Barnett Family Park Playground
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sfwife
N 28° 02.550 W 081° 56.981
17R E 406659 N 3102274
Great playground in Lakeland, FL
Waymark Code: WM3AV4
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2008
Views: 100
From the city website:
Barnett Family Park highlights include:
The ground of the play area is covered by rubber and topped by bits of recycled tires to cushion falling children.
The inchworm swing sports large saucer-shaped disks for seats -- instead of the usual belts -- and can hold three or four kids at a time.
A "spider web climb," of steel cables wrapped with nylon reaches 21-feet skyward. That may seem a little high for some kids, but it's designed so the smallest kids can't navigate themselves very high.
The main play area with a giant ant on a piece of cheese, a beautifully painted frog with a toadstool, a big black widow spider and a three dragon flies spinning on poles.
A big Florida panther that can be used as a slide. It will be joined nearby by Blinky the alligator, the only element that didn't get finished in time for the opening. The real Blinky, a one-eyed gator, graced Lake Mirror and gained celebrity status in the 1960s and 1970s.
A "beehive" ride, powered by someone with their feet on the ground that spins in circles beneath three big bees that glide with the ride.