Kiwanis Youth Park — Attraction in Stuart

This park was built by the Kiwanis Club of Stuart, which has been serving the children of Martin County since 1938. They are the second oldest club organization in Martin County.

In 1990 the Kiwanis entered into an agreement with the City of Stuart who owned the property this park sits on. The Kiwanis and the local historical society, Stuart Heritage partnered together to raise funds for the park by selling historical Stuart themed Christmas ornaments. Every year the two groups work together to study the history of Stuart and design the ornament. The first ornament was sold in 1995. Stuart Heritage sells the bulk of the ornaments and in return they get to keep $5 per ornament for their organization while the Kiwanis use their portion of the proceeds for the park. Over a million dollars has gone into park renovations.

The goal of the Kiwanis Club was to create a place where all children can play. Handicap accessible vehicles can pull right up to the entrance of the park. The park has specialized play equipment including a roller tunnel, accessible see saw, airplane bouncy, and roller slide. In addition to the playground equipment the park has benches, grills, pavilions, picnic tables, paved walkways, and a restroom. Everything in the park is beautifully maintained with lots of flowering bushes and trees to add color to the park. The park can be rented from the Kiwanis Club for parties and private events.

For all of the efforts put in by the Kiwanis Club, this park has been named the premier park in Martin County. I love discovering parks that are made to include all children, especially those with sensory issues or physical disabilities. The children at this park looked like they were having a wonderful time. Martin County is beautiful and when you see a park like this you know they really care about...

Love this park! It's absolutely huge with 4 different play areas with equipment for all ages,! There are always plenty of kids for my daughter, who is an only child to play with. That's a big deal for us because no child wants to play alone all the time and often is disappointed when we go to a playground and there aren't many children around..either too old or too young for her to play with. It's heartbreaking at times...this playground has so much to do and so many kids that it's always a good choice. Also..it's very nice that there are plenty of places for adults to sit with a clear view of ur kids playing..the restrooms are in a great location. As a matter of fact..it's one on the few playgrounds I have been to that is also conducive to meeting and mingling with other parents...I often wind up chitchatting while there which makes it a good option...

Love, love love this park so many options to play for my little guy (20 months) he likes to run around the bigger kids zone and push the red "merry go round" but also enjoys the section for his age. Has loved baby swings since the first time I put him on one so I'm happy they have those and just this past week we tried the two people black and green swings, I went on with him and actually got to sit and relax instead of just pushing LOL he enjoyed it, just make sure they stay sitting back! Lastly the boat, fire truck and the other truck are great my son was loving it and thought he was really driving, making noises and doing the gears etc. Lots of fun for children a little father from my house vs the park we goto more often in palm city but make an exception every week because...