McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

Love this park!!! Lots of open space, two playgrounds and trains, trains, trains!!! Whether you want to ride or just gaze at models, if you are a train lover you will enjoy this park!

Love this place! Great parks and jungle gym equipment for the kids!

We always have so much fun coming here. We came during Christmas time and enjoyed listening to Mrs. Claus read in the grass, riding the train and playing on the swings. A great place for fun for the kids! We always look forward to play dates here.

Kids love trains! McCormick Stillman Railroad park is a great place to take little ones. It’s safe enough they can toddle around and burn off some energy, yet small enough you can still make it home for nap time. I think our little guy could have spent all day in the model train building. I also checked out options for his next birthday party, and they look affordable and fun.

The holiday lights were better than I expected, although you need to take that train ride to truly experience all the lights. Since I don’t have kids and did not want to wait in the giant line to board the train, i simply walked and saw all that was visible, which is about ½ the display. They also had the ice cream shop and model train center open. It’s mostly for families, but it’s free, so it’s worth a quick visit even if you have no little monsters.

What a remarkable place. A friend referred this place since we have foster kids. We are always looking for something new to experience. Luckily we were their on the last night of Christmas lights. We purchased four all day rides passes. They were ten dollars each. So if you’re planning to ride on the rides more then a few times. Its well worth it. There are three rides. There is a carousel, little train ride, and even a littler train ride. Don’t worry, adults can fit on them also. And the kids would love having you ride with them. They also have a couple of great museums and a awesome model train exhibit.
It doesn’t cost you anything to enter the park. And if you just want to enjoy the park itself, they have picnic benches with BBQ’s, and two playgrounds. There is also a snack shop, and a ice cream shop.
If you ever have the opportunity to watch the Christmas lights during the holidays. It’s a must see! This place really knows how to put on a decoration show. We all loved it. But you must be there around 5:30 to wait in line, because the line will get large. We had a great Christmas, and this place was a great ending!

We had such a great time seeing the holiday lights on the train. We did have to wait but we also did go the last night of the event. Kids enjoyed seeing the lights. Inexpensive night as well for 5 of us under 20 bucks. Definitely recommend seeing. We will be going back another time to check out the museums during the day. Can’t wait to see what they do next year.

Multiple play grounds, a carousel and train rides. This place has a lot going for it. You can even get some food, it’s just ok, as well as coffee and ice cream there. I’d recommend bringing snacks and coffee with you though. There’s also a big train model building with a lot of interactive buttons. Check it out if you have kids and watch them wear theirselves out!

What a wonderful place this is, especially for a train enthusiast like my 2 year old! This little gem has a train museum, train ride, playground, and a couple other attractions. We’ve been here a couple of times and will return.

Me and my daughter love this place. The train ride is so cheap and so fun. It is long enough to keep you and your family or friends entertained. Not to mention there are multiple parks in the area that are so much fun for the kids. I wish they had more things to to inside but it is mostly outside.

I’ve been here a few times but this is my first time going for the Christmas lights.
I love this place because it’s great explore for free with the little ones and all the activities that do charge are pretty cheap or free with an adult ticket.
There are two trains you can ride on. One is a small one that is free and runs on donations. It’s super cute and great for the little ones. The other train is a bit bigger and runs on actual steam power. Tickets are usually 4 bucks.
For Christmas they decorate the whole place with Christmas lights. It is such a great experience for the price and gotta love the fake snow. Make sure you dress warm since at night it gets cold.
They have Santa there to take pictures with and an adorable mini museum with model trains setup. There is even a future mini museum opening up dedicated to Family Circus.
Gotta grab your loved ones and check this place out. It’s a great Christmas tradition and it’s affordable for the whole family. Don’t forget the hot cocoa and enjoy the free parking.

Amazed at the story of this Boxcar and how it was brought to Scottsdale by a Zina Kuhn. For her to have done this virtually on her own is an amazing feat. Kudos to her. A must see if visiting the Railroad Park.

We had an afternoon free our last day in AZ so we brought our 19 month old. It was such a fun day — I wish we lived in the area — we would come here regularly. Everything is so clean and well maintained. It was fairly busy but none of the lines were unbearably long. We got the 10 tickets and went on the train once, carousel twice and through the train museum. It was a lot of fun and the little guy had a great time — his favorite part was actually in the free entry glass building — there was a small yellow train car little kids could play on. He loved that and we had to drag him off. Also in that building is a giant model train setup that is just crazy. You gotta check that out.
There is a nice playground but there is sand on the ground. This seems to be common in AZ and I’m not sure why. We didn’t want the baby to get all dirty so he just went on the swings a little bit.
All in all a great afternoon for a very reasonable price. Looks like a great place to set up picnics with lots of spots available. We saw a number of birthday parties taking place.

We stopped here with my toddler for a fun early-​evening train ride. What a great place! It’s clean, fun and well planned out for kids of all ages. I particularly loved the carosel!
I don’t know how crowded it gets on the weekends, but during the week, there was the perfect ratio of adults, kids and park space.
Will definitely go to again, especially during the holiday festival!

How have I not reviewed this railroad park before? I have been coming to this park for over 30 years with my family.
Highlights:
*For just $ 2 per ride you can take the train or ride the carousel 365 days per year.
*The FREE model train building is beyond awesome. Dozens of trains of different gauges and towns, scenery, and decorations that are creative and interactive with handprint buttons at child level. These a maintained by 3 model railroad clubs.
*Weekends Live Steam trains (mini trains that carry children) run.
*Extremely nice playground.
*Western town play area.
*Covered picnic ramadas.
*Snack shop and general store.
*Train museum/​Presidential dining car ($ 2 admission).
*Clean restrooms.
*Holiday decorations throughout the park.
*Lots of open, well maintained spaces for kids to run and play.
*Ample, free, well-​maintained parking and walk areas with plenty of shaded benches.
I love this place. It is a real Scottsdale treasure.

Scottsdale does a nice job keeping this park busy with activities. The only more popular park in Scottsdale is the Civic Center Mall/​Park.
I have been here in the spring for the well attended live music in the park and recently just attended Railfest. A great and out of the ordinary gathering of train enthusiasts.
I have also taken friend kids here for the large play area under the shade structure. As an added bonus the park has a reasonably priced concessions area.
It has also has a great and heavily reviewed trains stem to ride.

Disappointed… that we didn’t come here sooner! Whether you have a child or not, this is a really nice, well-​maintained park. With our train loving 2-​year-​old, this was Mecca for him! There are the following:
–numerous full size trains
–kid play area that is a western town
–covered playground with water features, slides, train tubes, climbing walls, and swings-​both baby and regular
–covered seating area next to playground with nice umbrella covered tables/​chairs
–mini steam train tracks
–snack/​ice cream shops
–souvenir shop (even has a train table to play on!)
–many pavilions
–carousel (long ride and plays good music)
–small train that circles the park
–mini train museum
The kicker, we spent $ 14 for 4 hours for the three of us! Most rides are $ 2 (2-​$ 1 tickets) and under 3 is free. The museum, playground, western town, train table and pavilions are free for all. Everyone was friendly, the grounds well taken care of, and rides well-​maintained. Can’t believe the mini train museum is free… so much to offer and the sets are so elaborate with details of landscape, people, buildings, etc. there are plastic hands placed on the glass to light up something on the set or start a trains journey. So interactive!
We will surely be back approximately 1 million times and bring a picnic lunch. ;-)

A must see attraction if you are visiting Scottsdale with young kids in tow. Also a great place for locals to host a birthday party, picnic or let the kids run off some steam.
The main attraction is the train, free for kids three and under and two tickets (12 for $ 10) for everyone else. Just be prepared to scream at the top of your lungs when you go through the tunnel. Secondary attractions are the carousel, a smaller train that operates limited hours, a great playground, and assorted jails… to climb on. There is also a small museum and snack options available.
Operated by the City of Scottsdale, the RR Park is really just an elaborate city park. An amazing city park! It’s not a full fledged amusement park. You’ll be disappointed if that’s what you’re expecting. Your kids will need to run around and create some fun on their own, which I suspect they happily will do if left to their own devices.

Big Fan! Its been years since we have been to McCormick.
We went to ride the train and see the Christmas lights. Line was really really long but let me tell you, the line moves really fast, and only $ 3 to ride, fun for all ages! The Christmas decorations were so cute.
There is a Model Train Exhibit, what a great display of trains. How fun it would be to have these trains and run them all day long, showing them off. These guys really out done themselves.
Going to make this part of our yearly tradition around the holiday’s

It’s no secret that I am a lover of miniature trains! When I found out about this place I had to take a trip. The park is very nice and seems to be quite popular with locals. There were lots of picnics and parties going on when we visited late on a Saturday afternoon.
The park is well maintained and very spacious, but I only went for the miniature train. They run the train continuously but there always seems to be a line (get your tickets and get in it). Tickets are $ 2 per adult for a short ride around the grounds. The train ride is fun, you get to go over a couple of tiny bridges and through a covered tunnel. The track circles the entire park so there’s plenty to see. It is a hit with kids and adults and is well worth the two bucks. They also have an all day ride pass for about $ 10 which would be a great value if you or your kid loves trains and plan to spend the whole day.
All of the train exhibits and the small merry go round require tickets to enter. Parking is plentiful and free, as is admission to the grounds (you only have to pay for the exhibits or rides). A great short stop while visiting the Phoenix area.