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    Thornby Park

    4.4 (9 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Mark P.

    Thornby's a Great local park for kids of all ages and has a nice new trail meandering around its historic grounds; if you look around, there's some really nice old growth fauna here and you'll see the old rail bed. It's also a great place to park if you're doing the spring to spring trail; it's sort of centrally located nearer Green Springs. The area has a lot of forgotten history and it might be fun for some looking into it. Sports one of the better handicapped accessible play areas, that's what most people will see here; but without cover, this one's best early or late or under cloud cover. You don't want to be under that hot Florida sun, it's too damn hot. Very thankful this park opened up when my little one was coming up, she Loved it. Here and Gemini.

    Laura G.

    We had a load of fun at Thornby Park. It is nearly 40 acres of wooded area with a Inspiration Playground inside of the park. The playground is for "kids of all abilities." It has several slides, climbers and lots of imaginative play. There is a walking trail and a 1000 feet of shore line on the St John River. The trail was well maintained with lots of fresh looking mulch and the trail was marked. The woods are beautiful and there are restrooms available.

    Where's the sand?  Can be cleaner and swings are super squeaky...
    Anthony A.

    It's a nice park just disappointed with the maintenance of the playground it felt a little neglected, there was no sand in the sand centers the swings need to be oiled. The location is great and a walk away from Lake Monroe. There's a trail under construction worth a second visit when it's complete. Will definitely revisit to explore the trail hopefully the playgrounds are in better condition.

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    6 years ago

    It is a beautiful park with lots of green everywhere. New bridges and walkway ready for use. A great place to go with the family

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    12 years ago

    Cool playground but no shade. It's good for fall/winter time but too hot for summertime

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    4.8(22 reviews)
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    This playground is incredible! A community funded project, this playground is not to be missed - it…read morehas designs and features I haven't seen anywhere else! We love stopping to play here if we are in the Deland area. Freedom Playground has plenty of parking, bathrooms, pavilions with picnic tables, and playground equipment that can be used by a wide range of ages and body abilities. I love that the park has one main entrance gate to keep kids contained and also has the little kid area separate from the big kid area. There are accessibility features like wheelchair accessible ramps for the playground equipment and a ground level merry-go-round. There's plenty of slides, climbing and obstacles, a zip line, pirate ships, pretend play houses, and all the features you would want in a playground. I love the nods to Florida with multiple gators throughout! Freedom Park is a Florida gem!

    From what I've read online, DeLand faced the exact same issue that so many municipalities around…read morethe country have faced and continue to face regarding what to do with their playgrounds. At one point in time it was a thing to build these large destination playgrounds made out of wood. While a nice idea on paper, eventually the upkeep proves to be problematic and expensive. Eventually the municipality is faced with the hard choice of costly renovations that will need to be redone in the not too distant future, demolishing the structure or trying to replace it with something more modern/contemporary. Either way it equals a lot of money that usually is nowhere to be found. Thankfully a few years ago DeLand along with residents, area companies, school children and a newly formed non-profit committee figured out how to replace the original wooden structure. Amazingly over 300K in private donations were raised along with DeLand kicking in the rest and what you have today is an amazing structure/facility. In my own area there have a been a few success stories with places like this: www.savekidscastle.org/ But there have also been a few mismanaged disasters with places like this: articles.mcall.com/2004-11-19/news/3571642_1_playground-jungle-gym-time-capsule What works here: * Lots of parking * Solidly clean bathrooms * Lots of shaded areas * Super safe recycled rubber ground which means no tracking mulch into the car * A very needed water fountain * Lots of different structures/play areas/misters that offer a ton of diversity What doesn't work: * At least when we were here the zipline was in sad shape. It needs to be raised up or just gotten rid of it because it was way too low to be enjoyable. I don't want to lay on the hyperbole but honestly aside one other park (Kids Castle in Doylestown, PA) this place is the nicest that I've ever seen and even though my kids are arguably a bit on the too old side to be enjoying a place like this, they still did. Great job DeLand! What an awesome place for the community!

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