Children's Park — Attraction in San Marcos

Incredibly Fun and Disability Accessible Children's Park This is an award winning, huge, aquatic themed, children's park set next to old, beautiful trees and picnic tables. There's a pirate ship, mermaids, a cave, and really everything necessary to inspire the imagination.

It's also thoughtfully laid out- there's an under 5 section which is specifically designed for little ones and a larger older kid section with more challenging and exciting equipment. Young or old, kiddos will love it. The place is very clean and the equipment is well designed and in working older. I'm honestly stunned at how nice the place is and how many things there are to do- slides, climbing walls, zip lines, various see-saws, rope courses, "underground" play spaces, swings, etc. The place is perfect for "floor is lava" and any other games you might come up with.

But the most impressive part of the park is how accessible it is. There are numerous areas designed for disability including a wheelchair accessible swing, an adult size swing and zip line seat with restraints, braille walls teaching the alphabet, sound play equipment, and many areas of play space accessible by ramps. Equally important, the floor is a solid rubber material instead of mulch or other loose material that would be hard/impossible to navigate with mobility aids. I truly appreciate the city's efforts to utilize universal design here and welcome all youngsters.

Note- bathrooms with running water, picnic tables, and water fountains are available here. No dogs are allowed in...

I want to love this park but I had a really bad experience in the spring and recently heard about another parent’s similar bad experience. My son just turned 4 when we went in March and it was very busy. The playground is solid and you can’t see to the other side and there were some areas that were hard to follow my child because they were too low and it’s hard to go around. He got away from me and I was running around trying to find him. He was nowhere to be found and a few parents started helping me look. After several minutes we found him hiding in a corner. He pointed at two women who were very quickly leaving the park and said they were trying to get him to go with them. They didn’t have a kid with them. Over the last couple months I kind of convinced myself that maybe I overreacted and perhaps they were trying to help and then just decided to leave the park right then. The other night a friend shared a story about the same park where a woman took their friends young child and they had to run after her to get them back. The playground itself is awesome. It has little misters and it’s really accessible! If you have older kids or stay right with your young ones you will have a great time. I am not one to share the conspiracies about trafficking at target or other parking lots, this isn’t that. I just wanted to share in case someone else goes...

Holy smokes this is more of a theme park than a playground! The whole place is broken up into different scenes, like a pirate ship or a jungle. it sprawls all over and there are hidden little treasures of activities to do behind every corner. One of the smarter planning decisions is that there's a 5 foot tall fence surrounding the entire facility, with only one way in or out. It made me feel more at ease allowing my kid to roam without being so concerned about safety.

PRO TIPS:

It can get pretty crowded, so if parking is tight you can park on the other side of the railroad tracks at the very back and there's a walking path that cuts under the railroad directly to the playground. there is a bathroom and it is well stocked. There's a separate area for young children. it's very easy to lose track of your kid due to the layout so he either need to be comfortable with that or prepared to be moving...