The park it self is pretty nice and right next to Manitou elementary. The playground equipment is…read morebrand new and it includes swings, two play structures, climbing rocks, and other fun things that children can explore. The park is also very large with plenty of grass, trees for shade, picnic tables, covered eating areas, and restrooms. This really is an ideal place to spend a few hours letting the little ones get some exercise and have a picnic if you wish. So why only a three stars you ask? The neighborhood is AWFUL!!!! It is full of rift rafts who congregate at this park at all hours. During the day your likely to run into teenagers skipping from near by high school and middle school and occasionally you get a few tweekers who lay on the benches or sit on the playground equipment talking to themselves. The teenagers are the worst of the bunch, they come to smoke cigs and be as vulgar as possible. They also use the equipment for drawing inappropriate pictures on as well as their own personal toilet (I have seen this more then once). It's really a shame cause like I stated earlier this is a great park that is just suffering because it is being overrun by delinquents.

We really like this park. It's a perfect place to throw out a blanket and read a book. Or let…read moreyour kids run around on the playground. Well kept and clean.

As a mom of three, I'm always on the hunt for a good playground/park. The Fircrest Tot-Lot was…read morerecommended by one of my best friends as she regularly takes her toddler here, so we met up to let the kids play one day. The biggest draw to this place is that the park is fully fenced in. If you have a runner, they can only get as far as the fence (as long as they don't know how to unlock it!) My kids aren't runners, but I like knowing that I can see anybody who is coming and going from the park at all times at the one entrance. The playground equipment is decent. I'd say it's geared towards kids who are little older (3+) as my two year old at the time was much too small and timid to attempt going on any of it. They had swings as well and some climbing structures which she was really interested in. The interesting thing about this park is that they have a ton of random toys strewn across the park. Riding toys, building toys, music toys... I'm assuming people come and donate them and just leave them, because there was no rhyme or reason and kids were just going at them like a free for all. Some of them were in iffy condition, but they didn't mind too much. All in all, it's a good little park! Definitely worth the stop if you're looking for safe, fun park in Fircrest.

I really enjoyed spending the afternoon at this park with my 5 year old. The park is fully fenced…read morein with restrooms and benches/picnic tables throughout to sit on. There's 2 main play structures, swings, tricycles and scooters to ride on and more. I was worried that this park would be totally geared toward the 3 and under crowd hence the name, but it's perfect for babies/toddlers/and older kids under 12. We spent 2 hours here and my kid had a blast. Street parking also, but very easy to find.

I like how it's enclosed & small but has a good variety of things for the kids to play on!read more

Super nice playground!! Lots to do, and it looks pretty new!! The turf is nice and cool, there's a…read morelittle "baby" area, and bathrooms right next to the play equipment. There's also a cool splash pad area but it wasn't on when were here (early Sept 2022) Definitely recommend for crawling babies all the way through older kids. There's so much to do, and tons of space. Also LOTS of picnic tables, although not a ton of shade

This area and park are exquisite. Wow. The views are absolutely spectacular. The water clear and…read morebeautiful. There are ample trees providing shade. The beach is rocks. Some areas more smooth than others. We are looking forward to returning.

Great hidden park! It looks like it's in someone's backyard but it's an actual park! There's a cute…read moreswing where you can swing into the water and look over at point defiance. I'm so glad I found this place and hope I can keep this secret place between us

Cute little park area near the Bremerton ferry terminal and downtown. I had some time to explore…read morenear my hotel and the Harborside Fountain Park was an easy walk. The same designers for the famous Fountains at the Bellagio in Las Vegas designed this park. They built interpretations of an armada of battleships - 6 fountains spaced out. And at choreagraphed times, each fountain explodes with bursts of water from the top, one at a time, which is also symbolic of the volcanic activity in the area (think of Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier/Tahoma as they are active volcanoes). It was a hot, summer weekday when I visited and there were some families with their kids enjoying the water in the fountains. It's a nice way to spend an summer afternoon by the water. There are tables and chairs so you can easily have a picnic while there.

Yay! I'm a fan! This…read moreis kid friendly destination is just off the Seattle to Bremerton ferry terminal and next to the Naval Museum. The fountain itself is pretty unique looking. Large, volcano shaped metallic features (about 5) simulating whale blow holes, surrounded by shallow pools. Intermittently these things blow water out the top to the delight of all the toddlers splooshing around the pools. I guess wading is allowed although I would think twice with all the tots with diapers marinating in the shallow water. A nice feature to the Bremerton waterfront.

I saw the City of Lakewood post about Wards Lake Park's recent renovation and added it to our list…read moreof parks to check out during spring break. So glad we discovered this new to us spot! This property is pretty big. We GPSed to the north entry of the park not realizing how far the south was. We started at the big north playground which my kids loved. Huge wooden play structures with lots to climb on, and there's an awesome bike/scooter track which we will definitely be back to visit. There's lots of trails to explore too! If our kids were a little older we probably would've walked the trails to the south part of the park, but we were unsure how long that would take with our youngest so we decided to drive. It was about 5 minutes away, so probably was a good call. The south playground is much smaller but my kids still enjoyed it. There's swings, a little excavation toy, and two huge slides that my kids went down a ton of times. There's also a picnic table right near the playground which was the perfect spot for lunch time. So glad that we got to check out this park and it'll definitely be added to our summer rotation.

Ward Lake Park has more potential than what it has achieved at this point. I felt like the most…read morescenic part of this park was from the parking lot where you can walk to one tip of the lake. It had geese and a crain that we admired as well as three different colors of dragonflies flying around on a pier. There are lots of trails that go into the wooded areas and the three or four loops that all interconnected are fun to walk on. As you continue on one particular trail past the loops in the direction of the interstate things get more uncomfortable and less scenic. On the path that goes in this direction, the lake path I believe it is called goes through an asphalt paved circle that has since become overgrown. Around here and past that we encountered homeless people and there was rubbish all over the place back there . There were several paths that started from the asphalt area and the brush was not cut back as much so that was another reason if we wanted to go further. Not only that but Ward Lake isn't quite as pretty here like how it is by the parking because the surface of the lake has moss or algae growing on top of it and you don't get to see much of the lake itself at that point because of this. So if you decide to do Ward Lake I'd suggest to stay close to the parking lot and enjoy the lake from that end and don't go too far on the path designated as the Lake Path.

Park has undergone a major update Zip line, numerous slides…read moreand the best climbing I've seen in any park One of the best I've seen. Only setback is no splash park

Cirque Park is a decent city University Place city park... especially if you are coming out of…read moreTacoma and looking for a park that is relatively nice and has at least some amenities to it. There is a nice array of playground equipment should you have children and want to have them go about some exercise while the adults have brief moments of peace. The restrooms are unlocked and usable. I can't say that is very much the case with Tacoma's parks and knowing what that can involve by being open all of the time in that town and being familiar with the reputation that comes with that city should make sense as to why. Also there is recycling options here where yo can take glass to have recycled which is nice as not many parks have this option. I say this because glass pickup no longer happens in Tacoma from the curbside so you have to go to a park or area that has a designated drop off. So that is a nice amenity as well when going to Cirque Park.

We enjoyed this little beach area a lot on our day trip out on the peninsula from Tacoma. They had…read more A water spigot and toilets (non-flushable). There were a bunch of tiny crabs all in the rocks, herons on the dock, and jellyfish in the water. It was pretty clean with a boat launch and again, it was puppy approved.

Stopped in while taking a drive along the Key Peninsula Highway. There is a day use fee of $10 or a…read morevalid Discovery Pass. We were just passing through and wanted to take our pups out to potty, so we parked in the 15-minute/no fee required parking area. That also gave us enough time to walk down on the dock and take in the gorgeous view! Staff was friendly. They really do a nice job of keeping the park clean. There are quite a few picnic tables available, and there's a family picnic area with a BBQ. There are a few life jackets available for use down by the dock as well. We didn't use the restrooms, but they were open and available. We enjoyed our short visit here. Would recommend.