Kiwanis Tot Lot #4

This park is fun!

Here is the link: Kiwanis Tot Lot #4

It is located at: 5th Ave and W Crow street


We had a lot of fun in this cozy neighborhood park. It's much larger that the tot lot close to our house so it was fun to explore. At one point, the toddler said "it's like our park, where's the steering wheel?" I like the location...really close to downtown Kent but in a quiet neighborhood.

There are 2 entrances but it looks like only parking at the East entrance. The North entrance is boarded by a home and an apartment building.

There are 2 full play structures plus some extras.

 The East play structure appears to be for bigger/older kids but both our 12 year old and 2 year old preferred this one. There is a tunnel to crawl through and a tunnel slide. There are also 2 twisty-turny slides. There are some interesting monkey bars and lots of climbing opportunities. There is a steering wheel on this one, just like our little one was looking for.

Separated from the main play structure is what looks like money bars done by Salvador Dali. They are in the shape of a worm/snake/camel's back. My husband and older daughter had fun climbing to the top of these. Our little one was sad she couldn't do it.

The mid section of the park has 2 swings. One of them is of the toddler variety.

The West play structure appears to be for the younger kids but has lots of challenging things to do. There is a rolling bar (these always make me think of Fred Flinstone - don't know why), a slide, again lots of climbing and a slide. There is also a rocking car (like a rocking horse - but a car) that our whole family loves. The biggest among us like to see how fast and high we can get it going by rocking it with the smaller ones in it.

This park is great. There were a few kids when we were there, but it has never been super busy. There is a drinking fountain and picnic tables. No bathroom, so plan ahead. It is so close to the train tracks that we were able to wave at the train that passed by while we played, which was our little's favorite thing!