Crump Park

Crump Park

3600 Mountain Road
Ground Cover:  Mulch
Play Structure Count:  24 (or more, I may have lost count)
Safety Rating:  High
Trash:  Light
Fun:  WOW

When you enter the park, this playground is on the right.  There's a lake beyond this, and big green fields, and I get the feeling alot of grounds past it all.  But we didn't get that far.  Bear with me, as this is going to be a lot of pictures!  First up, the big kid playset.

This is the front right.  Nice big slide, and the top bit up there is fully fenced, so the only exit is down the slide.

Left from the first picture.  That tube going to the right leads to the slide pictured above.  The tube behind these three purple slides leads to the back of this structure.  Steps lead up to the level with the purple slide.

Front left of the structure.  That neato looking pod thing is controlled by the metal swirly thing you see those two kids at.  You pull it down, the pod moves horizontally.  Deceptively heavy.  Takes kid teamwork!  Notice that man on the left, I'll bring him up later.

Back of the big kid play structure.  I didn't want to post TOO many pics, but you can see a touch of a monkey bar type thing on the left, that seems like a training tool for ninja warrior.  The yellow things need to be slid across the rails.  Mad kudos to any kid that can pull that off.

On to the toddler area!  Can you clearly see all the pieces?  No?  Oh, I'm sorry - is the picture too far away?  That's because it's huge!

There are two main attractions, in my opinion.  The first is this slide structure.  Steps go up to landing one - yellow slide.  Steps go up to landing two - steering wheel toys, bench, and exit down via the swirly fireman's pole.

Main attraction number two!  TRAIN!  One engine car, one closed, one open.  Sparrow and Skylark spent almost their entire time here.

Otherwise, there's a truck thing.  There's a shower thing.  There's a house thing.  A weird dome thing.  A swirly bucket thing.  A few other things that I can't remember 'cause there were so many things.  There were baby-level benches in a few spots, so it was nice to get Skylark (who's just mastering walking) up against those and she could fiddle with mulch while leaning on them.

And swings!  Of course there are swings!  Two baby, two adult, one tire, and two rocking toys.

PHEW!  This place was awesome!  I had heard good things from other moms but I had no idea it was this massive.  The trash was minimal - one napkin and one crumpled up piece of aluminum foil, both of which were in close proximity to covered picnic tables.

The saftey was overall very, very high.  The parking lot was a good 40~50 feet from the playground, and it's surrounded by woods.  The structures were well designed so there were places to put toddlers where they could play without being tempted to jump off an edge. 

I had one complaint.  One.  And it's not the park's fault.  But remember that guy I pointed out?  If you didn't catch what he was holding in his hand, it was a lit cigarette.  Seriously?!  The rage: it boiled within me.