Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park — Attraction in Portland

Great place to take the kids to play or just to have a picnic for a romantic couple hours open from sun up to sun down, but try and get your toddler to understand it's closed "but nobody's there Daddy" and I say it is closed, son the sun is going down and he said "so we have to stay here until I can get my coat and backpack and I said he shouldn't have left it there and we went back to get the bag and stuff and the tide had came in and it was just about to leave for china and I jumped in and grabbed it all up and I thought I had saved everything but his laptop was on in the bag and it was ruined and I can't afford to go buy another right now so I took it apart and I got all the sand as moisture in it and I thought it was ruined for good but I don't think he turned it on my telling him that if he left it on it's pretty much scrap and he thought he had it on but it was off when I opened it up and after I got all the sand and moisture off i let it sit in front of a fan until it was completely dry and I plugged it in and it was working fine but it eventually broke again and I wasn't able to fix the shattered screen it was a Dell and it was a nice laptop and it was so nice to see my son when he realized that he had all of his school work on it and now I have bought him a lot of memorie sticks for usb and thank you Motorola for being so helpful and caring I even got a discount and he was able to complete the school year with the old computer and he was thrilled to get a new one and he still has the other one and I don't think he will get rid of it, it...

Great place to have an eight year olds pirate themed birthday. Don't liv in Portland but daughter and grandsons do. Had the youngest grandsons pirate birthday there and it is wonderful for everyone. Love that there is a waterworks fountain that is designed to allow children to play in water while pumping the water and other ways to interact with hydraulics. Can be used as a teachable moment if you're...

Great park for kids. There are balance beams, spinners, a slide, water feature, public bathroom, drinking fountain, benches, picnic tables, covered area, paved walking trail, large field, and several trees. The trees are still immature so are not giving much shade yet. It's easier to enter the park from 167th and Market. The park does not have it's own parking so you will need to park on the...