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Ryland Park Kid Playground

Ryland Park Kid Playground

84R3+R3, San Jose, CA 95110, USA

Overview

Category:New Year's Eve Kids Activities
Location:San Jose, CA

Expert Summary

Detailed Insights

Ryland Park offers a small, well-maintained outdoor experience, primarily featuring a children's playground with swings and slides, and two basketball courts. Its unique selling point is a community lifeguarded swimming pool, along with updated adult exercise equipment opening soon. It's particularly noted for its quiet, secure, and newly padded enclosed toddler playground, making it a good option for families with very young children.

Key Highlights

  • Well-maintained small park with a children’s playground.
  • Includes swings and slides for kids.
  • Features two basketball courts.
  • Unique community lifeguarded swimming pool available.
  • Updated exercise equipment for adults opening soon (as of late 2023).
  • Offers a quiet, enclosed toddler playground.
  • Described as a 'great secure place' for little kids.
  • Newly padded play area for enhanced safety.
  • On-site bathroom facilities.
  • Barbeque facilities available for use.

Standout Features

  • Community lifeguarded swimming pool.
  • Enclosed toddler playground with a newly padded play area.
  • Updated adult exercise equipment (opening soon).
  • Two dedicated basketball courts.
  • Convenient bathroom facilities.
  • Barbeque facilities for family outings.

Perfect For

Toddlers/Little Kids (approx. 1-4 years): Excellent due to the enclosed, secure, and newly padded play area with age-appropriate swings and slides.
Young Children (approx. 5-10 years): Good for the general playground equipment, swimming pool, and basketball courts.
Families/Adults: Suitable for family walks, picnicking, and adults seeking exercise with new equipment and basketball courts.

Ideal For

Parents with toddlers seeking a quiet, secure, and enclosed play space.
Families looking for a park with both playground equipment and a swimming pool.
People wanting a casual walk with kids or pets.
Children interested in basketball.
Adults looking for outdoor exercise (especially once new equipment is open).
Small family gatherings utilizing barbeque facilities.

💡Pro Tips from Reviews

  • Be highly watchful of your children due to potential exposure to loud/obscene music, inappropriate language, and aggressive dogs.
  • Consider visiting at specific times/days when patron behavior is generally more favorable, though reviews do not specify which times are best.
  • Evenings can be busy with people and pets strolling, which might impact the quietness.

Things to Consider

  • Presence of homeless or 'don't care' picnickers.
  • Loud, unsavory, and sometimes obscene music, including derogatory racial screams, within earshot of toddlers.
  • Aggressive dogs occasionally appear in the park.
  • Parents need to 'always be watchful' due to varying patron behavior.
  • Reported to be 'safe about 85% of the time' with concerns depending on the specific time and day of visit.

Price & Value

No pricing information is mentioned in the reviews, suggesting it is a free public park.

Accessibility & Special Needs

  • No specific accessibility accommodations are mentioned beyond a general 'well maintained' description. Parents should inquire directly about specific needs.

🍎Food & Drink Policy

  • Barbeque facilities are available, implying food preparation and consumption are permitted. No specific rules on outside food or drink are otherwise mentioned.

🚗Parking Info

  • Parking details are not explicitly mentioned in the reviews. Given it's a 'small park', street parking is a possibility, but availability is unknown.

👥Crowd Levels

  • Can be quiet at times.
  • Busy with people and pets strolling in the evenings.
  • Patron behavior and general safety levels are dependent on the time and day of visit, implying varying crowd dynamics.

🛡️Safety Features

  • Enclosed toddler playground.
  • Designated as a 'secure place' for little kids.
  • Newly padded play area under playground equipment.
  • Community lifeguarded swimming pool for water safety.
  • Requires active parental supervision ('Always be watchful') due to noted external factors.

When to Avoid

  • If you are sensitive to loud, potentially offensive music or language, or derogatory shouts.
  • If you are uncomfortable with the presence of aggressive dogs in a public park setting.
  • If you expect a consistently calm and perfectly safe environment, as the park is described as having safety concerns 'about 15% of the time' depending on the visit time/day.

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What People Say

What's Great

  • Safe environment for children (mentioned in 2 reviews)
  • Spacious play areas (mentioned in 2 reviews)

Areas for Improvement

  • Parking can be challenging (mentioned in 4 reviews)

Recent Reviews

Henry Wang

Henry Wang

2 years ago

Well maintained small park with Children’s playground. There is a small lawn where people walked their dogs. The playground has swings, slides, 2 basketball court and tree. It’s a good place to take a walk with kids.

Sushmitha Belede

Sushmitha Belede

a year ago

Cute small park. You’ll see people with pets and kids strolling here in the evenings. There’s also a basketball court here. You can see a redwood tree from here!

Robert

Robert

a year ago

Awesome for kids and families alike with a caveat of either homeless of don't care picnicers who play loud unsavory and sometimes obscene music. An ear shot of toddlers hearing all the swear words including derogatory racial screams :(. Another are sometime an aggressive dog shows up. Always be watchful else it is a great and only park with a community lifeguarded swimming pool!! But mostly well behaved patrons and safe about 85% of the time. Also depends on what time and day. Oh and very soon asof 2023.10.12 they will be opening updated exercise equipment any day now!! Playground for adults!

Tiffany Longfield

Tiffany Longfield

6 months ago

Quiet little park with a great, enclosed toddler playground.

Duane Barbic

Duane Barbic

a year ago

Great secure place to bring your little kids. Newly padded play area bathroom and barbeque facilities.

Contact Information

84R3+R3, San Jose, CA 95110, USA

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Quick Stats

Overall Rating
4.5
Total Reviews14
Recent Reviews5