Ben Stromme

Review of Quarry Park and Nature Reserve

Great swimming spot and I loved how they opened Qu...

Great swimming spot and I loved how they opened Quarry 11 for families!!! I would give this place four stars because they turned us away because the parking lot was overflowing. Luckily we only live 10 minutes away, but if we drove from Minneapolis, we'd be super ticked off! They should have prepared themselves for hot weekend days, like overflow parking lot(s). Oddly, we returned a week later and the parking lot was nearly full and they closed a section of parking lot for a plastic rock climbing wall??? Anyway the reason for full five stars is this place provides a true swimming experience, unlike St. Cloud Park & Rec's atrocious and unsafe rule related to coast guard approved flotations at their community *coughs* wading pools (still can't believe they took out the municipal pool *rolls eyes*). We've lived in NY, VA, and IL and was able to use the coast guard approved flotations at community pools and we can't here in St. Cloud. Strange, so quarry is our place to go for a true, positive, and productive swimming experience!