Spring Creek Park

This park has to be one of our favorites.
We had the chance to have a picnic lunch here today. Or if you are like me some days when I come up with the idea of having a picnic on a whim there is a McDonalds located less then 5 miles away! Such a beautiful day to enjoy being outside....
This park offers so much on it's 34 acres.
-playground, sand pit, swings (including infant swings!), climbing wall (smaller then Central Parklet) picnic pavilions, sand volleyball, tennis courts, basketball area, paved path's, softball and baseball fields, fitness unit (not sure what that means haven't seen it yet) covered bridge, of course the creek (big wading area in the summer) fishing, and a super big plus with little ones are bathrooms!

You can come here and spend the whole day playing in the water, sand, playground or wandering the fields looking at the view of Mt Nittany...
The kids love climbing on these round cylinder cement toy they have and doing the zip line. In the summer we come with friends almost weekly to play sand volleyball...
There used to be a cache located at this park but I believe it has been shut down but if you want to check out the geocaching scene check out the web site
www.geocaching.com
this is another great way to get out and see all of the parks around...

Pro's: shaded, lots of areas of interest to cover all in your family, great for picnics, bathrooms (seasonal),
easy accessible
con's: can get crowded if all the pavilions are rented, parking can be a problem if pavilions are rented, entrance can be hard to spot for first timers
location:
Two park entrances:
1. 901 Houserville Rd.
2. and off Puddintown Road (to 151 Spring Creek Park Road)
State College, PA.


location and some description info from following site
http://www.crpr.org/parks/details/park_locations.html#STATE_COLLEGE_BOROUGH


we are having computer trouble so when I can add pics I will.

Sidney Friedman Park (formerly Central Parklet) Downtown State Colleg

A sweet little park located downtown next to State High's football field.
Our family enjoy's this park. They have a sand pit, their typical cement pillars of various sizes, a climbing wall, small wooden house facades, benches, picnic tables, bikeway corridor and a small outdoor amphitheater.
During this time of year there was a plethora of carpenter bees burrowing into the many park benches, I don't think I have ever seen so many carpenter bees. A little overwhelming at first but thankfully they leave people alone.
Our three kids and myself enjoyed a nice picnic lunch and some run around time after a dance class downtown. There is plenty of pay parking nearby but to get free parking you will have to walk a few blocks. Great place to come hangout if you are downtown running various errands or some of your children are in a class of some sort and in need of something to do with the other children.
This park is used quite a bit in the summer with some small concerts, plays and Arts festival.
FYI if you don't like crowds, local preschools do bring children over to play on occasion so timing would be important. We have only encountered them before lunch the one time.
A definite place we will keep returning too.
I will try and add a picture maybe next time we visit.

Location:
241 S. Fraser St.
State College, PA

location and some description info from following site

http://www.crpr.org/parks/details/park_locations.html#STATE_COLLEGE_BOROUGH

New section to my blog

Hi all I am starting a new section to my blog. Parks in the State College Area.
As we attempt to visit the many parks in the area I am going to blog on our experience...pros and cons...
Enjoy if you have a chance to check it out...