Scotty Carp Park is a great place for a little greenery in the city. You can get here easily from the 28th St Mall, or if you are driving on Canyon. It's a nice sized park offering many things! Very diverse, you can swim in a big pool, visit the water park, stroll the grounds, play frisbee, have kids play on the jungle gym,, and use the big skate park! It's been clean and tidy for me and everyone is nice. There's a connection to Boulder Creek Path down the way a bit so it's very handy for a quick parking area. You can get great shots of the mountains here as well. read more

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Great park! Great pool and always fun. Finally learned that you should only come after 3pm to avoid the crowds

Great family park and swim area. Killer outdoor slides, diving boards (even a high dive platform), rock climbing wall that goes into the water as well as a skate park. read more

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Great playground, definitely a place to check out if you are visiting Boulder. Bring bikes, access to great Boulder county bike path system. Kids love the rocket jungle gym structure. Echo chamber is cool. A neat and unusual playground with the Flatirons as a backdrop. read more

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Fantastic park for kids!! Thank you yelp for helping me find this. I had two bored boys with me and went in search of a park and came here. They loved the rocket structure and were enjoying the swings when they saw the pool. And what a fabulous pool it is. Adult entry fee was $6.25 (even if you're not swimming) and kids were $5 each. There was a spacious bathroom and changing area and the poolside was not that crowded even though it was a Saturday. There aren't many lounge chairs though, so bring a blanket. I put a towel down under the shade and read and slept. Ok, let's get back to the kids. The pool seemed clean and there were two lifeguards. The kids loved the long water slide and the diving boards. They also have life jackets and kick boards. Many had pool toys and were having lots of fun. Their concession stand was actually really reasonable, with most things being $1.50. I highly recommend this park to anyone because the park is so beautiful, but especially to those who have kids. There is even a skateboard park that many were enjoying. We didn't get a chance to venture past the playground but it seemed like a big property. We were visiting from Hawaii so I was very impressed with the parks and pools on the mainland. Thank you for a great place!! read more

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This is a great Boulder park, which is highly accessible: not only does it have its own private lot, it is also is located right off of the Boulder creek path, and is close to the CU campus. This park has a nice hill (a.k.a. kick-ass sledding in winter) and a skate-park which is always packed. It even has a graffiti-wall where taggers can duel it out legally. Now that's cool. Oh, and check out the playground for the kids. Beautiful and empty on moonlit nights...I love this place. read more

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This park had it all. Both my 7 and 2 year old played for about 2 hours. There was a huge sandbox and things to climb. I liked that there was plenty of parking as well. It looked like there was a nice pool next door with a diving board but teams were using it. No slides on it right now. read more

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We had a great day, just warm enough to be fun, bright blue sky and the snow melting on the Flatirons in the distance. We took our out-of-town guests and they loved it. The playground has been updated and expanded over the years and is much improved over my last visit a couple of decades ago. The rocket is fun, especially for astronaut interested kids. After all, Scott Carpenter was Boulder's local astronaut, before any of the "former CU student" ones, though he attended CU too. Fun to tell the story to a new generation. This park is terribly overcrowded in the summer when the pool is open. It is Boulder Parks and Rec's biggest outdoor pool, with limited parking. It has easy access to the Boulder Creek Path and I sometimes enter here if meeting a friend, rather than my usual spot further west. Not at all crowded today. read more

Great pool, super clean a lot of fun for our 11, 12, and 13 year olds. Would definitely recommend this place for hot summer days.

I would like to give this more stars, but as a traveler through the hood I didn't feel like it met the needs I had with an 18month old. I needed something more almost-a-toddler, and with a lot more shade. Also, the majority of the park is a sandy substance I wasn't prepared for and I highly recommend you dress your kids in clothes that you don't care about. My kid loved it and I was super happy to let him scamper about and get filthy, but I would have chosen different clothes for him :) Definitely a great park for kids 2yrs+ and a nice place to hang out on the grass. I just would have preferred more shade and more features lower to the ground for kids just getting their walking legs going. read more

I went to Scott Carpenter for the 1st time the morning... I was helped by the sweetest freckle faced guard. She took time out of her break to walk me around the facility and answer all my questions, which I had plenty of them. I couldn't help but notice the other guard go out of his way to fill up a swimmers water bottle inside too. I can't wait to bring my children here this summer and use it to work out. I hope when I return I get the same staff and same beautiful weather! read more

There is a giant 4+ story spaceship jungle gym. Need I really say more? (Okay, for anyone who said yes, stop talking to your computer, and here's the rest of the dirt. Besides the totally awesome lunar themed playground this park boasts a skatepark, pool, baseball fields and a great hill to sled on come wintertime.) read more

Yes, this park is one of a kind. It has, among other things, an echo chamber (walk between two metal soup bowls on their sides and hear your voice doubled back on itself!), a giant metal rocketship (too big for adults to climb up, so kids won't be bothered by loitering teenagers or similar!), and a huge pool with a waterslide. The area, despite being fairly central and between two major highways (US 36 and Hwy 157) is pleasantly quiet, hilly, and grassy with a nice view of a bunch of trees and Boulder creek. There's a vast expanse of area in which to lie down, play sports, run, bike, or do whatever you choose without impinging on anyone else's space. I've spent nearly every weekend of the summer so far at Scott Carpenter Pool - I think it's the best public pool my recreation pass can get me into. Two diving boards plus a vast shallow expanse (nothing over 5 ft here) and a waterslide. A big grassy area surrounding it with deck chairs aplenty. Sun and shade both, for the choosy. And since it's Boulder, there are non-junk food options for snacks! They sell Fruti bars, delicious frozen fruit bars, all natural, for $1.50 - which I take advantage of all the time. Mmmm... concentrated mango on a hot day. read more

The pool itself is great with very big slide and diving boards, staff seems great too. There are grassy areas and some lawn chairs. Unfortunately there are no family changing rooms/bathrooms. And what's worst and so bizarre.. open swim is only 1-4p on weekdays for the whole summer. This blows my mind. At 4pm 60+ people left so six adults could swim laps. I suppose more may come (I hope so). It seems possible to add lap lanes at 4pm and make open swim smaller since more people would benefit. Many people were confused and upset by this, I hope more people voice their opinions and perhaps there is a better compromise. **2017 summer update, same hours. Interesting this pool values lane swim seemingly more than family swim. Pool opens 6am and closes 8pm and leisure swim 1-4 weekdays and 12-5 on weekend. Side note wish there was more lawn chairs! read more

It was my buddy's last day in Boulder, and a few of us had gathered outside one of our favorite bars. We made our way to the park and found ourselves a celebratory spot among the sputtering sprinklers. A great send off. I also used to live a few blocks from this park, and I've had some great afternoons here. It's a great place to ride your bike and get in some quality reading and writing. It's also a nice place to sled in the winter. Of course, its namesake is one of Boulder's most famous sons, Scott Carpenter, esteemed astronaut, thus the NASA theme to the park. read more

Nice park with a playground for young kids, a baseball field, skate park, 50m pool and of course plenty of grass to play on. It has a private parking lot, but parking can be a little difficult at times. Also there are homeless folks that hangout, but they mind their own business for the most part. read more

Scott Carpenter is one of the best parks ever. There's a free skate park which is great for skating or biking or just watching. They have a big grass hill which is fun in the summer days, but transforms in the winter's snow to a sledding & snowboard haven. The play area has fun features for kids of all ages.. They also have a pay per use pool, but I don't use that. read more

Right on the Boulder Creek Path, I often will stop by after work just to lay on the grassy hill. Lots of space, playground equipment, a pool in the summer, and a small skatepark. Great space for frisbee or other games one needs space for. Just one of the many beautiful parks in Boulder. read more

Super fun rocket ship kids can climb to the top! And a sunny hill for moms and dads to lay on right next to the play ground. Only portapottys available for restroom which kinda sucks read more

What's to complain about this park? Skate park, softball field, slides everything to have a fun time with the family! Quiet out of the way for a great picnic! read more

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The small child equipment is separated from the bigger kid play stuff. There is since grass area all around if you want to picnic and it's pet friendly. The space theme is good for the imagination. It's a large play ground and the skate park and pool are right next door. This whole area is great. read more

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We have turned into quite the park connoisseurs. Scott Carpenter was a great fit for the family. Tons of stuff to keep the kids occupied. And it was super busy (not overly packed or busy), on a Sunday, enough so, that the kids made plenty of friends and played for hours. It is a space themed park, so the rocket ship, meteor, alien spacecraft, and little space shuttle wobbler all make for an imagination inducing play day. This park is situated right next to the community pool, which looked loads of fun too (nice water slide)! Overall, I'd suggest a few park upgrades, to include new sand in the meteor sandbox, some paint and cleanup of the play equipment, and some real/not porta-potty bathrooms (toilet was overflowing, gross!!!). Overall, a blast (pun intended). read more

Great views of the Flatirons from the playground! And the rocket ship is very awesome and dramatic, although it can get super crazy as really only one kid can go up and down the inner stairs at a time. Big slide, fun NASA-influenced ride-on bouncers, swings of the baby sort and big kid style and a cool sand pit. The reason that I don't absolutely love this park is that it gets SO hot in the summer as there is virtually no shade. Also, what is up with all the gravelly rock surfaces in Boulder playgrounds? NYC recently switched over to this foamy, non-toxic playground surface and it's so much better. It doesn't get in your shoes and it doesn't hurt if you fall on it. read more

Built on an old garbage dump, but you wouldn't know it.great playground with a big rocket that kids can climb to the top. Great sledding hill in the winter. Scott Carpenter pool is the only 50 meter outdoor pool in town. read more

This is one if not the best park in Boulder! Great sled hill in the winter, great hang out spot any other time of the year. I feel lucky to live about half a mile away. read more

Great Park, great location. Few parks are as great in the winter as the are in the summer, but this one is. It is a great place to sled, or play catch, its right on the creek and boulder creek path and has an attached free skate park and also a great kids park. Bring your kids here, they will thank you. read more

my neighborhood park, love that when you are up on the hill it doesn't seem like the road is that close, you go to the west side and you can't even see it.. great playground for the kids and right next to the creek path! one thing i hate.. is some people bring their dogs there and let them crap all over the field and don't clean it up. read more

Love this pool! Great slide and there's great shade and sun areas! It's a great place to spend an afternoon when you want to cool off. Plus they have a crazy popsicle selection. read more

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