Freestone Park

The Railroad park was an enjoyable afternoon for two 6 year olds. The $ 10 wristband was worth the dozen rides they did. All the ride attendants were very helpful and kind to to kids. Drinking fountains, restrooms, and picnic tables a short walk away. There was never a wait for a ride on a Saturday afternoon in March with a birthday party present.

Neat little park in the heart of Gilbert. They have lots of attractions for the whole family. There is a skate park, volleyball courts, and even a train for the kids. There are plenty of grass fields and Ramadas with grills. Check it out next time you are looking for a park.

The park was so nice. But then when we play tennis theirs a MENTAL ILLNESS COACH for the tennis was so Super RUDE. His very UNEDUCATED PERSON.

My kids and I love this park. It has so many cute locations for a picnic and the play grounds are just so fun. You can take a walk around the lake and just enjoy nature.

Had my daughter 1^st bday there! Great spot especially by a playground. And oh yeah for those who play ball there be careful of your stuff. We have someone in gray J’s snatching people’s phones and wallets if you place them on the court out of your sight!

$ 5.50 for an unlimited ride bracelet! That’s awesome, my kids (3&5) loved the place! It wasn’t packed, service was great, the train ride was really fun, there was a carousel, boat ride, train, fares wheels. They sold snacks, and drinks. Great Prices. Will be going there again if I get a chance

You just have to go to relax and enjoy the beautiful scenes… a very peaceful, fun place to go.

This is a great place to park if you are going to run the Power line trail which is at the south end of this park, this is a multi-​use park which is huge. I’ll let the other reviews talk about the park as a park for kids since mine are older. as a runner it is a good park to start a run from heading East and West on the Powerline trail, this is also where the 12K’s of Christmas starts and ends each year. High School kids come here all the time for pictures before Proms — it is a good park for that. Some HUGE hills for the area — OK, huge depressions in the ground that you can walk down into (there is a difference), The water fountains work which means you can refill a water bottle here if you are running!

Really enjoy this park, with a few concerns. Ducks and turtles galore and our toddler is obsessed with the rides. We have the annual pass ($ 54 child, $ 15 for each adult add-​on), which paid for itself in four visits. We ride the train, carousel and wave runners every weekend and feed the ducks. The playground is a bit too large for small kiddos and there are no swings nearby to enjoy. There really needs to be a restroom near the rides and it can be a long wait for rides due to understaffing (not all rides are open at once). On two occasions on the wave runner ride, the attendants have unbuckled my son without allowing me the opportunity to come in and get him first. They walked away without putting him on the ground and he is too small/​young to climb down on his own and almost fell down and hurt himself. Either let me come in and unbuckle him or do it and put him on the ground.
The train is awesome. About 5 – 10 min ride around the park and lake. I would recommend the covered seats. More legroom, less rickety, less fumes from the engine, and not as hot from sun. Just wish the train ran more frequently (every ½ hour or so).
Lots of places to lounge, grill out, play sports, etc. even when busy, it doesn’t feel crowded (except separate ride area). Husband love the cheap batting cages and the customer service there is great.

I love freestone park. It’s right behind my neighborhood and its a place that I can always take my family for a nice walk or to play sports. We have played softball, soccer, football, kickball! It’s got a great layout of fields that can even allow multiple families play different sports because they are so big.
They also do a concert series that are always really good. We really enjoy going to those as a family. Oh and they do a 5k turkey trot that we do every year. That’s always well organized and tons of fun. It’s become a family tradition to run that every year. The whole family even gets together for that. All because of the park.

This park is great. I’ve been going here for two decades now and it’s a very relaxing place to be. I personally like cuddling up to the trees with a book but you can do much more than that.
There are plenty of playgrounds for young children and tons of fields to play sports in. It’s also a great place for picnics and weddings. I have seen quite a few wedding parties there.
I personally like using the hills for ice block racing. They are great!

This is a lovely place! They have a train kids can ride on the weekends and a mini carnival area, the landscaping is beautiful and while it’s normally crowded it’s big enough with room to roam. The playground is covered and has that nice soft rubber padding on the ground. Being able to see the ducks swim is refreshing and very peaceful. You can fish in the water but we haven’t tried that yet. The pond is supposedly well stocked, I will update my review when we do fish. If you are looking for a nice place to take the kids or the puppy, I feel this is a great one.

My kids love this park! We walk here often. I used to ice block down the hills as a kid.

I finally visited this park after seeing the rave reviews and pictures on Unilocal.I think it is fantastic! Everything you can imagine is here at the park! A lake, with many ducks to feed, BBQ spots, plenty of acres of grass to play on, several playgrounds, batting cages, a skate park and even amusement rides. I can’t believe I haven’t been here before! I will definitely come again. Great place for taking scenic pictures!
My only con to this place was what everyone else was saying about the outdated amusement park, it could use a facelift. But come on! It is the best park around yet!

Great place for the family. Lots of birds to watch. Little kids love the train and the carousel. Fun fun fun for the family

Don’t come to Freestone. I live next to Freestone, so I should know. Don’t believe the beautiful pictures you see of lush green fields and rolling hills. The maps will show you the expansive trails where you can peacefully run for miles. You’ll see the sand volleyball courts, newly painted skate park, new basketball courts, multiple baseball fields, soccer fields, and the brand new playground they just finished. It’s a lie. The duck ponds with the beautiful waterfall next to the tranquil picnic area? It’s a mirage. Don’t even begin to think about having a beautiful wedding here. The other amazing pictures you see of happy couples with that phenomenal backdrop, standing over that one bridge with palm trees in the background and wildflowers? That was certainly photo-​shopped. The bridge isn’t even that nice.
I live next to Freestone, so you should trust my review above all others. I’d like to tell you to stay away from this pathetic excuse of a «Park». You’ll get an allergy attack that lasts all season if you visit Freestone. The Lorax died here and they didn’t bury him. He just rots and stinks the place up. Have you ever smelled dead Lorax? There are killer ducks here that will follow you home and terrorize your family with their black quackery. This park will give your dog AIDS. The ponds are infested with electric blood sucking microbial slugwugs that become air-​born and enter your ear canals to breed. They lay thousands of eggs that give you bad thoughts when they hatch. There is no known cure for this. It happened to me just last week.
Also, the train is constantly being hijacked by ruthless Gilbert toddler outlaws who want to steal your snacks and lunch money. Even if you don’t plan to ride the train, no one is immune to their adorable crimes. It doesn’t even matter that Freestone is right next to the Gilbert Police station — those little thieves are ruthless. And if you plan to take pictures here, they will all turn out bad, guaranteed overexposed, with poor lighting regardless of the time of day. Leave your camera at home. It’s pointless.
You should go to other parks in the area instead. Ignore the other reviewers here that suggest Freestone is the best park ever. I speak the truth. I live next to Freestone, so I should know.

I love this park a lot. Even though it’s a short drive from my house, it’s worth the trip. This place is pretty big. They have lakes soccer field and kiddie rides. Who doesn’t like that? It’s pretty relaxing here. Def keep coming back here hen I get a chance.

We have visited this park a few times within the last year. The park itself is very large with ponds and trails and some playground equipment. That is all nice and fine. We enjoy the size of that area of the park.
But my criticism involves the amusement park section of this park. It has a carousel, kids Ferris wheel, kids ride with ATVs that go around in a circle and a train that goes around the entire park. The rides could all use a bit of cleaning and maintenance but the employees operating them are horrible. They do not care and they have no customer service or social skills apparently.
On our visit on February 17, 2014, they seemed short-​staffed (on a holiday no less when it was busy!) so they could not operate all four of the rides at once. One of the park employees operating the rides was more concerned with her cell phone than running the rides. We actually waited on the carousel until she finished looking at something by herself on her phone. That was very disappointing. I hope these people are not employees of the town of Gilbert. Their lack of caring also resulted in very equal ride lengths. Sometimes the carousel went on for minutes but other times she only let it go around 3 – 4 times.
There were also a couple stationary rides in this area that operated with quarters instead of tickets, but unfortunately none of them worked. Again, this was very disappointing for my kids.

Came here for an impromptu toddler birthday gathering — nothing fancy. We each brought food to share with the other families. The park is huge but we stayed within the «amusement park» area for the kids. Signs clearly posted that no outside food or beverage was allowed since they had their own snack bar in there… so we were like well crap, we have all this food that we brought and we didn’t want to eat outside in the park since the kids were all enjoying the rides… so yes, we broke the rules and ate inside where we weren’t supposed to, right in front of the employee door in and out of the snack bar. And you know what? None of them cared.
There were a handful of rides: Ferris wheel, ATV-​like bikes that go in circles, the train that goes around the park and the carousel. There were other rides that accepted coins — those typical ones you see outside of grocery stores. For $ 9 you can get an unlimited wrist band and your child can ride unlimited. Otherwise, they are a $ 1/​ticket and the train itself is already $ 3. We bought our son the $ 9 wrist band and he went on each ride at least 4 times so we got our monies worth. Only thing was that they were probably high school kids that worked there under no supervision. They were goofing off with each other most of the time, having water hose fights while cleaning the actual birthday party area. The rides weren’t always occupied by an employee — you’d have to stand in line and sometimes wave someone down to come over and let the kids in.
You can also buy a box of old popcorn for 50 cents to feed the ducks. I don’t know how healthy that is for them.
Other than that, I wasn’t too impressed by this park. The McCormick Ranch Stillman Railroad park is by far better and cleaner.

This park is beautiful! My son and I just had a photo session here and it has some amazing backgrounds for pictures. The lake, waterfalls, bridges, trees, it has a little bit of everything. It has a cute little «play» area for children, it has a carousel, a train that travels through the park, little boats and a tiny ferris wheel. You do have to buy tickets to ride the rides, but it’s not too expensive. You can get a sheet of tickets for like $ 16 and that is enough to go on all the rides a few times! It is a cute little place to take your little ones. It is quite large so there is enough space for anything you’re looking to do. There was a huge birthday party on one side while we were there and a wedding going on on the other side. I will definitely be going back to enjoy an afternoon with my little fella!