Valley of the Moon Park 610 West 17th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501

"Popular place when the weather is nice! Lots of families (mostly younger kids), dogs, walkers, and bikers. Restrooms were locked at the time but there were portapotties. Amenities included: Fenced in dog park, playground, open grass area, exposed and sheltered picnic tables, benches, paved walking / biking paths. Part of the path runs along side a quickly-moving, but shallow creek. There were some homeless tents and discarded alcohol containers along the wooded part of the path. Otherwise, the area felt safe and clean during the day. There is a medium-sized parking lot but it was nearly full when we were there on a weekday summer afternoon."

"Valley of the moon park is a great destination in the Anchorage area. Here’s what I loved about it. The playground structures offered a variety of different types of play for children. Not only that, but they are slightly spread out to eliminate crowding. In addition to the structures, the park provides hosts a large field, a walking trail that connects to the Chester creek trail, and the sweet sounds of Chester creek babbling by. Unlike other parks in Anchorage, this park was devoid of vagrant squatting."

"No filters on photos! Great for birthday parties and get togethers. Fun for kids. The rocket it metal I would make sure that kids are clothed and makes sure no metal going to scrap or cut any children."

"For such a small Park, it has an excellent dog park. There is a shelter for having a picnic lunch. There's even a groomed circular track for practicing cross country skiing... Great place to start off an inner city trail hike"

"Great park! Lots of open space and decent sized parking lot. It would be nice if they had more than one BBQ area, as there were 6 or 7 groups that wanted to, but one large group had the area filled, so several groups were bbqing in the parking lot. Still a great park!"