Sitka Street Park (311)

5-26-09: Sitka Street Park (311)

Directions

• Debarr, headed west
• Left on Sitka St. (first left after Lake Otis)
• Follow road around to park entrance.

Features

• two baby swings and four regular swings
• play structure with slide
• wood chips under baby swings and play structure
• picnic tables and park benches
• pavilion with picnic tables
• big grassy hill
• walking/biking trail
• big open grassy field
• outhouse

Negatives

• sand under regular swings

Campbell Creek Park (413)

05-22-09: Campbell Creek Park (413)

Directions

• Northern Lights, headed west
• Left on Lake Otis
• First left after light at Tudor.

Features

• play structure with two slides
• outhouse
• walking/biking trails
• scenic bridges
• slow-moving section of the creek perfect for wading
  

Negatives

• rock around play structure
• no means of preventing small children from going into the creek
• no swings

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Wickersham Park (185)

05-22-09: Wickersham Park (185)

Directions

• Northern Lights, headed west
• Left on Lake Otis
• Right on Campbell Pl (3^rd right after light at Tudor)
• Right on Dimond Dr (2^nd right)
• Park entrance is in between two houses – pass it, turn around, park at guardrail over creek.

Features

• swingset with four regular and two baby swings
• wood chips under swings
• play structure with two small slides
• right on Campbell Creek
• picnic tables and one park bench
  

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Negatives

• NO RESTROOM
• sand around play structure
• no means of preventing small children to go into fast-moving creek

Nunaka Valley Park (75)

05-21-09: Nunaka Valley Park (75)

Directions

• Northern Lights, headed west
• Right on Beaver
• Left on Mink (just before white church – Greater Friendly Temple).

Features

• swingset with two regular and two baby swings
• woodchips
• big yard
• park benches and picnic table
• play structure with small slide

Negatives

• NO RESTROOM
• very little shade

What am I doing?

This blog is a critique of all the parks that my kids and I visit in Anchorage, Alaska. I'm making this blog most of all so that we know which parks we liked and which ones we didn't. Maybe other Alaskans will read these posts and have an easier time picking a park :-) There will be a number in parentheses after the name of each park. This number corresponds to the Anchorage Trails & Parks Map (sold at REI for $5).