessible park! They add new features every year. It has 4 play areas. Fenced in area for tiny kids. Lots of swings. BATHROOMS! Also accesses a nice greenway with a walk to an over highway bridge.

Beautiful park with a paved walking trail and children's playground.

Nice spot to walk your dog. The walking path crosses right over the top of Rt 1/64 and connects to MacDonald Woods Park. It's a bit noisy in that area but you probably won't even notice if you're jamming tunes in your earbuds.

Bring your kids and dogs and take advantage of the beautiful outdoors!

Very pretty park with lots of play areas for children of all ages. Lots of shady areas and benches to sit and have a picnic. Out of the way and not too crowded at all. Will definitely go again when I'm visiting the area with my grand daughter.