Kerry Wood Nature Centre – Waskasoo Park – 6300 45 Ave, Red Deer
http://www.waskasoopark.ca/Kerry-Wood-Nature-Center.html
Parking: Free lot parking
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Age Range: All ages.
Ground Cover: mulch
Shade: plentiful.
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Features: natural playground features
Surrounding Park Area: Next to the Kerry Wood Nature Centre and Waskasoo nature preserve.
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Accessibility: None.
Seating: a few picnic tables
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Overall assessment:
Located in Waskasoo Park, the Kerry Wood Nature Centre has a lot to offer. You can learn about nature in the Red Deer area inside the Kerry Wood Nature Centre and walk along a 1 km loop through the nature preserve. This is a very popular spot for bird watching. In addition, they have an excellent natural playground – Imagination Grove.
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This playground is very different from your typical metal and plastic playgrounds and provides different kinds of challenges that city kids can miss out on.
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In addition to the great slide, kids can walk on logs, hop from stump to stump, crawl along a web and play with loose rock and wood pieces. Kids can also pump water down a ‘stream’ in the summer months.
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It’s a great example of a natural playground set right inside a wooded area.
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