Showing posts with label adaptive (special needs). Show all posts
Showing posts with label adaptive (special needs). Show all posts

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Bicentennial Park, Belleville IL





Location: 4811 Belleville Crossing, Belleville, IL 62220

Website: https://www.belleville.net/Facilities/Facility/Details/Bicentennial-Park-4

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber

Amenities:
  • ADA Fishing Pier
  • Disc Golf
  • Fountains
  • Gazebo
  • Lighted Parking Lot
  • Nature Trails
  • Pavilion
  • Playground
  • Restrooms
  • Sculptures
Bicentennial Park, Belleville's newest community park, consists of 43 beautiful wooded acres and a number of ponds. It was developed and named in honor of the City of Belleville's 200th Anniversary in 2014.

The first playground is right off the parking lot and there are restrooms here also. The playground is small but has some nice features including some stepping stones, a caterpillar tunnel, some tree climbing towers, a log tunnel, and a speaker.  There is an adaptive swing and a sling swing. 








The other playground and splash pad are at the upper portion of the park, and you can follow the path up the hill. The splash pad was built in 2023, and has great features including a frog slide, tree water umbrella, water tunnel, and lots of pop jets.  The hours are 11-6 daily. 



The zipline has an adaptive seat and a regular seat.


The lake is stocked with fish. 













The playground next to the splash pad has several slides, a rocking board, a maze board, a rock wall, and you can climb inside the tree trunk.









Covered pavilion





Interesting little play area with a large frog and a fish climber. 


Another interesting area with a mushroom table and chairs.



Restrooms




Thursday, October 19, 2023

Flynn Park, University City




Location: 420 Midvale, University City, MO 63130 (Bounded by Pershing, Midvale and Kingsbury)

Website: http://www.ucitymo.org/105/Parks

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber

The park is named after U City's former mayor Warran C. Flynn and the playground is shared with Flynn Park Elementary School. It has 1 adaptive swing, 5 sling swings, and 2 baby swings. There is a spiderweb rope type climber, a tetherball, and lots of interesting things to climb on.










Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Mooney Park, University City






Location: 5 Vanderbilt, University City, MO 63130 (Bounded by Jackson and Vanderbilt Aves)

Website: http://www.ucitymo.org/105/Parks

Playground Ground Cover: Poured Rubber

From the website:

"The park was originally named Jackson Park (after the street to its west) and forms part of the greenspace in University City's original Education Mall that extends from Delmar to a traffic circle in front of the Jackson Park School (now an elementary school) and University City High School. Since the elementary school's name has not changed, many continue to refer to this park by its original name."

This is a great little playground with lots of street parking. It's partially fenced in and is all inclusive. It has 2 saucer swings, an adaptive swing, 2 baby swings, and 2 sling swings. There are several spinning things and a really cute fire truck play structure.












My kids loved this fire truck play structure!