WHERE TO PLAY

The Brooklyn Center Community Center is in the heart of the community. This facility offers individuals and groups recreation activities, plus event space. Located adjacent to Central Park, this can be a perfect location to take kids swimming, work out both indoors and out and enjoy a great outdoor game of baseball.

With all of the amenities and affordable rates, there is little doubt why the Brooklyn Center Community Center is a popular recreation destination for all ages. Easily located just off of Highway 694 & Shingle Creek Parkway, the community center offers an Olympic-sized indoor swimming pool, 150 foot waterslide, exercise facilities, concessions, arcade area, exciting birthday party packages, meeting rooms and beautiful outdoor hiking trails and gardens.

Come and explore the restored Eidem Homestead and Brooklyn Park Historical Farm. This ten-acre farm is reminiscent of turn-of-the-century farm life. People of all ages can come and enjoy guided tours, special events, displays, pioneer craft demonstrations and hands-on activities. Open spring and summer with special events throughout the year.

If you're looking for something exciting to do with your kids or just want to relax and catch a game with friends - Brunswick Zone has you covered. We offer the very best in fun with bowling, billiards, laser tag and bumper cars, plus the latest in arcade games, simulators and more!

The area's largest outdoor water park is waiting for kids and adults of all ages! Enjoy the adventure of the 25,000-square-foot wave pool and an enormous water park area including different sized waterslides, a large adventure pool with zero depth entry and a large interactive play area. Tube rentals, sand play area, volleyball courts and concessions, make this aquatic playground a fun destination for the entire family! Open seasonally: June-Labor Day.

The 1,600 acre Bunker Hills Regional Park is a diverse natural playland.  The park offers a wide spectrum of recreation opportunities including swimming and water slides at the Bunker Beach Water Park, horseback riding at Bunker Park Stables, biking, hiking, golf, camping, archery, picnicking, and cross-country skiing.

Come ride with us! Bunker Park Stable prides itself on well-trained horses, nicely groomed trails, beautiful scenery and an experienced staff that will do their utmost to make your ride a moment to remember. Trail rides, pony rides, hay and sleigh rides available. Call to make your reservation for an experience you won't forget.

The Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park is a 610-acre park offering visitors the chance to see our nation's greatest river up-close. Three Rivers Park District operates the visitor center and park land on the west side of the river. The West Visitor Center features interpretive programs, live animals and displays about the Mississippi River's natural history. The recently reconstructed dam and new pedestrian/bicycle walkway connect the Park District's regional trails to the many miles of trails on the Anoka County side of the river.

At 4,900 acres, Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove, Champlin and Dayton, is the largest park in Three Rivers Park District. The park features more than 20 miles of paved hiking and biking trails, miles of turf hiking trails, a chlorinated upland swimming pond, massive children’s play area, picnic pavilions and picnicking sites, an archery course, an off-leash pet exercise area and much more. Winter activities include a new snow-tubing hill, a beginner-level downhill ski and snowboard hill, cross-country skiing, sliding and snowshoeing.

Fish Lake Regional Park in Maple Grove offers a variety of outdoor recreational facilities in a wooded lakeside setting. Most popular with the summer crowd, the park features a swimming beach and boat access to Fish Lake. The Park District's 7.4-mile regional trail from Fish Lake to Elm Creek Park Reserve makes the park a favorite destination for bicyclists. Fish Lake is especially scenic in the fall, when stands of blazing maples reflect upon the water. In the winter, the park is open for ice fishing, walking and pavilion rental.