Pritchard Park — Attraction in Racine

I LOVEEEE coming to this park & walking around!! It has the Veterans Memorial & Memorial Gardens & the Save the Bees Pollinator’s along with a pretty darn cool Kids Playground, Two Covered Picnic Areas one on the South Side & North Side that has a kids fishing pond & playground as well. The south most parking lot has East & West picnic tables & grilling to the very south of the West Side playground. You can also play baseball at the West side baseball field There’s also a new Football Field which not only hosts Football Games but various different sports too. Fancy a Pickle ball game?? Come play at their many outdoor courts!! They have a couple of tables & fenced in Pickle Ball courts, great place to sit, relax, & enjoy spectating!! Don’t forget to remember your bathing suit to go swimming at the SC Johnson’s Community Aquatic Center. It’s officially opening this Memorial Day weekend!! 🌊🩱🩳☀️⛱️ Be sure to checkout the Historical Marker “The Spark” which in 1873 the Rev. Dr. J.W. Carhart of Racine designed and operated the first light self-propelled highway vehicle in the United States, and probably the first in the world. He named it the Spark. As it was an infernal machine which made such a hideous noise and was a steam engine steered by a lever and max speed of 5mph & most people in Racine threatened to run him right out of Racine when he first showed up with it. At the 1908 International Automobile Exposition held in Paris, France, Carhart was addressed as the “Father of Automobiles” & given a cash prize for his invention. The history of Automobiles can be tracked to us in Racine & that’s Pretty darn...

I thought the water park looked amazing when I drove by, so my daughter and I decided to go that day. It looked like so much fun, and had activities I had never seen before! The admission prices are reasonable and I liked that too. The life guards are very attentive and the pool wasn't too cold either. One of the downsides to the park is that they don't clearly define their hours on their website, which left me confused as to when I could go and what I could do. Also, while the website is clear on what swimming tests will earn a child a certain color wristband, once you enter the park it is totally different. I was told by a life guard that the same test is given for children going for both the yellow and green wristband, which left me very confused. I didn't know where to take my daughter to test for the green band, and why she couldn't test for the green at the yellow station when it is the same test. Also, they don't clearly define what test correlates with what color wristband, which meant my daughter and I waited for 15 minutes to test for a wristband she already had. Otherwise, I thought the park was great and I do plan to come back...

7/5/19 Today was my first time here and it nice place by swim area but..

I didnt like that life guards didnt know the rules rite also i paid family pass $15 and they still made my husband pay $10 again when he came in ??? If all names where on sheet all she really had to do is check for his name 😠😡.

Also bathrooms womens and (mens as my husband and son's said )lockerroom where soo nasty toilet paper all over floor toilet seat full of urine an poo 🤢🤮🤮 lots of water all over the bath/ lockers veary slippery, life guards re az lly should take turns cleaning and squeegee the water to the drain . I know its customers fault but thats why there are employees to over check oh its not clean lets...