Deerwood Rotary Childrens Park — Attraction in Jacksonville

I’m absolutely at a loss how this park has so many stars. I just left after taking my toddler and we will definitely not be returning. You can tell this park is not taken care of, the turf is absolutely awful and needed to be replaced years ago it seems 😅, the playground itself it’s very dirty which I understand it is outside but I mean you can’t pressure wash it every now and then? You can hardly tell the color of the equipment in some places.. lol? Anyway my real problem is the not working water fountains and the broken glass all around… we’re in Florida so I feel like the water fountains should be a necessity.. one is there but they doesnt work & the other is… missing🤷🏼‍♀️ Luckily I was able to spot some of the glass before my son saw it and picked...

This park has a lot of potential of being a nice small family park but it is not upkept very well. Broken slide that was blocked with some wood. My kids (5, 3 and 3) got bored quickly and my 5 year old asked to not go back. I love the fake grass and there's a worn down area in the grass where the kids played in the sand, that kept their interest the longest. But the bathrooms were horrible, water fountain barely worked, only a small cover sitting area, and though it's out of anyone's control, seemed to be a meeting area from some questionable people parked in a car in the back of the small parking lot. I have a feeling we...

Awesome small park close to us. The main downside is that it gets crowded with people that are not respectful sometimes to others. Not exactly societies finest. The other downside is that there are numerous contractors that park overnight (since they can not park in their cheap apartment complex across the street they park in the kids playground)in the lots especially weekends and they use spots for actual parents that want there kids to play there. Some days there can be 4 or five painter/contractor vans in the spots. Considering there are around 14 spots thats a nuisance. Overall, a great playground and time it...