Conway Recreation Center — Attraction in Saint Paul

PLAYGROUND REVIEW ONLY Here's what you need to know: Parking: Lot Age range (playground): 1+ Sidewalks: Paved to and around play area Seating: A few benches around play area Bathrooms: None Picnic tables: None Grills: None Sports field: Basketball court

Maybe the best feature of this park is its location: It sits between the community center and library. You can get a lot done pretty easily in this stretch of the neighborhood. It's also laid with turf, which is one of my favorite types of playground flooring.

The play area has three sections: a playground for kids 1+, a playground for kids 5+, and a splash pad.

The playground for small kids has monkey bars, a couple different climbing challenges, stairs, and double slides. It's extremely small; even Zoey (16 months) didn't care to play on it.

There are two baby swings by the small playground. One is broken and unusable. The other is in working condition.

The playground for big kids has several climbing obstacles, a bridge, stairs, spinner, elevated steps, and some slides. This is definitely for kids 5+. Both Madi (4.5) and Titus (3) had a lot of trouble scaling the equipment. Their favorite part of the playground was the spinner.

Between the two playgrounds are two diggers for older kids. Madi had a hard time using either because of their size.

The slides are metal and extremely fast. The largest one took Zoey by surprise. The bridge is also extremely steep, yet again taking Zoey by surprise.

It's not yet open season for the splash pad; however, we've played at it before when we visited last summer. Cement covers the splash pad area, which consists of a couple streams of water shooting out from the ground.

The splash pad isn't much, but the water does gather in the middle of the splash pad, keeping the kids entertained. On our visit, plenty of trash gathered as well, unfortunately.

The two playgrounds themselves are in good condition. The splash pad is mediocre. If you're in the area and need to stop for the kids to stretch their legs, it's worth the stop. I wouldn't go as far to say the park itself is worth...

What a great place for kiddos to play soccer. Came to watch my nephew play in the indoor field and I was so impressed by the facilities here. What a gift for the children of our community to have a place like this to come to play and be involved in a team sport. Made this aunties day and so proud of my nephew taking advantage of the wonderful...

It's a good kids park, however the grounds are dirty. It's horrible around the building and the side facing the field. Whomever is responsible for the community center needs to clean it up or find another job because you are not taking care of it. The grounds should be cleaned daily to maintain this center for the kids in the...