Royal Heights Park is a nice park, on a very secluded street. It was a little tricky to find it, as it doesn’t really have a proper entrance. Most entrances to the park are at the end of cul de sacs, so that there is very little parking.

It is listed as an off leash park, but it is not completely fenced, so if you can’t control your dog, it’s not a good park to come to. We found the “main entrance” and as we entered, we discovered we were alone there with only one other dog – a chow!

She was a young pup and really frisky and got Max running around in circles! It was cute to see him trying to keep up, kind of whining at her, as if to say, “Slow Down!”

The park consists of a very large open field, with public restrooms, and a nice kiddie play park. There are great views out over the river as well. At one end of the park we found a nice set of walking trails, through seem very majestic trees. The trails were too short really, but you can get some nice exercise since they went up and down the steep hills.

All in all, it’s a nice enough park, but not worth the drive for us. If you live in the neighbourhood, it’s a terrific spot, and I’m sure we’d use it a lot if we did live within walking distance to it. I rather like the idea that is a hidden gem, not marred by some huge parking lot.