Rating The Playgrounds - Murray Hill

We are visiting playgrounds in our area and rating them on suitability for AA.
Searching for all playgrounds resulted in a Wikipedia listing of 379 just in Jacksonville (we live in a county south of JAX so plenty more there, too).
Many of these playgrounds listed are at public schools and community centers. BUT, Jacksonville does have many neighborhood parks and playgrounds.

Here's our first review: Murray Hill Playground:
We liked the location of this playground as it is near our favorite pizza joint (Moon River on Edgewood). We stop at playgrounds when we are out running errands in order to give AA a chance to do her favorite activities; sliding and swinging. We have her climb the stairs and ladders in order to exercise her legs. They are stronger but AA is still learning to use them better. She getting there! :)


This playground has a nice little multi-purpose play set along with a large swing area. The swings (bottom picture in background) are for big kids and adults; none are the kind that have leg openings and a back for toddlers ("bucket" type).
We look for playgrounds with this type of swing.


Even though we will still stop at this one (mmmm, pizza), it is not high on our list since AA can't swing. We have always found the park to be relatively clean and well kept. No trash strewn about or cans overflowing. Still, we could only rate the playground 2 stars out of a possible 5.

Only 378 parks to go :) If you have a favorite playground, please let us know!