Southport Park

No shade at park and no water park but was a new spot that had some cool stuff to play on.

Great for kids. Not a place to go walking. If you are a kid, they have lots of things to do. Slides, Swings, Merry go round, and more. There are some basketball goals too and a practice baseball field. There seems to be plenty of parking. A few barbecue grills as well. There are some rest rooms, but we went so early that they were closed.

Perfect place to take the kids. Large playground with slides, seesaws, merry-go-round and more. There is a nice pavilion with grills, basketball court, softball field and it sits adjacent to the Senior Center.

My 11 yr old enjoyed the variety of swings, slides, teeter totters and other things, but the park was swarmed with about 12-13 much older teens (most over age 16 if I had to guess), some on bikes, some on foot, but they just sat on the slides, sat in the swings talking, not swinging, sat in the spinning "chair" and on the bouncing balance beam. If they just wanted to talk, there were plenty of picnic tables and benches to sit at. Several mothers with toddlers came and left because of this and one boy with a bike and an attached compressor to blow a horn that belonged on a fire truck...he'd ride around and blow it and scare the younger kids, and adults. Perhaps there needs to be some better patrol...and have them move along or get off the equipment if they are simply sitting on it and not using it of there are smaller kids around.

WHAT A PARK! Like a portal to a bygone era. Great mix of modern equipment and vintage. Kids had tons of fun!