Himmel Park

I love this park to death. Great neighborhood and is well kept all around. I love the palm trees surrounding it and the place is generally clean and safe as well. I am guilty of it and I know some people aren't the biggest fans... but there is a small dog community here that come out daily to unleash their dogs. The dogs are all extremely well behaved and the community works together to ensure there are no dog poops laying around. The community does a good job also regulating aggressive/not trained dogs to be kept on leash as well.

I first came here about two years ago to photograph the beautiful mural painted by local muralist Joe Pagac. It's the mural on the outside of the Himmel pool. He painted it in 2021 as a thanks to his childhood neighborhood in the historic Sam Hughes district. Red brick and adobe homes line the streets here. Mature trees line the paths. It is a pretty and quiet neighborhood.I took my dog Gretel to walk the mile perimeter. It was a Saturday afternoo and the park was busy! Kids and their families were outside playing, picnicking, skateboarding A few dogs played frisbee. A homeless man was off to the side on the south side pleasing himself under his sleeping bag. I walked past two more homeless encampments along my perimeter walk.I used a portapot near the tennis courts. It gets cleaned weekly.It is a nice park for the neighborhood and a good leg stretcher for travelers coming through, but I imagine this place could be a little scary at night with people sleeping al fresco.

This is a lovely community park with lots of areas for different activities and one of the coolest things, an old vintage metal slide that my kids had a blast zooming down. Slide definitely recommended in the cooler times of the year because it is not shaded unless the tree is shading it, but very fun and cool, and there's lots of other shade throughout. The park was clean and well maintained with a large playground and although I have not been to the pool, from the outside looking in, it appears to be very nice. Parking was close by and easy and the park feels very accessible. It's conveniently located and felt pretty safe, and overall is a great park.

Himmel Park is a lovely spot located in central Tucson. There's quite a variety of facilities that make up the park. It's home to the Himmel Park Branch Library, a grass amphitheater, two playgrounds, a swimming pool, tennis courts, and a huge field. I think most people enjoy the expanse. And there are decently covered spaces for kids to play in.

The pool is one of the best pools in Tucson you can have covered plastic containers of water right by the pool as you swim. Nice little park to eat a packed lunch after swimming. No food in the pool area tho .

Himmel Park is a Tucson staple! Centrally located, accessible, and has a neighborhood feel. You can often see people walk their dogs, practicing yoga, reading, and catching up. The park is always as grassy as possible and has large trees for shade. They also have an amazing library with a seed library!

The playground at Himmel Park just got a remodel and it looks great. There's a spot for little kids as well as a new play structure with sun shades for the bigger kids.In addition to the updates to the playground himmel has large grass fields (a rare sight in Tucson) as well as tennis courts, a library and a public pool. You'll often find pick up games of soccer throughout the week and it's a great place for picnics and birthday parties.

I really liked playing tennis here. The people were really friends. I kept hitting my ball over and they were super patient. I felt bad and kept saying sorry but they gave me some pointers

For a small urban park there are many advantages. Room to walk, a few hills, a library, swimming pool, tennis courts, two playground areas. Nice little park not too far from U of A near lots of to go restaurants on Speedway, so you can get a bag and picnic.We usually come here when the Shakespeare in the Park happens. Grab food, blanket and chairs and watching a play under the stars is awesome. Check for activities.Good little park.

Five stars for being a beautiful park with big shady trees. However, I'm writing as a grumpy dog owner. First, the grass has those annoying burs which get into my dogs paws and fur and has to be cut out. Second, in addition to burs I have to contend with jerk dog owners actin like it's their own dog park with their off-leash dogs. Mine do not do well with other dogs, I feel extremely uncomfortable with dogs off leash running about. For some reason people feel exempt from the leash law here. Occasionally, I will come here for a lunch date. Some of the cement tables are a bit beaten up but they get the job done. I love the library part of this park. The tennis courts always seem packed. Parking is ample. There's a decent bathroom with a water fountain. I've never used the pool. It's a pretty park but not for my dogs, so not for me.