We lucked out over Spring break with the weather. It reminded me of how much I love summer here in Oregon and how many places there are to take my kids and play… for free! My kids and I love going to the park. We pack a picnic lunch and a blanket and head out for the day to play.
One of our regular hang outs during the summer is Murase Plaza / Memorial Park. It’s kind of confusing on the name. The water park area is called Murase Plaza at Memorial Park and the slide/play area is called Memorial Park at Murase Plaza. (Who did that make sense to???)
Murase Plaza is located in Wilsonville right next to the library. It is great for kids. And it’s perfect for my kids (ages 5 and 6). I like it especially because it’s not filled with bigger kids knocking over the littler kids.
The water park area is amazing. There are waterfalls and fountains and small “pools” of water for the kids to play in. The water isn’t deep, maybe 3 or 4 inches, so it’s great for younger kids too.
The play area is just over the grass hill and it is fantastic too. The slide is amazing! There are cardboard boxes there torn into pieces that the kids sit on to go down the slide. This makes is so fast they all shot right off the bottom and onto the sand pit area at the foot of the slide.
My daughter chose to not use a piece of cardboard at first because she saw how fast the other kids were going. So she slid down a couple of times and then look out. She grabbed a piece of cardboard and she was off and running!
There’s a large dome climbing structure for the kids to play on.
There is so much to do there is is hard to tell you all about them. The sand area is huge. There are two different areas. One is a large sand area for the kids to play in. A simple sand box.
The other is a sand area with stairs and running water flowing down the stairs so the kids can play in the water and the sand. The kids love this but let me warn you… it’s REALLY messy! I’m sorry that I didn’t get a picture of this part. The water isn’t turned on until Memorial Day.
There are picnic tables and trees and grass and lots of shade for picnics. There are swings, both for little children and those for bigger kids and a teeter toter to play on.
If you haven’t been to this wonderful park, you are missing out. And who knows … we may see you there!
What a fun place! There is something like this out in Tualatin but I can’t remember where exactly. A couple of summers ago we took a drive out to blue lake park, that’s a fun place too. Have you been there?
Thanks for the comment! I haven’t found the one in Tualatin but now I’ll be on the look out. I haven’t heard of Blue Lake Park but now I’m going to google it and put it on our to do list once the sun decides to come out again.
Thank you for letting me know about these places. I love finding a new park for my kids to play at!