5 /5 rex donahough: $3 for a car with up to 8 people and $2 for bicycles.
You can see it all in 1 day or in chunks with a few 2 hour hikes at a time
Quite a few bathrooms so you wont be left wanting
Nice paved paths for smooth sailing or unpaved but mostly stable paths for the nature hiker with a bit of an exercise
Fort Cooper is a lovely, well maintained park (like I had to search for a piece of trash to pick up) where you can get away from the city for a day or a few days as they have primitive camp sites. A Playground sited right up near the main section for what would set up to be an amazing birthday party area. If youre daring, there are a few spots to launch onto the placid lake and loads of opportunities to walk the waters edge. With plenty of info docs about native culture and a large bat box, nature is well respected here. There are also plenty of benches on the trails and oodles of picnic spots.