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Horne Park

7/12/2018

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Area: Northwest Ajax

Age Range: infant and up

Parking:  some street parking on Horne Ave

Ground Cover: sand

Main Equipment:
  • 5 slides (2 metal ones on the larger play structure)
  • 4 swings
  • 2 infant swings
  • 2 teeter rockers (one whale, one atv)
  • 1 climbing rope
  • 1 rock climbing wall
  • 1 fireman pole
  • 1 playhouse mansion (that's two small houses put together)

Accessibility Features: talking tubes in the sand of the larger play structure area (so not very wheelchair accessible with the sand)

Facilities/Other:
  • Horne Park Splash Pad

Surrounding Park Area: A small green space around the playground, and a small field behind the splash pad

Seating: 1 picnic bench in the shade pavilion behind the toddler playhouses, three curved benches facing the playgrounds closest to the infant swings

Shade: none over the larger playground, some late afternoon shade over the smaller playground playhouses, and a lot of shade in the surrounding trees

Overall assessment: A great park for multiple ages. The playground mansion (because it is the largest park playhouse we have ever seen) is perfect for toddlers and younger kids. The sand in the toddler playground area is finer and has less rocks than the larger playground side (we suspect it had a fresh dump of new sand this year) and with the new splash pad right next to it, makes the perfect combination for sandcastle building when the kids are tired of sliding, swinging or climbing. It's a great local park and has amazing grassy shaded areas in the trees for picnics too! I just wish there was a seasonal washroom here when we visited....maybe next year?
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Elmer Lick Park

8/25/2017

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Area: East Whitby

Age Range: infant and up
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Parking: street parking on Janedale Crescent or Vanessa Place

Ground Cover:  mulch

Main Equipment:
  • 3 slides (2 toddler slides)
  • 2 infant swings
  • 1 music station (drums)
  • 1 hand crank station
  • 1 rock climbing wall
  • 1 spinner
  • 1 classic rocking horse
  • 1 sandpit
  • multiple climbing apparatus

Accessibility Features: music drum station, hand crank station

Facilities/Other:
  • none

Surrounding Park Area: a small green space behind the playground 

Seating: 2 park benches facing the playground, plus concrete wall with built in seating facing the playground and surrounding the sandpit

Shade: no shade over the playground, some shade in the surrounding trees


Overall assessment: The hidden sandpit looks like it would be fun (if only we had our playground kit with sand buckets and shovels with us)! We love that the vintage rocking horse was saved and re-installed at this playground amidst the newer equipment and play structures. The infant swings here are the tamest we have seen to date as they don't swing nearly as high as the other infant/toddler swings we normally see at parks. This could be great for first time swingers, not so great for preschoolers who keep asking 'why can't you make it go higher?' We greatly appreciated the fact that you can easily walk to this park from the Whitby Passport office (in case someone has to go there and there is a looooong boring wait for the kids).
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