Cactus Park — Attraction in Scottsdale

This is a really wonderful facility tucked about 35 feet below street level off the corner of Cactus Rd & Scottsdale Rd with marked parking. The entrance is on Cactus Rd. It has lots of large trees and lovely landscaping. It's a very clean & well kept park. Different sized modern sun-shaded eating areas to rent out with barbeques and water station available. A provided Volley ball net, playground equipment area for kids, modern, lighted & well marked basketball, (& other-uses), court. Football & such played here in the grass areas. There's room for multiple teams. It has an indoor workout area and pool available along with restrooms. Lovely large trees and concrete walking paths almost give a feeling of being sheltered & "away" from the city. There's dog walking here and several pickup bag stations provided along with multiple waste containers. While it's a good size, I would only wish it to be a bit larger for longer walking, yet they've done a great job with the space they have provided. Really close...

Nice, shaded park for the kids. Hated the sand, though. Not sure why this is a thing. Just use turf, already. Also, I have to knock off a star for lack of inclusivity for differently-abled kids. They have the small bucket toddler swings, then typical swings, but NO harness swings. This means that if you have a child with special needs who is bigger than those baby swings, he or she can't use any swing. Not acceptable-- the are pretty standard in parks these days, and it's a huge miss by the city planners...

We had a great time at a nice park. 4 stars only because when we got there at 10 a.m. none of the Pavilions had reservations on them so we did not know which Pavilion was ours. The park and rec folks didn't show up until about 10:30 at which time we had already set up for our barbecue including the bounce house. I would have been better if someone hadn't gotten it done prior to the time that we paid for it which was today I am. Ross there's no real issues since none of the armada's had...