There are 2 major goals as a parent that I spend the majority of my time doing:
1. keeping the little humans alive
2. keeping the said Little Humans in #1, entertained.
I headed to Pooler, in an attempt to accomplish both goals. I needed to go to Sam's to buy the 500 snacks that my little humans require on a monthly basis to fulfill responsibility #1. But first, to Pooler Recreation Park that I found on Yelp to fulfill responsibility #2 to provide an incentive for my youngest to stay somewhat calm during our much needed shopping trip at Sam's for the snacks she and her sister require. You follow?
Pooler Recreation Park is located deeper in Pooler, away from the main shopping area off the highway. It's across the street from Pooler Karate. We were there around 10:30ish and the larger playground was pretty well shaded for that time of day. The park is equipped with picnic tables and trash cans.
- Parking -
There are 2 locations to park, both by the two playgrounds.
- Facilites -
-- 1 basketball court
-- 1 large court/paved field with overgrown weeds (not sure what this one is used for)
-- 4 baseball fields
-- 1 large playground with 2 sets of swings, one for big kids and one for little babes
-- restrooms are located between the baseball fields
-- mini-playground in front of bathrooms
According to their website, there is a community center as well as a Senior Center. There are also two gyms, Green Gym and Gold Gym.
We played at the larger playground with the 2 sets of swings. My Little one enjoyed herself. The playground has 2 different sections, one taller and one shorter, for the different age groups, in addition to the two sets of swings. It is equipped with a seesaw, a spinning globe apparatus that is slightly slanted, climbing walls, several slides, rope half moon spider web and a different kind of monkey bars. Instead of actual bars going across, it is a set of 3 steering wheels, almost like something you would see on American Ninja Warrior, but for kids. I think this park was renovated within the last few years and it is in great condition. On the smaller age group section, there are several slides as well and a braille board with the numbers and alphabet.
The big bonus here is that both sections of the larger playground has a large canopy over it that will make playing at this park a little more bearable for the littles for those real hot days! Another thing to note is that there are bathrooms on site and even though they were a bit dated, they were pretty well kept and clean. read more