The Mikey Goodwin Playground is located in James A. Nance beach front park in Indialantic. In 2022…read morethe playground in Nance Park was redone to honor local teen Mikey Goodwin. Mikey was a talented athlete. One day he came home complaining about blurry vision. It turned out that he had a tumor on his brain stem. He passed away at the age of only 19 from a rare form o brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Giloma. After his death his family wanted to give back to the community that supported them through Mikey's illness. They have undertaken several events to fun a cure. These include a 5K and and the Mikey Strong Golf Tournament. After the old playground was taken out, the new playground was installed. It was designed to be larger and ADA compliant and inclusive. Mikey loved the outdoors and always liked to include everyone. The playground is reflective of his generous spirit. To make the playground wheelchair accessible, synthetic turf was used on the ground. Other special features of the playground include communication birds for non-verbal kids and two levels of monkey bars, one at standard height and one lower. The playground equipment was chosen to encourage parallel play where kids of different abilities can play alongside each other. Funding for the playground was raised by volunteers who solicited donations. As someone who works with children with special needs I love the idea of this play space and how it honors a special teen who meant so much to this community.

Built by the community, this playground is all inclusive to include children in wheelchairsread more

So much to do.. and its so beautiful there! Perfect place for families especially the children..I…read moregive it a 10

fun park and me and my friends love going here on the weekend and me and my family i love the zip…read moreline the most and the spalash park

Awesome park. Clean. Multiple play sets for kids, swings, slides, baseball and football fields.read more

Ryckman Park is located on Ocean Avenue in Melbourne Beach. It is on the Indian River in the…read morehistoric section of town. The park contains important town buildings including the Town Hall and the Melbourne Beach Community Center which was formerly the Women's Club. It also has a playground, several gazebos, public art, restrooms, and splash pad. Displayed throughout the park are Hometown Hero banners that recognize Melbourne Beach residents and family members, past and present, who have served in the Armed Forces. The Parks Board sponsored this project. My favorite part of Ryckman Park is all of the historical buildings and structures. The Ryckham House, one of the oldest homes in Melbourne Beach is front and center in the park. The park also has a replica of the Beaujean home and first post office and the Melbourne Beach Pier which was built in 1889. I very much enjoyed all of the history and beauty of the this scenic waterfront park. It was especially nice to relax on a bench swing in the breeze as I took in the view. If there is a drawback to this park it would be that you have to pay to park. The kiosk was broken and you had to either scan the QR code or text to pay. It took a few extra minutes to figure it all out but the enjoyment I got from this park was well worth the $3.25 I paid. While I was sorting out the parking I noticed Djon's Steak and Lobster House across from the park. It is a longtime community favorite known for their excellent happy hour menu. I will definitely put it at the top pf the list next tine I am in the area.

Lovely and scenic park! The park is within walking distance of the beach. Nice stop in Melbourne.read more

Nice little quaint park. Location is in the middle of a neighborhood so it's a little odd to find…read more There is a small playground that is very shady. If you walk around the fence line you will find basketball court and baseball fields.

This is a nice overall park. I found the vibe to be relaxing and enjoyable and the atmosphere…read moredefinitely has a calming effect on the soul. There is definitely adequate parking and again, it definitely is a cool enough park. We as a community need parks. Places like this where we as a community can gather in respite. If you find yourself in the area, I would definitely recommend this particular park. Go check it out, I do not think that you will be disappointed.

Gleason Park is a lovely place to visit. I always feel safe there; there are plenty of people…read morearound but not too many that it's crowded. I also see at least one Gopher Tortoise which is fun. There are several walking paths (semi-shaded), work out equipment, and they are in the middle of adding another playground. There are a lot of benches along the walking paths and around the lake. Plenty of parking and there is even a (smaller, mostly lap lanes) public pool.

No public bathrooms available during off event times. Playground equipment lame. This equipment…read morewas installed while back and when it was installed it was used. Functional. Few picnic tables available. No dogs allowed. I bring mine anyway. Has a baseball field. Never crowded except weekends and such. Shade available. All in all it's OK.

Nice place and full of toys. Great for babies to play around. The only thing is that the floor is…read morenot very clean and some toys are old. Besides that it is a good place to have fun.

They have a lot of toys and kids keep busy but it's DIRTY. The floor is dirty the ceiling has water…read moredamage and is falling apart and it has a weird odor in here . No changing tables. The toys look like they don't get washed often and are old. They have fans all over on the floor to keep it cool in here but that's a huge safety hazard for little ones, I'm not sure how this place is up to standards to stay open