Ben Geren Regional Park

We went here for a birthday cook out. There had been a burn ban in place, but it had been raining for almost 10 hours straight the night before so we thought it was lifted since there was standing water all over the ground. We set up under a Pavillion and had the whole party set up already. The sebastian county cop working off duty security then drives up on the grass to avoid walking in the mud to tell us the Pavillion was reserved and we couldn't use the charcoal grill for the burn ban. Annoyed he didn't tell us 30 minutes ago as he'd been sitting on the edge of the parking lot the whole time, we tried to not let it ruin the day. We moved to another Pavillion and picked up pizzas. An hour later, no one was still occupying the previous Pavillion. Then another family brings a smoker and a propane grill and began cooking with nothing said to them. So we take our party of about 10 people to a near by softball field and began playing a recreational game like we had planned. About 20 minutes into the game, the same cop comes to tell us we can't be on the field. I questioned that there were no signs saying it was private and no fences preventing us from entering it. He got defensive and told us we had to leave and it was only allowed for scheduled games. I then asked about the other people grilling and he said he just must of not seen it. But he drove past them to come tell us to leave the field.

Well maintained facility for soccer tournament. Only downside is the number of restrooms in their location. If you weren’t close to the concession stand with bathroom, had to use porta potty.

Great park to watch a game at. Wish there were a bit more of a play ground for kids to play on but not bad.