The Best of Playing in Portland’s First Year!

Rotary Centennial Park is a delightful park with fun amenities that will continue to spark interest and creative play each time you and your child visit. The park specifically has a very unique rock climbing structures from Rockcraft. It is awesome and I haven’t seen any thing like it at any local playground. The park also has other creative accessories such as a cement camel, dog and frog that your kids can climb on or pretend to have as a pet just like Barrow’s Park. Although Barrow’s Park may be closer to you, I think Rotary Centennial Park is worth driving out to Newberg because it uniquely incorporates a variety of different structures from various companies which brings greater creativity. For instance, one of the play structures that is suited for 2-5 year-olds has some of the coolest panels I have ever seen. There are drums, a spinning continent wheel, solar panel, chime panel, bell panel, car racing panel and cool talk tubes. There is simply so much fun contained in that one structure alone. Older kids will love the KOMPAN Spacenet Climber (like the one at Tualatin Community Park) as well as the rock climbing structures I’ve already mentioned. This park is also conveniently across from the Newberg Library and next to the Chehalem Cultural Center which has art, culture and music classes for both adults and kids. This park is truly a blast the only negative aspect is if you have to push your kids on the swings the slope makes it difficult. They do however have one of the best handicap swings I’ve seen. Although, I don’t have kids that are handicap so I can’t speak of its technical capabilities, but it looks great! The last thing I will add to this park is they do have a Farmers Market in Newberg at the Chelalem Cultural Center every Tuesday along with Tunes on Tuesday from July to August. Overall, this park is a lot of fun and Newberg is a great community worth visiting.

Click on Chehalem Park & Recreation District to see their description of Rotary Centennial Park.

Click on maps or Rotary Centennial Park to see directions to this park.

Tualatin Community Park

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Andrea

Tualatin Community Park is one of my favorite parks. It is not an overwhelming park, yet it has a lot to offer. The Spacenet climber is always a hit from the leading global playground equipment maker – KOMPAN. The park also uniquely incorporates the Southern Pacific Railroad through play. In addition, an actual train bridge crosses the Tualatin River, which is visible from the playground. The sand/water feature seems to mimic the river, and often my family and I end up walking to the Tualatin River while visiting this park. We also play basketball and could play checkers or enjoy the skate park! Overall, there is a lot to do, but it is not a stressful park. Your kids may get dirty from the sand/water feature, but in all in all, it is a relaxing park. Plus it is near Bridgeport Village so if you have shopping, or want to stop at Tully’s and get coffee or Joe’s Hamburgers to get something to eat – it makes a great day!