It was my goal this summer to visit every park in the Fairbanks area. So we started visiting them and making note of what these parks offer so we can easily know which parks would be best for our family to visit at different times. Hopefully this can help you figure out which parks you want to make your go to parks too!
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Sunriser’s Rotary Park
Features
- Turf
- 2 swings
- Sitting merry-go-round
- 2 sand diggers
- conveyor belt thing
- Handicap hang glider
- Rope glider
- Blue hole cave
- Pavilion
- Picnic tables
- Grill
- Benches
- Hill and field near by
- Woods
- Sani-can
Bernice Allridge Park
Undergoing remodel this summer
South Fairbanks Park
Features:
- Padded
- 3 normal swings
- 1 handicap swing
- 2 big tall slides
- Toddler area
- Merry go round
- Fake climbing tree
- Big hill
- Basketball court
- Pavilion
- Parking on the side of the road on the other side of the hill
- Sani-can
Midnight Sun Lions Park
Features:
- Rocks
- 2 swings
- 2 baby swings
- Pirate ship
- Teeter totter
- Slide
- Bouncy motorcycle
- Dog poop
- Small field
- Picnic tables
- Grill
- Fenced in
- Parking along the fence
- No bathrooms
Kiana Park
Features:
- Rocks
- Bike paths
- 2 slides
- 2 swings
- Picnic tables
- Basketball court
- Grill
- Small field
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Tanana Lakes Park & Rotary Pathway Park
Tanana Lakes Park Features:
- Wood chips
- Musical instruments
- Spinny 2 story sphere
- Hill
- Corn hole
- Pavilion
- Picnic tables
- Grill
- Bathroom
Tanana Lakes Rotary Pathway Features:
- Wood chips
- Lots of climbing
- Beach
- By the water
- One slide at the end
- Zip line
- Saucer swing
- Obstacle course
- Rope course
- Sani-can at the beginning
Ringsted/ Growden Park
Features:
- Rocks
- 6 Swings
- 2 small tunnels
- Monkey bars\
- Rings
- 2 bridges
- 1 slide
- Volleyball nets
- ‘Hill
- Skate park
- Pavilion
- Picnic tables
- Parking near by
- Sani-can
Kiwana’s Park
Features:
- Wood chips
- Wood fence
- 2 partner swings
- 4 baby swings
- 3 normal swings
- 2 slides
- Basket ball court
- Pavilion
- Grills
- Picnic tables
- Bench
- Parking right by
- Sani-can (usually a tire swing and 3rd slide but they were broken when I went)
Pioneer Park
This park was recently updated and it is now an excellent park! It has a designated toddler area that is perfect for little ones 5 and under. There is a near by mini golf course as well.
Features:
- Padded
- Toddler area
- Alaskan themed
- Lots of climbing
- Handicap ramps
- Tunnels
- balance beams
- 2 handicap swings
- 1 partner swing
- 2 toddler swings
- 8 normal swings
- Holey cave
- Musical instruments
- 3 slides
- Bouncy salmon
- 2 spinny seats
- Small teeter totter
- Seated merry go round
- Rocking platform
- Cute train with foam chunks underneath
- Benches
- Pavilion
- Picnic tables
- Bathrooms
Myrtle Thomas Park
Features:
- Rocks
- 2 teeter totters
- Bouncing turtle & horse
- Climbing thing
- Ship
- 2 swings
- Tunnel
- Basket ball court
- Small hill
- Field
- Parking near
- Mostly fenced
- No bathrooms
Nordale Education Center
Features:
- Very similar to Denali school
- Rocks & padding
- Fenced in
- Fire truck
- Tube teeter totter
- Climbing structure
- 3 tunnels
- Monkey bars
- 12 slides
- 30+ swings
- Basket ball court
- Picnic table
- Benches
- No bathrooms
Sneeden Park
Features:
- Near water
- Mostly fenced in
- Part padded & part rocks
- Merry go round
- Bouncy dragonfly
- Bouncy duck
- Bouncy chipmunk
- 6 slides
- Bridge
- Playhouse
- Teeter totter
- Climbing arch
- 2 swings
- 1 handicap swing
- 1 baby swing
- Basketball court
- Lending library
- Pavilion
- Grill
- Benches
- Picnic tables
- Parking near by
- Sani-can
Nussbaumer
Features:
- Rocks
- 2 swings
- 3 slides
- Lots of trees
- Baseball field
- Pavilion
- Picnic tables
- Grill
- Road parking
- No bathrooms
Slaterville Park
Undergoing Remodel this summer
Baranof Park
Features:
- Small
- Rocks
- Bouncy horse
- 2 slides
- 2 swings
- Trees
- Small mound
- Benches
- Picnic table
- Grill
- No bathrooms
Joy Community Center
Features:
- Rocks part padded
- Fenced in
- 8 swings
- 2 baby swings
- Basketball court
- Pickle ball courts
- Climbing things
- Monkey bars
- 2 tunnel
- Hanging spinning things
- Teather ball poles
- 4 slides
- Small hill
- Picnic tables
- Sani-cans
Aurora Park
Features:
- Rocks
- Small
- One big swirl slide
- Wooden structure with climbing tires
- Monkey bars
- Big stump
- No grill
- Picnic bench
- Strawberry bushes
- Lilac tree
- No bathrooms
Graehl Park
Features:
- Small
- Tire swing
- 2 swings
- Music
- Scary bridge
- Padded
- Next to the river
- Field & trees
- Parking right next to the park
- Sani-can
Fahrenkamp Park
Features:
- Rocks
- Double slide
- 1 swing
- 1 baby swing
- Picnic tables
- Grills
- Small forest
- No bathrooms
Bluebell Park
This is one of my kids favorite parks, it’s biggest downside is the quantity of swings.
Features:
- Padded
- Big climbing thing
- 2 slides
- 1 swing
- 1 baby swing
- Play house
- Picnic tables
- Field
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Ester Community Park
Features:
- Rocks
- Teeter totter
- One swirly slide
- Play kitchen
- Bouncy turtle
- Part is still wood with a metal tunnel and tires and a tire swing
- Sandbox
- Big tires
- Digger
- Donkey bars
- Basket ball court
- Pavilion
- Picnic tables
- Bbq
- Parking right next to the park
- Benches
- Field
- Big tires
- In the summer there’s bikes, scooters, and dump trucks to play with
- Bathrooms
Ken Kunkel Community Center/ Goldstream Valley Park
Features:
- Rocks
- Lots of climbing
- Spiny thing
- Teeter totter
- 4 swings
- 2 baby swings
- 2 slides
- Play kitchen
- Rolling running thing
- Bouncy bench
- Balance beam
- Sand box
- Horseshoe
- Fire pit
- Grills
- Picnic tables
- Benches
- Soccer field
- Basketball court
- Lots of mosquitoes
- Parking near by
- Sani-can
Funtime Park
Features:
- Rocks
- Fenced in
- 4 swings
- 2 baby swings
- 3 slides
- Monkey bars
- Merry go round
- Climbing structure
- Teeter totter
- Bouncy motorcycle
- Basket ball court benches
- Pavilion
- Picnic tables
- Sticky everything in the summer
- Sani-can
Fox Lions Park
Features:
- Rocks
- 2 baby swings
- 4 swings
- Bouncing chipmunk
- 7 slides
- 1 tunnel
- Monkey bars
- Teeter totter
- Merry go round
- Musical instruments
- Basketball court
- Soccer field
- Benches
- Picnic tables
- Grill
- Pavilion
- Lending library
- Bathroom
Terry Miller Park
Features:
- Rocks
- Musical instruments
- Cute wooden truck
- Bouncy purple dinosaur
- Bouncy turtle
- Teeter totters
- 4 swings
- 3 baby swings
- 2 small slides
- Climbing structure
- Wooden playhouses
- Picnic tables
- Benches
- Grill
- Pavilion
- Sani-can
- Fenced in
- Lending library
- Food pantry
- Parking near by
Apartment Complex Parks
Jillian Square
Features:
- Rocks
- Wooden
- Bouncy toys
- 2 slides
- Hills
- Trees
- Big rocks
- 3 swings
- 1 baby swing
- Tire swing
- Monkey bars
- Grill
- Picnic tables
- Bench
- Volleyball court
- Big tires
- Best to park by building C
- No bathrooms
Cowles & 22nd Apartments
Features:
- Rocks
- Lots of trash
- Triple slide and single slide
- Wooden play structure
- Balancing pole steps
- No bathrooms
Raven’s Landing
Features:
- 2 parts:
- part 1:
- Rocks & padding
- Part fully fenced in
- Tire swing
- Bouncing duck
- Bouncing frog
- 4 swings
- 2 baby swings
- Low rings
- Monkey bars
- 5 slides
- Small hill
- Grill
- Benches
- Picnic table
- Parking is difficult
- No bathrooms
- Part 2:
- Padded
- Fenced in
- Tunnel
- Double slide
- Drums
- Climbing wall
- Benches
- Grill
- Picnic table
- Parking difficult
- No bathrooms
Birchwood Homes Apartments Park
Features:
- Rocks
- 2 swings
- Very fast big slide
- 2 slides
- Red spiny thing
- Blue tilted spiny circle
- Lots of climbing
- Benches
- Parking is not close
- No bathrooms
Walden Estates Park
Features:
- 4 parts:
- Part 1:
- Mostly fenced in
- Balance pods
- 2 slides
- Bridge
- Tunnel
- Basketball court
- Tennis court
- Part 2, 3, & 4:
- 1 slide
- Monkey bars
- 2 teeter totter
- Merry go round
- 2 swings
- Tire swing
- Bouncy toucan
- Bouncy horse
- Benches
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Riverpoint Village Park
Features:
- Impossible to park
- Rocks
- 2 slides
- Dirty
- Bouncy duck and turtle
- Fenced in
- No bathrooms
University Condominium Park
Features:
- Rocks
- 4 swings
- 2 baby swings
- Climbing dome
- Climbing tree
- Fenced in
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Garfield Ct Apartments
Features:
- 3 parts:
- part 1:
- Rocks
- 2 small slides
- Fenced in except entrance
- Part 2:
- Rocks
- One fast double slide
- Monkey bars
- Rock climbing
- Picnic table
- Fenced in except entrance
- Part 3:
- Huge tire
- Basket ball court
- 2 slides
- Monkey bars
- No bathrooms
Yak Estates Park
Features:
- Lots of trash and socks
- Rocks
- One slide
- Lots of climbing
- No swings
- No benches
- No real parking
- No bathrooms
Amherst/ Chenana apartments park
Features:
- Wood chips
- 2 slides
- Monkey bars
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Park West Apartments
Features:
- Rocks,
- Fenced in
- 1 slide
- Climbing structure
- Bouncy duck
- Bouncy worm
- Benches,
- Parking is tricky
- No bathrooms
Churches
Zion Lutheran Church
Features:
- Rocks & grass
- 7+ slides
- Monkey bars
- Climbing structures
- \Sand boxes & toys
- Fenced in 4 separate areas
- Rding cars
- Baby slides
- Climbing things
- 2 playhouses
- Play food
- Water table
- Bouncing duck
- Bouncing turtle
- Teeter totter
- Field
- Benches
- Little hill
- Only available on Saturday OR after 5 pm weekdays
- No bathrooms
Fairbanks Native Chapel/Far North School
Features:
- Rocks
- 7 slides
- 4 swings
- Monkey bars
- Teather ball
- Balls
- Merry go round
- Picnic table
- Bench
- Fenced in
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Lighthouse Church
Features:
- Rocks
- Wooden structure
- Tall monkey bars
- Rings
- 1 big slide
- 3 swings
- Tire swing
- Picnic table
- No bathrooms
Fairbanks Seventh Day Adventist Church And School
Features:
- Rocks
- Field
- Huge upright tires
- Climbing dome
- Bouncing steps
- Monkey bars
- 3 slides
- 4 swings
- Basketball court
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Christ Lutheran Church
Features:
- Rocks
- Mostly fenced in
- 3 slides
- Bridge
- Bouncy frog
- Bouncy whale
- Baby swing
- Teeter swing
- Small tunnel
- Small field
- Bench
- Picnic table
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Schools
Barnette Magnet School
Features:
- Rocks one fenced in part completely padded
- Fenced in
- Monkey bars
- 3 tunnels
- 11 slides
- 22 swings
- Drums
- Bridge
- Hill
- Basketball court
- Bunny & chicken sculpture
- Benches
- Picnic table
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Fairhill Christian School
Features:
- Grass
- Part Fenced in
- Playhouses
- 8 swings
- 2 slides
- Teeter totter
- Kids picnic table
- Basketball court
- Nearby parking
- No bathrooms
Watershed School
Features:
- Rocks
- Fenced in
- 10 swings
- 2 climbing webs
- Huge tires
- Monkey bars
- Parking near by
- No bathrooms
Boreal Sun Charter School
Features:
- Grass & wood chips
- 2 hills
- Climbing dome
- Sandbox
- Water table
- Platform
- Big tires
- Tunnel in a hill
- Tea party set up
- Basket ball court
- Tether ball
- Gaga ball court
- Picnic table
- Bench
- Fenced in
- No bathrooms
Hunter Elementary School
Features:
- Rocks & some padding
- Fenced in
- 30+ swings
- 1 handicap swing
- 13 slides
- 3 tunnels
- Bridge
- Teeter totter
- Lots of steering wheels
- Hill
- Basketball court
- Adult workout equipment
- Benches
- No bathrooms
Denali Elementary School
Features:
- Very similar to nordale,
- 2 parts:
- Part 1:
- Rocks & part padded
- Fenced in
- 3 slides
- 1 tunnel
- Bench
- No bathrooms
- Part 2:
- Rocks & part padded
- Black bouncy tube
- 10 slides
- 30+ swings
- Monkey bars
- 2 tubes
- Climbing structure
- Fire truck
- Hill
- Basketball court
- Benches
- Picnic tables
- No bathrooms
Ladd Elementary School
Features:
- 2 parts:
- Lots of mosquitoes
- Part 1:
- Rocks
- Fenced in
- Playhouse
- Play kitchen
- Boxes
- Sleds
- 3 slides
- Bench
- No bathrooms
- Part 2:
- Rocks & some padding
- 30+ swings
- 1 handicapped swing
- 1 tunnel
- Monkey bars\
- 4 slides
- Soccer field
- Basket ball court
- Hill
- Picnic table
- Benches
- No bathrooms
Monroe Catholic School
Features
- Rocks
- 15 swings
- 6 slides
- Spinning thing
- Climbing structures
- Climbing dome
- 4 person teeter totter
- Tunnel
- Hanging gliders
- Picnic tables
- Benches
- Basketball court
- Only available on Saturdays even in the summer
- No Bathrooms
Anne Wein Elementary School
Features:
- Rocks
- 6 slides
- 30+ swings
- Hanging spinning thing
- Monkey bars
- Bridge
- Teeter totter
- Basketball court
- Picnic tables
- Benches
- Parking nearby
- No bathrooms
University Park Elementary School
Features:
- 2 parts:
- part 1:
- Padded & some rocks under some swings,
- 4 slides
- Balance bridge
- 30 swings
- Hanging spinny thing
- Monkey bars
- Balance steps
- Rolling running thing
- Climbing wall
- 2 climbing structures
- Soccer field
- Benches
- Picnic tables
- No bathrooms
- Part 2:
- Rocks
- 14 swings
- 3 slides
- Bridge
- 3 tunnels
- Benches
- Basket ball court
- Hill
- No bathrooms
- Kindergarten part:
- Rocks & part padded
- Fenced in
- Sand box
- Tunnel
- Sliding pole
- 4 swings
- 1 slide
- Benches
- No bathrooms
Woodriver Elementary School
Features:
- 2 parts:
- Part 1:
- Climbing dome
- 10 swings
- 2 slides
- Hill
- Fenced in
- 4 way teeter totter
- Basket ball court
- No bathrooms
- Part 2:
- 1 slide
- 16 swings
- Hanging swinging thing
- Soccer field
- Bridge
- Monkey bars
Pearl Creek Elementary School
Features:
- Rocks
- Mostly fenced
- 8 swings
- 4 person teeter totter
- Monkey bars
- Bridge
- Tube
- Tunnel
- Hanging spinning things
- Teather ball pole
- Climbing dome
- Basketball court
- Bench
- Picnic table
Weller Elementary School
Features:
- Part padded part rocks
- Fenced in
- 4 tire swings
- 5 slides
- Tunnel
- Basketball court
- Soccer field
- 10 swings
- Monkey bars
- Bridge
- Hill
- No trees
- Benches
- Picnic tables
- Enter by the soccer field
- No bathroom
