Friday, January 1, 2021

Fogerty Park, University City






Location: 1540 N. 82nd Blvd, University City, MO 63130

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

Playground Ground Cover:  Poured rubber

The park features a playground, tennis courts, splash pad, 1/2 mile trail, and football/soccer/baseball fields.

Parking can be found at the north end by the shelter and on-street parking is available.

This playground was renovated in 2017 and it's really cool. There is a play structure for bigger kids and one for the littles.




Walking trail


 New pavilion




 expression swing!


New restrooms


Awesome spinner



Another cool spinner


This is the smaller play structure. There is a log you can climb through, a spinning disk, a slide, stepping stones, a bridge, and interesting things to climb on.



Nice shaded picnic table





 Xylophone



 There is a baby swing, an adaptive swing, and 2 sling swings



The large play structure has a slide, floating steps, a hammock, and interesting things to climb on.




In 2020 a splash pad with a river bed was installed. 




Step on this to make the water sprayers come on.


The creek has a little dam you can lift to let the water go out.










Saturday, December 19, 2020

Green Pines Park, Wildwood

 



Location: 16550 Pond Grover Parkway, Wildwood, MO 63011

Website: https://www.cityofwildwood.com/2022/Green-Pines-Park

Playground Ground Cover: Wood chips

This playground was built in late 2020. This new park offers a little something for everyone, such as benches, shade, play features for toddlers and young children, and bicycle racks. The park was designed as a pocket park, with limited parking. People are strongly encouraged to walk, run, bike, or roll to this new park.  There are 4 parking spots if you want to drive over. 



The park is completely enclosed with a fence and gate. It has brand new restrooms and a covered pavilion. It has everything!





The toddler area has several cute little play structures with slides, music boards, maze boards, little picnic tables, an adorable little play house, rock wall, tunnel, modified merry-go-round, and 2 baby swings. 




How cute is this little house!





New restroom building and drinking fountain


The play structure for older kids is at the back of the park. It's 2 stories tall with slides, stepping stones, and lot of bars and poles. 
















Here's the full list of all the playgrounds that are fully enclosed.