点评:This review is really for people who aren’t familiar with the park. It’s a very long, narrow park, and we come in the spring to see the cherry blossoms. It can be very crowded this time of year, especially in the areas where the cherry blossom trees are.
We don’t even try to park in the lot near the Welcome Center. Instead, we park on Branch Brook Park Drive near Mill Street and walk from there. This is the very north end of the park. There are clusters of cherry blossom trees there, as well as in the middle and southern sections. We covered 8 miles on foot and only made it to the middle section, so you’ll definitely get some exercise if you’re walking from one area of blossoms to another.
There are bathrooms in the Welcome Center and a few other park buildings, as well as many port-o-potties scattered throughout the park. The port-o-potties are well maintained.
There aren’t many places to eat in the park aside from the occasional ice cream or food truck (a nice café on the lake would be awesome). Not far from the park, you’ll find Starbucks, Dunkin’, Burger King, and various local spots that you might like—but you’ll want to check a map and plan ahead. (We are coffee drinkers!)
If you can go during the week, the cherry blossom areas won’t be as crowded. And don’t be fooled by my photos—it was very crowded, but we managed to find a few nooks and crannies where there were no people. We were there from 10AM til 2PM on a Saturday.
翻译:这篇评论主要是写给那些不熟悉这个公园的人的。这是一个非常狭长的公园,我们春天来这里赏樱。每年的这个时候,公园里都会非常拥挤,尤其是在樱花树盛开的区域。
我们甚至都没尝试把车停在游客中心附近的停车场。相反,我们把车停在靠近米尔街的布兰奇布鲁克公园大道上,然后步行前往。这里是公园的最北端。那里有成片的樱花树,公园的中部和南部也有。我们步行了8英里(约13公里)才走到公园的中部,所以如果你要从一个赏樱区走到另一个赏樱区,肯定会锻炼身体。
游客中心和其他一些公园建筑里有洗手间,公园里也散布着许多移动厕所。这些移动厕所维护得很好。
除了偶尔出现的冰淇淋店或餐车之外,公园里没有太多吃饭的地方(如果湖边能有一家不错的咖啡馆就太好了)。离公园不远的地方就有星巴克、唐恩都乐、汉堡王,还有一些你可能会喜欢的当地特色小店——不过最好还是提前查好地图,做好计划。(我们可是咖啡爱好者!)
如果能在工作日去的话,赏樱区就不会那么拥挤。别被我的照片骗了——当时人真的很多,不过我们还是找到了一些比较僻静的角落。我们周六早上10点到下午2点在那里。