Van Doren's Landing Park

We had the pleasure of visiting Van Doren's Landing park the other night.

Here is the link: Van Doren's Landing Park

The address is: 21901 Russell Road, Kent, WA

We brought along our dog Bernie. He loves riding in the car and was pleasantly surprised when we got out at the park instead of Holiday Kennels which is his doggy hotel.It is right next door to this park.

This is such a nice park. We were here on a Monday evening, so not busy at all. Plenty of parking available in 2 lots. This park borders the Green River Trail which I could, and probably will write about in the future. The toddler liked to wave to the passing cycles/cyclists. She's pretty cute (I'm biased) so they all waved back. There is an interesting cycling statue that we like to check out every time we go.

There is a huge open field separating the 2 covered picnic areas. There is a south picnic area (close to the restrooms) and a north picnic area (close to the playground). The field is awesome. There is a small hill leading up to the green river trail that borders the field. It looked like it would be good for rolling down. There are some hidden picnic tables between the green river trail and the green river itself and I believe there is river access, but we didn't explore that.

Both picnic areas have 6 picnic tables, 1 or 2 grills and a water faucet. We are looking for a park to reserve for an upcoming party, and this may be it.

The play structure is fun! It clearly lists on it that it is for ages 5-12. This probably explains why our 2 year old had to be spotted as she crossed what I can only describe as uneven-monkey-bars-made-for walking-on-rather-than-hanging-from. It has lots of places to climb and 2 slides that were curvy enough to be fun for bigger kids but not too tall to feel unsafe for little kids.

There are 2 swings. No toddler swing here, but I've been showing the little one how to sit on my lap and swing with me, so we did that.

This park has a restroom, which is a major plus for me. There is also a drinking fountain and doggy clean up bags. 

To top it off, there were some really nice families at this park. It looked like everyone was really enjoying themselves. Some had set up a badminton net in the giant field, others were firing up the bbq in the picnic area. One family biked in and played with us on the play structure. I love this location. Even though we are an urban/suburban area, Frager feels like a quiet country road. Sure you can see and hear airplanes and sometimes the dogs barking at Holiday Kennels, but that adds to the charm of this great park.

Ours was the only dog there. We keep him leashed always and he was perfectly happy to be tethered to a free bench in the playground area and watch us play.

We had a great time at Van Doren's Landing Park!