Monte Vista Park & Recreation Center

Even after they «revamped» this park, it’s still dirty as hell. It doesn’t look like they ever spray it down. Everything is covered in webs. Not to mention the empty beer cans, joint wrappers, and empty pot containers laying around. I don’t know if I’ll ever bring my daughter back here.

Nice splash area for kids to play, no shaded benches, playground area is nice when they’re no dirty kids putting water down all the slides, my kids couldn’t even enjoy it.

Really cute splash park with playground right next door.
The positives. Splash pad is completely fenced (the playground is not) and there is a recreation person that sits near by to monitor the cleanliness and safety of the slash pad. There are bathrooms close to the park as well so for those kids that are potty trained they don’t have to go very far to use the bathroom. There is a sign with rules when you enter the splash pad (I have attached a picture of the rules). There are a lot of places to sit there are nicely shaded with big mature trees so that you could have a picnic. There are also little BBQ grills.
The negatives: there are NO toys allowed! This means even those soft splash balls (which is what I brought). The recreation person told me that it’s for safety and no one can have any toys. My son was crushed but since they monitor the park that means the rules are the same for everyone so it is fair. The parking lot is very small maybe 20 cars but you can park on the street and it would be a short walk. That being said there is a busy road closer then I would prefer. There is an apartment complex right next door so there was a lot of older kids playing on the playground and by older I mean teenagers so not just middle school aged.
All in all it was a great park and I would definitely recommend it!