tl:dr Simply the best playground you'll find in the burbs, plus it's purposefully built to be all accessible/all inclusive. There truly is something for kids of every age and ability here.
Note, this review is just for the playground. Sure, there are countless amenities here, like... baseball diamond, basketball court, sand volleyball courts, tennis courts, soccer field, softball diamond, gazebo, ice rink, horseshoe court, restrooms, etc., but that's not why I come here. The newly opened (July 2016) Playground at Malone is where it's at.
My kid loves this park, and so do I. First, it's primarily fenced in, which is pretty uncommon, and almost all of the playground area has a rubber surface. The big kids and little kids area are fairly seperated, both sides have plenty of shade from the play structures as well as a good amount of fairly mature trees.
The variety of play is also just amazing. Besides the usual slides, there are musical instruments, a ship with a motion floor and rainstick steering wheel, braille/spanish/english learning elements, a merry go round built at ground level (no more worrying about legs dragging under), parent and child swings (who doesn't love swinging with their little kid in front of them), crazy obstacles like a climbing wall walkway, ropes course, and more.
This park may be a 15 minute drive for us, but we'll keep on coming back. read more