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Baycliffe Park (Rocketship Park)

7/27/2014

7 Comments

 
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Area:  Whitby North

Age Range: 2 years and up

Installed: 2007

Parking:  plenty in the designated parking lot off of Twin Streams Rd (to the South of the park), and some street parking on Baycliffe Drive (just be aware of some no parking zones)

Ground Cover: mulch

Main Equipment:
  • 4 swings
  • 2 infant swings
  • 5 slides (3 tunnel slides)
  • 2 toddler slides
  • multiple spinners
  • climbing rocks
  • 1 teeter rocker
  • 1 balance beam
  • 1 rock wall
  • 1 hanging slider

Accessibility Features: music station and talking tubes 

Facilities/Other:
  • Splash Pad
  • seasonal port-a-potty
  • Baycliffe FIT Park
  • soccer field
  • 1 basketball court
  • 1 wavy BMX path

Surrounding Park Area:  A great big park with a nice jogging path around it (half paved and half gravel) where you will also find the FIT stations. 

Seating: 2 park benches facing the playground, 2 park benches facing the swings, 1 accessible picnic table, 2 four seat picnic tables (all with built in chess/checker boards), 2 additional park benches under a weather canopy

Shade: no shade on the playground, some surrounding trees offer a little bit of shade, a weather canopy between the playground and Splash Pad provide shade cover for two park benches

Overall assessment: Baycliffe Park, otherwise known as 'Rocketship Park, is an excellent themed playground for the older kids!  (*NOTE the main structure is meant for children ages 5 and up).  There are so many places to climb and slide, including up to the two-story tall tunnel slides which are perfect for racing!.  There is only one easy access route to get up on to the main playground structure and it is a set of stairs at the opposite end of the rocket, although to get to the tall tunnel slides your tykes still have to know how to climb ladders well.  It is nice that there is also a smaller toddler structure for those ages 2 - 5 years, especially if they have older siblings joining them at this playground.  There is also a small BMX wavy pathway just behind the splash pad beside the parking lot for the older kids.

​This park was chosen as one of Canada's 150 coolest playgrounds!
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7 Comments
Lydia
10/2/2017 16:22:12

One of the best parks around. Only down side is the amount of garbage the kids have to wade through.

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Abul
8/2/2018 09:36:28

Do they allow bbq charcoal/gas

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Durham Region Playgrounds link
8/2/2018 14:01:51

Unfortunately not at this park. Here is a great list of Whitby parks that do allow BBQ picnics; https://www.whitby.ca/en/residents/picnicareas.asp

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Durham Region Playgrounds link
8/2/2018 14:00:42

Good question. Most Durham Region municipalities do not allow open flames (including gas or charcoal BBQs) in public parks. There are a few designated 'Picnic' friendly locations in Whitby though that also have picnic shelters and some built in BBQs. Happy picnicking! https://www.whitby.ca/en/residents/picnicareas.asp

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Gord
8/23/2018 21:28:25

Hi
Can you have all sites update with correct address for Rocketship / Baycliff Park.

Moat have St Philip CRT as address and it is incorrect.
The address is 20 Baycliff Dr. And the parking lot is off of Twin Streams.
Thanks

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Durham Region Playground Reviews link
8/23/2018 23:59:21

I have submitted a change request to Google maps as my site simply picks up their address inputs. Are there any other websites or locations you know of that are incorrect? Thanks

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grv link
2/20/2019 10:25:36

arrrg

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