We love a park with sand, shade, grass, and some fun playground equipment. That’s exactly what we found when we stopped by Scottdale Papago Rotary Park!
Playground
This sand playground is covered by a giant shade structure, providing shade all day long which is a great feature.
The toddler structure has slides, stairs, round steps, a corner store, and a fun pop-out window for the little kids. The big kid structure has slides, a rock wall, monkey bars, slides, and lots of climbing bars. Two toddler swings and 2 big kid swings are in the sun full time. There are two spinners that the kids had lots of fun on.
Picnic
A couple of picnic tables are located in the park near trees. Shade depending on the time of day. No ramada here..
Park
This 1-acre park hidden in a south Scottsdale neighborhood features a playground, half basketball court, grass volleyball court. There are no restrooms here. If you are planning on having a catered event, inflatables or any specialty item they ask that you call the facility in advance to verify the company’s insurance information. For information reserving a field click here.
While there is not an actual fence between the park and the playground, there is a chain. I told my kids they could not cross it, and it helped. This park is directly along the street (see pic below) but it is a residential street and it was not busy at all on the road while we were there.
Getting There
Park right in front of the playground on Garfield Street. Super convenient.
7316 E. Garfield Street
Scottsdale, AZ 8525
