Burnet Woods

An urban refuge located across the street from the Clifton/Ludlow central business business district of the Clifton neighborhood. I agree with other reviewers that I wouldn’t hang out here after dusk, but I also think the park has cleaned up its act a bit in recent years. The city holds kids’ summer camps here, and you’ll see plenty of families and children during the day. There are wooded hiking trails that are easy and fun for kids, a fishing “lake” (more like a big pond), green space for picnics, a bandstand, swings—and don’t miss the giant stone slide worn smooth by decades of bottoms—adding a bit of dangerous fun to your child’s urban playground outing.

This is a great park to go running in, (as Cullen and Chris have pointed out) during the day. It's also a great place to go with a packed lunch and a blanket, and spend the afternoon reading a book under a tree.

As Chris notes, go during the day and stay away at night. If I remember correctly, this is also the only disc-golf course in the area...it's a lot of fun on a sunny afternoon. If you have kids, then a visit to the stone slide is a must.

Wonderful during the day but just don't go after dark unless you want to run into some less than upstanding citizens. Really though during it's really quite a nice park. It's been around for over 100 years and even has a lake to fish in if you so choose it's got some cool discarded stone from a torn down building that has been made into a sort of climbing structure which is fun to climb on.

Burnet Woods is an absolute gem in the city. The only downside is its lack of accessibility. Both the historic Trailside Nature Center and the historic Bandstand are not ADA accessible, and only one of its shelters are accessible. A huge disappointment on the part of the Park Board that these updates have not been a priority.
Aside from that, the park and the trails are a magical place in the middle of a bustling urban college area.