Pleasant Hill Park – Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill Park is located just off highway 680 on
Gregory Lane in Pleasant Hill. Pleasant Hill Park has some great features that
make it one of our favorites to visit if we're in the area.
There are three structured play areas. One is for older kids
and has a traditional jungle gym, and a few other spinning sorts of pieces of
equipment. There is also a separate gated off toddler play area with smaller
equipment for the littler ones. In between these two areas is a sandy play area
with a strange sort of low climbing tunnel structure that my kids love. There
is also a digging contraption in the sad area, but of course you can bring your
own sand toys to enjoy there as well.
Even when I had a child that was young enough to use the
toddler play area, we didn't use it much. It is great if you only have very
young children, as the fence will keep them from running off when your back is
turned, but if you also have older children, it is very difficult to see the
other play area well from the toddler area.
In addition to the play structures, there is a good amount
of open grass, and sidewalks. There is usually some biking as scootering going
on along the sidewalks when we visit. Also,
some basketball courts, and swings are available some distance from the rest of
the playground.
In the summer, I like that there are lots of mature trees
all around the Pleasant Hill Park, so finding a shady spot to sit and rest is
not a problem. There are three reservable picnic areas, and two open picnic
areas. We did do a birthday party at Pleasant Hill Park once and were able to
claim one of the open areas to set up for cake, etc. without too much trouble,
but availability will vary every weekend I would expect.
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