Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve

Absolutely in love with this park! Beautiful lake and trails, its always my get away :)

I think your experience here is definitely going to depend on what you came for. I haven’t walked many of the trails, though I did wander through a bit of the wooded area following the creek. I spent most of my time a few weeks ago walking the perimeter of the lake in an almost completely futile attempt to get ANY sort of fish from the water. You can very clearly see fish jumping and splashing in the lake, so I know they’re in there, but during the five hours I was there on my initial visit, I believe I was the ONLY person out of all the people I met fishing there who caught ANYTHING that day, and that’s only because I got frustrated and started using tiny hooks and baits in a shallow area between some cattails. I caught (and released, of course) two small bluegills. Nobody using anything bigger hooked anything at all, despite the fact that we could all see the fish and they were clearly jumping at other things! As I was leaving someone told me that he didn’t often see people having luck at the lake here and recommended I try a different park. So if you’re coming here for the sole purpose of fishing, don’t. However, the rest of the park seems nice and fairly well-​maintained, and I watched many people cycling, jogging, or walking their dogs while I was there.
I do want to say that I really think the bathrooms need attention — I used the womens’ restroom while I was there, and of the three stalls, one was clogged and another was occupied by a MASSIVE spider about the size of a half dollar coin. I wouldn’t have minded his company if he were an orb spider, but he was most certainly not. I’ve never used the restroom so quickly in my life! The entire bathroom was filled with spiderwebs and various smaller arachnids as well. That’s honestly dangerous, due to the presence of venomous spider species in North Texas.

I absolutely love spending time at this park. I drive over from Allen once a week to enjoy a quiet time with my heavenly father. I always get a glimpse of God’s masterful hand when I look at all the beauty there. When I want a place to retreat nearby, I choose Oak Point Park in Plano!

This is one of the two nicest Plano parks, the other one being Bob Woodruff. The notable feature of this park is mix of fields and forests, along with a large pond and creek. Oddly enough there’s not that much wildlife in the pond that’s immediately visible, though I suspect it is due to the lack of people feeding the ducks. One cool thing is that when it rains you also get a lot of crayfish popping out from burrows along the concrete walkways. Most of these are blackish and blend in with the local soil, but a few were kind of brownish red. Because this park is in East Plano, there’s not a whole lot of foot traffic so it’s a nice place to take a quiet walk.

Hands down our favorite park. It’s a great place to escape from the city, without actually having to go far. Plenty of trails to hike and wildlife to observe. Great for walking, running, or biking, as well as kids and pets. Pavilions are available to rent, though we have never had the need. The city does a good job at maintaining it, too.

We came here with the kids to go an easy hike and easy it was. You basically have 2 choices: paved or unpaved. The paved takes you around a lake and there are many on bikes and roller blades. There are plenty of benches and it is clean. The unpaved is flat and feels like you are out in the wilderness, but can be full of bugs and insects as the trail is not that wide. You feel like you’re bunched in.
This place is okay, easy to park, but the huge powerlines running through the property makes it lose a bit of the appeal. Good if you don’t want to drive far.

It’s a nice park for casual walking and if you want to get away from the city feel. Would not recommend for people looking to hike since the non paved trails have no elevation changes /​challenges.

We love it here! Just a couple minutes north of us, this is an awesome local park and nature preserve! It offers seemingly endless trail choices, paved, dirt, shaded, sun soaked, all of them beautiful and serene. We take our dog here at least once a week. She loves all the other people, pets, and wildlife. She’s even gone for a swim in the pond and a dip in the river. It’s such a great place to get away from the hustle and bustle.
It looks like they’re renovating it or adding something to it lately. Whatever they plan to do, it’s hard to imagine them improving on something that’s great already. Can’t wait to see its completion!
Be cautious: I saw a whole lot of poison ivy around the wooded trails. See you out there!

I like this place because it’s huge and you can have concerts here. there are so many fun things to do here. they also have a nice running trail.

We’ve been coming to this gem for a long time, even before it opened. Explore the hiking paths through the woods. People use the open field spaces to fly r/​c planes and the lot for r/​c cars etc. Nice amphitheater with numerous events right nearby. Fishing in the pond is good (catch and release please). Roller blade, bike, run or walk. Just be courteous of others and enjoy the natural setting all around!

Great place to walk, run or bike — or just chill.
I didn’t see too many cigarette butts, but parts of the creek are littered with garbage. There are several golf balls under and around one of the bridges. People suck.
Haven’t used the pavilions yet, but they look really nice. This park is huge, and I look forward to exploring more of it.

This is a beautiful place where I come to smoke my cigarettes and then flip my butts on to the ground. From the first spin of the sparking wheel on my lighter to that moment when my fingernail gently drags along my thumb as the butt flies away from me, I get smoking satisfaction here like no where else on earth. Big con are that there are no public ashtrays here, but I figure one of the birds or squirrels or rats that live here will pick my butts up, shred them, and use them to line their nests.
Great nature park!

Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve is a huge park that joins up with Bob Woodruff Park. There is a paved trail that goes throughout the park which is perfect for running, walking or walking your dog, and biking. There are also off road trails if you’re in the mood to venture and take in the local nature. A couple of the nature trail run along side Rowlett Creek that snakes its way through the park.
The park consists of many wide open fields perfect for letting the kids run around or even get a group of people to play some soccer, or football and or some other sports. The place is perfect to enjoy a nice picnic on warm spring day. On the northern half of the park there is a little lake where you can fish, see some turtles or watch the ducks. There are a couple different ways to enter the park. The first entrance is right off of East Spring Parkway and the other entrance is off of Los Rios Blvd. I have yet to really enjoy the full potential of this park and look forward to many more days spending time here and taking pictures.

This is a great park to visit during the springtime when the weather is just great and not too hot. They have a nice wide paved walkway for you too ride your bike, jog, or walk with pets. They also have great dirt pathways leading in through the forest area. (perfect for nature watching)
The nice beautiful lake also has a place where people can go hang out and fish. The paved walkway extends pretty far out to other parts leading toward Richardson. This is one of my favorite recreational areas in Plano.