I don't want to call it playground hopping because you do have to journey all the way down to Highlands Ranch (about 35-40 minutes from our location in Denver), but it's definitely worth the trip! Civic Green Park has a playground, covered picnic tables, green fields and an outdoor amphitheater. The park is surrounded by beautiful plants and flowers and it has a stream flowing through it as well (some children were playing in it, but on our visit we stuck to the fountains which were easier for my little one to maneuver on his own).
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| View of the playground upon entering the park across from Blake Street. |
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| Playground with wood chips. We were so busy at the fountains that we didn't get to test it out on this visit! |
The highlight of Civic Green is the Splashpark: there are two separate fountain areas where children can run and play in. The smaller of the two is up higher in the park near the main entryway and the playground, and the larger fountains are right in front of the amphitheater. The fountains spray upward from the ground, and at times they go low and then shoot back up. We started at the smaller fountain so that my little one could get a feel for it, and when he seemed to be enjoying himself and getting used to the spraying water we ventured to the larger ones. Although there were a lot of people it was spaced out so it didn't feel too overwhelming, and my little one loved it!
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| Upper, smaller fountain. |
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| Standing at the smaller fountain looking down onto the pavilion and larger fountains. |
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| Case Pavilion. |
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| Touching the water as it got low, then he ran off screeching with joy as it shot back up! |
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