Pacific Community Park, Pacific

Location: 707 W. Congress St., Pacific MO 63069 

Website: http://www.pacificmissouri.com/265/Parks-and-Recreation

Amenities: Pool, pavilion, soccer fields, baseball fields, 2 playgrounds, and fitness trail.

The city of Pacific has some issues. First of all, there is no official address for this park and it's a little difficult to find (707 W. Congress is the pool address, which brings you here so I'm using that). Second, there is no park section on the city's official website. Some places list it as the Pacific City Park, and some places list it as the Pacific Community Park, so I'm not even sure of the correct name. If you go to Pacific's Facebook page you will find people complaining about these things. However, if you can get past that, this is a nice park. 

When you first come into the park you will see the public pool. This pool isn't huge, but it's open to anyone and it's cheap! It's open 12-8 adults are $3, and kids are $2. Near the pool is a merry-go-round, some baby swings, and 2 slides. As you drive you'll see lots of ball fields and a concession stand, I'm sure this is a busy place when kids are playing ball. 

The playground near the pool is just slides, a merry-go-round, and 4 baby swings.

The sand pit looks like it used to be a sand volleyball court.

The playground at the back of the park is much larger. There are lots of things to do here, including 2 baby swings, 4 sling swings, a balance beam, bridges, drums, a puppet stage, a rock wall, and a spider web climber. There are 2 different play structures, one for older kids, and one for younger kids, with lots of things to climb on, slide down, and enjoy.

Bathrooms

There is fitness equipment sprinkled throughout the park. 

Very large pavilion next to the playground with BBQ pits and electricity. 

Storybook Walk

Manchester Aquatic Center, Manchester

 
Location: Schroeder Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Road, Manchester, MO 63021

Amenities:

• Competition pool with a drop slide, climbing wall, and diving boards 
• Activity pool with 2 large slides, triple lane open slide, water channel, 2 vortex areas 
• Tot pool with 2 small slides, bouncy frogs, and bouncy seats for babies 
• Lockers
• Concession Stand

Website:  https://mo-manchester.civicplus.com/159/Aquatic-Center

The Manchester Aquatic Center is a huge facility, with 3 separate pools. The pool is open to Manchester residents and non-residents, but non-residents pay a higher admission fee. They offer rain checks if the pool has to be closed due to inclement weather. The changing rooms are kind of small, with 6 or so showers and toilets and 2 changing rooms. There is a family changing room down around the corner of the building from the mens/womens changing rooms (you don't even know it's there until you walk around the corner of the building).

The Tot Pool is zero entry to 1 foot deep. There is a splash pad here as well. There are baby bounce swings here, and the area is 6 inches deep. There are two rocking frog seats in 1 foot of water and an orange slide (with 2 chutes) that ends in 1 foot of water. These slides are for kids under 48" and under 100 lbs. There's a rainbow water tunnel and two tall jets that spray water out over the pool. They let the kids bring small water toys and small inflatables into this pool. The Tot Pool is open some mornings during the week for tot time (see the website for specific details).

The Leisure Pool ranges from zero entry to 3 feet. In the shallow water, there are two squirt gun stations where kids can maneuver to squirt people around them and a water bucket contraption that dumps water on the heads of those below it when the buckets fill up. The yellow slide has 3 channels and is similar in style to the orange tot slides but is taller. There are 2 large water slides, one is enclosed. There's a water channel and vortex in the Leisure Pool as well. 

The Competition Pool goes from 5 feet to 12 feet. It has one lap lane, a rock climbing wall, a diving board, and a drop slide.