Note: These playgrounds are next to a school. You may be asked to leave during school hours.
Location map
Community: Tuscany – Tuscany Hill and Tuscany Dr NW
Parking: Free street parking
Surrounding Park Area: Playgrounds are all in close walking distance to each other. Tuscany School and fields surround the playgrounds.
Tuscany School Playground
Gordie’s Review (5 years old) “I liked the people climber”
Nicky’s Review (2 years old) “slide!”
Age Range: 1-10 years
Ground Cover: pour-in-place recycled tire flooring
Shade: little to none
Features: climber with ramps and twisty slide, mountain climber, catwalk; rock wall climber; people climber
Accessibility: Accessible flooring throughout and a ramp with two entrances.
Seating: a few benches.
Overall assessment: Although this playground is geared towards kids 5-12 years old, there’s a lot to appeal to little kids as well such as the easy to move around flooring, mountain climber ‘cave’ and ramps.
Rock and Log Playground
Gordie’s Review (5 years old) “I liked playing with that boy.”
Nicky’s Review (2 years old) “Up, down, up, down”
Age Range: All ages.
Ground Cover: wood chips.
Shade: Little to none. There are a few young trees near the play area.
Features: Rocks and log climbing features.
Accessibility: None.
Seating: a couple of benches are at the nearby playground
Overall assessment: This is obviously more of an outdoor classroom space than a playground but kids love climbing around on the rocks and logs.
Apollo Playground
Gordie’s Review (5 years old) “I liked the Apollo”
Nicky’s Review (2 years old) “Go round!” (She liked the Apollo too)
Age Range: 2-12
Ground Cover: pour-in-place recycled tire flooring
Shade: minimal
Features: Large Apollo spinner; tall spinner; standing spinner; climbing features.
Accessibility: Accessible flooring.
Seating: a few benches
Overall assessment: The Apollo spinner is the main draw in this space but the playground has some nice climbing equipment as well.
Community Playground
Gordie’s Review (5 years old) “I liked the bar slide. Where I falled and did a little trick. Did I catch myself? Did you see me?”
Nicky’s Review (2 years old) “slide!”
Age Range:18 months – 10 years.
Ground Cover: pea gravel.
Shade: some trees on the south east corner of the playground provide shade.
Features: climber with two double slides; bouncy horse; 2 saucer swings; 4 swings (1 baby)
Accessibility: none.
Seating: a couple of picnic tables and a few benches.
Overall assessment: This playground is a bit older than the others closer to the school but it still has good play value. It also has the best shade and picnic tables.
