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Peri Park
Categories: Active Life Playgrounds Active Life Parks Playgrounds, Parks [Edit]
142 Bolinas RdFairfax, CA 94930
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
5 reviews for Peri Park
5 reviews in English
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Review from L. W.
Fairfax, CA
10/25/2010
I have pretty much lived at Peri Park for the past 2 years. I'm probably there 3 or 4 times a week. I'm often the first mom there on a Saturday morning, so I go around the playground and pick up trash left behind by Friday night revelers. I've donated lots of shovels and buckets to the park, and have volunteered in the annual park clean-up day. I put lost and found items on the recycling bin, I tidy up the bulletin board, and I throw away the toys that are broken and potentially unsafe.
I'm not writing all this to get brownie points. I'm just sharing the fact that for some of us, this is like our second backyard, and we really love and care for it. There is a community there and a lot of really cool moms, dads and caretakers. If you are new to the park, just smile and say hello to the moms or nannys hanging out on the benches.
Some of the parents are a little lax with their kids, its true (this is Fairfax people!) But the park is big enough that if you see behavior you don't like, you can scoop up your little one and go play in another area.
Enjoy Peri Park and give it a little love, if you have the time. -
Review from Lainie L.
Oakland, CA
8/23/2007
I do not have children. However, I do have a dog and the parallels between dog parks and kid parks are quite astonishing.
That dog that keeps humping your pup? Same as the little bruiser who keeps popping your kid upside the head with a shovel.
That dog that is nipping at your pups ankles? Same as the kid that keeps kicking your kid in the shins.
That dog that runs riot and causes a ruckus all over the park? Same as the kid that runs riot and causes a ruckus all over the park.
The common denominator in both? Bad parenting.
Now before I get tons of indignant hate mail, I am not saying that kids are dogs or that my dog is my kid. I just can't believe how similar both are and how parks for each tell their own stories of parenting and dog ownership. Truly, I do love kids. I like to play with them and feed them sugar and then give them back to their parents. :-)
Peri Park has a lovely playground where the play areas are divided into areas for little ones and then another area for bigger kids. Much like dog parks have the small dog areas and the large dog areas. The park is new and has all kinds of fun things that make me want to run and play. . .it's got that nifty soft flooring that is covered with sand. I saw many a kid take a header and literally just bounce right up and keep on playing. On a Sunday afternoon it was crowded with little ones and their parents.
Sadly, much like a labradoodle run wild, there was a beastly kid terrorizing the park. He pants some little kid and all I could think of is that psychological scarring that kid would have from now on and how he would never, ever want to dangle off the geodome. Then our hero kicked a kid off the slide platform. Literally. Kicked him. Off. Ouch. I don't know where this kid's parents were. . .probably hiding from him. YIKES! I am glad that I didn't have kids 'cause I don't have it in me to grin and bare it. I'd be holding that kid upside down off the monkey bars until his face turned blue or I guess, to be fair, I would really need to do that to his parents.
Other than the human version of Cujo, it was fun to watch the kids play while relaxing under the redwoods that surround Peri Park. A small creek trickles through right outside the fenced in play area. There are BBQ pits and picnic tables under the shade of the statuesque redwoods. There is a community center with a nice, clean public bathroom.
LouLou had a blast splashing through the creek and playing among the redwoods. We plan to make this a regular stop on our now weekly trip to Fairfax for ice cream. I mean to take LouLou to the park and to splash in the creek. Yes, the dog is the priority here. That and she LOVES the peach ice cream from Fairfax Scoop. :-)Listed in: LouLou's Lairs
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Review from allison s.
Greenwood, IN
3/21/2007
This is a humongous playgrounds when it comes to such a thing. I want to give the park a 5 and the people a 1. but I will settle for a 3.
There is an area for younger and older kids, just no real separation. It has great new playthings and swings.
The only downfall, in my opinion, is the fact that there are a ton of nannies who bring their kids and just let them go at. Totally oblivious to the fact (while they are chatting away and are on the opposite side of the park) that the kids they are being paid to watch... well just aren't being watched.
I will admit I am a first time mom so I should probably let some things go,
I can't stand it when a 4 year old runs the show, if you are the mom grow some balls. sorry had to say it. This little girl kept throwing sand on my son, and then pouring it on the slide he was playing on. The mom kept saying, "that isn't very nice (insert kids name here), if you can't be nice we are leaving." my favorite thing about this mom was the next statements, "(kid's name) we are leaving in 2 minutes" kid throws a fit and screams NO NO NO, mom says " okay 5 more minutes, hey don't pour sand on the little boy or we are leaving.."
I think you get my point. But just in case, read below:
I don't think it is cool for kids to just come and take from other kids. I believe in sharing and I above all believe in teaching how to do this. I can't teach someone Else's kid how to share the ball, or go get his own. But I can take my kid somewhere else, so I will - to Lyndel Park just down the road a bit, you can read my review if interested.Listed in: MY Fairfax, CA
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Review from Miriam S.
San Rafael, CA
3/9/2008
I love this park!
While you sometimes run into kids that are not being nice, and/or 13 year olds taking up the swings, and/or people who bring their dogs and lets them run loose while the signs clearly say otherwise, you run into this kind of situation at any park.
So, that being said, let's rate the part it self and not the people.
I love that it has two areas. My 4yr can still go back and forth between them. The playground structure themselves are somewhat new, and the whole organization of it is great.
Right next to the playground is picnic and bbq areas.
And then, there's the creek. You'll always find kids exploring and splashing around in there. -
Review from Katherine H.
Woodacre, CA
8/20/2009
Peri Park is a great place for kids to go to play. It's also a great place for the community to hold events at, as there is a stage there. Beautiful redwood groves, and a creek running through.
