I visited this park on my own and was happy to find it is probably my second favorite metro park now. The trail I walked on was gravel and some dirt and super shady the whole time. The trail it’s self was comparable to high banks without the hills. I did a small 2-3 mile loop but the rest of the park trails are mostly paved multipurpose paths. There was plenty of area for picnicking as well. 
Walk to the nature center
Beginning of the wetlands nature preserve
Boardwalk in the nature preserve
Ashton pond, had some large goldfish in it that someone was feeding when I walked in
Boardwalk in the nature preserve again.
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