Grayland Park — Attraction in Puyallup

Kids had fun. Cool little park. Just have to pay attention to any randos that might show up. I was busy taking pictures and videos of my younger kids on the swings, girl and boy. When some nice good samaritan young man walked up and asked me if I knew the random guy to our left. I said no, this nice man gave me an uneasy look. So I asked, is it time to go? & He said with concern- yes I think that's a good idea. & The look on his face, idk if I'll ever forget that look. Disgust/Angry/Caring. He walked a little closer as I got my kids off the swings and said he saw the random man with his hands in his pants as he was jus staring at my kids and I. It stood out so much and caught him off guard, AS HE WAS DRIVING PAST THE PARK. 🤯 So he pulled in to let me kno. Like wow. Thank you to the nice guy for the heads up. Cuz I noticed the rando but definitely didnt see him doing all that, as my focus was on my children. Needless to say, we left...

The playground is engaging but not exactly all-abilities friendly (no ramps, no equipment geared towards children with physical limitations)

There is a parking lot, but it gets used by surrounding businesses (car lots, body shop)

There is a good sized, recessed field to play ball in.

There are bathrooms, but due to high drug use in the area, there is a sharps collection container and heavy drug-user foot traffic in and out of the parking lot and bathrooms. Police have been cakked to the location numerous times.

The best time to go is in the bright daylight hours, between 10 am and 2pm. Otherwise you are fighting rush hour traffic on a one way street to get there, and more likely to encounter...

For being in the middle of Puyallup's sprawling suburbia, this park was really nice. The view of Mt. Rainier was decent and there is a decent amount of shade. There are fast food joints nearby which is really handy if you take your kids here. It's a really small park though, but the kids seemed to like it. I was able to get some work done as the cellular signal here was pretty good. When we went, the play equipment was in good working order, the park was relatively clean, and there were no creepy people...