What: Aragon Park; Where: 540 Aragon Street; Cost: FREE
Aragon Park is a small park located in the Aragon neighborhood. We stopped by to visit this park on our way to Joe Patti’s seafood. There are some swings and a few little boats to climb.
There are no bathrooms or drinking fountains at this park. We are excited to add Aragon Park to our parks list. My kids both loved the log roller and the little zip line.
Aragon Park is located at 540 Aragon Street.
What: playground; Where: 650 Connell Drive; Cost: FREE
After a very inexpensive and fun lunch at Georgio’s Pizza on Sunday, we decided to try out a new-to-us park. I did a quick Internet search on my phone and found that Miralla Park was right down the road. What a great park!
As we pulled up to the park both of our kids immediately spied the dragon, which is a fairly new addition according to Play Pensacola. Besides the dragon, there is a play structure meant for older children, one meant for younger children, and half a dozen swings. There is a baseball field and a basketball court as well as plenty of space to run around and play. There are a number of benches for parents to sit and watch their kids play and a walking path for either a nice walk or bike ride.
Things to Know Before You Go:
What: Lions Park; Where: 1201 East LaRua Street; Cost: FREE
Lions Park is a small park with not much to it but we spent a morning here with several other children and nobody complained once! We walked down there from a friend’s house and played for about an hour. There is a baseball/softball field, a couple of swings, and an older metal slide. There are a couple of benches but there isn’t any shade. The kids loved running up and down the little hill inside the fence.
What: Regency Park; Where: 8245 Fathom Road; Cost: FREE
In keeping with our mission to try to find a new park every two weeks (it used to be every week but that was just too much work to get out there that often!), last weekend we decided to visit Regency Park. It came recommended from a few friends and we thought we would check it out.
Regency Park has a decent sized playground that kept both of my kids busy for about 20 minutes. The playground includes some climbing equipment, slides, and a bridge.
There are also a couple of swings.
We were pleased to see a walking path that would be handy for a little bike ride. According to the sign painted on the pavement, one mile equals three laps around.
There is also a small pavilion with a couple of picnic tables as well as benches scattered around.
There is a tennis court and a basketball court.
Things to Know Before You Go:
Regency Park is located at 8245 Fathom Road.
**At least that is what I think it is called. There is no sign naming the park and the only information I could find on My Escambia was a park listing Beulah Regional Park in this spot but the amenities were not listed. The form hasn’t been updated since April 15, 2010 and I am not sure if this park had been built by then. I do know that there is also a Beulah Park located at Woodside Road. If you know the official name of this park, please let me know!**
What: Beulah Regional Park; Where: Located on Mobile Highway next to the Escambia Equestrian Center; Cost: FREE
Beulah Regional Park is a great park to take the kids. It offers a fabulous playground with different structures for varying abilities. You couldn’t pull my kids off of the balance area where they hopped from little stools to beams trying not to fall down. There are two swings and two infant swings. There are slides and a small climbing wall.
There is a very small pavilion with two picnic benches but other than that there is no seating near the playground. There is a basketball court that was full of teenagers playing a game. My favorite part was the walking path. Three laps around the walking path equals one mile according to the writing at the starting point. The path is perfect for bike rides as well. When we were out there, we saw lots of children on bikes of all sizes!
We also saw lots of people with dogs on leashes and it looked like there might be a fenced in dog park towards the back of the park grounds. With me still being on crutches, we didn’t check it out though. I will be sure to update this when I find out!
Things to Know before You Go:
Beulah Regional Park is located off of Mobile Highway and Thomley Trail and is next to the Equestrian Center.
What: Bryan Park; Where: Located behind the Tryon Library on Langley; Cost: FREE
Bryan Park recently opened up and is ready for playing! Bryan Park is located behind the Tryon Library on Langley. We were so sad when the new library opened but the land behind it sat empty and uninviting. Recently we were driving by, and saw that they have started installing playground equipment so we stopped by to play.
As you can see, the park isn’t finished yet. According to the Play Pensacola site, there is a lot more park coming in the future but right now they just have swings and a rope web structure. This was their favorite part of the park.
There is also a wooden play stepper. There is a lovely gazebo for picnics or meetings. The sidewalk would be good for a walk or a bike ride.
Bryan Park is located at 1200 Langley Avenue.
As part of our Find a New Park Each Week series, I want to share our latest find. The EPH Lions Club Park is located in the East Hill area off of Pickens Avenue and Brainerd Street. There is parking on the street all around this park which takes up about a block. There are two large play structures.
And some swings.
There is a huge field perfect for a soccer game, freeze tag, or Red Light, Green Light. There is also a baseball field and covered shelter. These big beautiful trees are the perfect place for a picnic, don’t you think?!
The official address of the EPH Lions Club Park is located on 2900 Gonzalez Street.
Awhile back I said that I was going to make it one of my goals to find a new park every week. We usually stick to the same three or four parks. Well, I failed miserably at exploring parks this summer because it was just so hot. The weather has been beautiful for the most part, and we are back to our park explorations. I have got a great one for you!
In this month’s Pensacola Magazine, Shawn and Lindy Brown of Outdoor Gulf Coast wrote a great article titled 22 Hidden Gems and Outdoor Adventures. We have visited most of the places in the article, but there were three we hadn’t even heard of. The Aviation Park is one of them.
There isn’t much to Aviation Park at first glance. There are three little airplane toys that the kids can ride, a short control tower (it is about twelve steps to the top), several picnic tables and benches, as well as a blacktop area that looks like a runway.
When we first got out of the car, both of my kids wanted to know what they were going to play with! Then, an airplane went racing down the runway that is adjacent to the park!
Aviation Park is located next to a runway at the Pensacola Airport. As you walk up to the play control tower, you begin to hear the real PNS Airport air traffic control tower talking to the planes. They have speakers that are hooked up to the air traffic control tower so you hear what is being said!!
Both kids ran around for a little while but as soon as the planes started taking off and landing, they would race over to the bench to watch them. We saw all sorts of different planes.
If you look closely, you will see the plane on the runway in the top corner. I just had my walk-around lens with me, so I didn’t get great pictures of the planes.
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The park is located off of Jerry Maygarden Road which is the Summit Blvd entrance to the airport.
I was so glad to see that the Roger Scott Pool is keeping a morning session for those of us with little ones not in school. I can’t wait to make a trip back to the Roger Scott pool once the crowds lighten up a little with back to school days! I also love that the afternoon session starts late enough to enjoy an afternoon at the pool once the school day is over!
The new hours will begin August 23 according to Play Pensacola and will be as follows:
| Session Schedule | Monday-Friday |
| Lap Swim | 5:30am-8:30am |
| Session 1 | 9:00am-12:00pm |
| Session 2 | 3:30pm-7:00pm |
| Session Schedule | Saturday & Sunday |
| Session 1 | 9:00am-12:00pm |
| Session 2 | 12:30pm-3:30pm |
| Session 3 | 4:00pm-7:00pm |
The fees remain the same:
| Session Admission Fee | |
| Adults (18 and older) | $ 4.00 |
| Children (5-17 years old) | $ 3.00 |
| Under 4 years old | FREE |
| Senior Citizens (50 and older) | $ 3.50 |
For Mystery Photo Monday #16, I asked if you knew where this photo was taken:
This beautiful spot is the view from the Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Community Center park off of Barrancas in Pensacola. Remember a few months ago I told you that one of my goals was to try and visit a new park every week or two? Well, I am so excited to have discovered this spot! There is a great park that Little S loved to play on.
We took a little walk on the boardwalk by the water and sat on a bench to watch the waves crash and the birds fly by.
There are restrooms available inside the community center (which is absolutely gorgeous and booked solid for months!).
There are a ton of activities and classes available here as well. We are about 15-20 minutes away from this park but it was worth the drive.
Things to Know Before You Go:
Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Community Center is located at 913 S. I Street and the contact number is 850.436.5193
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