Windsor Castle Park

Beautiful place for small elopement! Just park at the kayak launch and walk down the path. You come to a wooden dock overlooking the wetlands and the Cypress Creek. Photos are wonderful!

This is a nice place to take a relaxing walk on a beautiful day. There's lots of different places to go and explore, which makes it a great family activity. There are dog parks and boardwalks for fishing. The trails are also great for bike riding. Overall, if you're wanting to spend the day outside, this is a great place to spend it!

Nice and clean park! The trails were fun and my girls enjoyed the slides so much. We've visited 3 times in the last month and it is an hour drive. Definitely worth the drive! The natural playground is a hit!!!!

I like Windsor Castle Park - it's a cute and well-maintained popular walking trail in Smithfield right across from Smithfield station. Smithfield station provides free parking in a gravel lot across the street from their main parking lot. This park has several nice wooden bridges over the water and is a peaceful quiet walk around for about 1.8 miles through the wooded/water park of Smithfield. It runs parallel to Main Street at some points and intersects with a few neighborhoods via wooden bridges. It's really cute and has a nice shaded wooded part of the path as well as some sunny uncovered spots and tons and tons of marsh and water that looks like a Nicholas Sparks movie - it has a little something for everyone!

We are in love with this beautiful park! Even though it's a good 30 minutes away from our house we come here quite often. The part is BEAUTIFUL all around and in the very nice town of Smithfield. We love to walk through the trails and end up downtown, even get an ice cream cone at a shop downtown after sometimes. The park itself has a very nice dog park. We have never been in with our pups because you have to register them and have a code to get into the dog park. There is a picture from outside the park on my review.Kayak rentals are there Saturday and Sunday, fishing piers all around, playgrounds for the kids (which are interesting to me. They are built in to the hills. Featured in my pictures for reference as well).You can go any distance from half a mile to 4 or 5 miles. Great park! We will continue to walk here.

Love this semi-local park. Love Smithfield. If I'm coming to the town I will visit the park and vice versa. I have walked the trail many times and find the winding trail through shaded and full sun, through trees and open space to be a comfortable place to relax. The park has two parking entrances although one can be a little trickier. I tend to use the parking area across from Smithfield Station. The other entrance will bring you into the park and present you near the dog park. They have added kayaks to their amenities and a new play area for kids. There trail is made of crushed stone but in the past my cheap umbrella stroller made it through so all things better will have no problem. There are bridges along the way where I have seen many a turtles. I have even witnessed several deer inside the park. Everything is labeled and the map is easy to follow. I will be making a trip to check out the kayaks very soon.

If you enjoy short day trips that involve the great outdoors then Windsor Castle Park should be right up your alley. From my home in Virginia Beach it was around an hour without much traffic. I planned this trip on a day that my kids had off school. Unfortunately we got a much later start then I hoped and was unable to cover all of the park.Our adventure started at the Smithfield Station entrance on a sunny mid 60's afternoon in November. Immediately your taken with the beauty of the area. Not to mention Fall in Virginia made this a special day with the foliage unfolding right before our eyes. We took the trail up to Windsor Castle and explored the exterior of the old barns and even the house thanks to a super nice City of Smithfield employee in the home. I snapped some pics of the house and was surprised to find out it is to be sold off by the city to a private party. The structure has really terrific bones, but is in need of a few million to renovate. What was more shocking is the antiques that were located in the non climate controlled home. A pre Civil War piano was the most noticeable YIKES! The area to be sold off includes all the barns and vineyard.Before we headed into Smithfield for a tour we enjoyed going down to the water at a overlook area. The scenery is very stunning and on a warm Fall day was even better. What was very disappointing was the amount of trash every where just below where we were standing. Lots of beer cans, bottles and debris in this beautiful marsh. Trash was also on the decking area with a trash can just feet away. We cleaned up the trash on the deck before leaving. The city, or a volunteer effort needs to get this cleaned up.Most certainly we need another trip back to this park to take in all of what is offered. I hope the next time we return a serious clean up effort has taken place. I mentioned. It is also quite shocking that Smithfield is selling off such a treasure in Windsor Castle. I am unaware of the budget constraints, or politics of Smithfield to really say more than what I have mentioned. On this visit we only scratched the surface of this stunning recreational area. Beautiful town, beautiful park and a must area to check out.

I love taking my daughter and our dog to walk the trails. It is such a beautiful park during all seasons! We kayak every summer!!

I so wish this park had more of an actual playground. It was a "nature" playground made of different logs and a few awesome slides. Not toddler friendly whatsoever and kind of dangerous really! Luckily my son preferred playing in the leaves more than anything. Perfect park for older children who love the outdoors! There is a dog park that has a member side and a non member side which is great. Finally a place that you don't have to pay to bring your dog! This park was full of people including a boy scout troop. The porta potty's were clean and had a sink to wash your hands. The built in the earth slides were awesome! But not anything safe to do for smaller kids except maybe run around. There are many trails and we plan on coming back with our jogging stroller and dog next time! Very family friendly and there is something for mostly everyone...except toddlers lol. The other thing is that there was a lot of trash everywhere which made me sad! Hopefully they have someone dedicated to clean it up,

WCP is a great place to just walk, run, unwind. Has two dog parks; one for licensed and unlicensed IOW dogs. There are places to grill as well. The grounds are very well maintained. You can also fish off the pier or use the kayak launch. Love it.