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Riverfront Park
Categories: Active Life Parks Active Life Playgrounds Parks, Playgrounds [Edit]
116 Marion St NESalem, OR 97311
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
4 reviews for Riverfront Park
4 reviews in English
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Review from Ja'net S.
Salem, OR
8/22/2011 2 Check-ins Here
This is a great park. Open and so spacious, this park has lots of sun grassy fields perfect for catching rays, throwing Frisbee's or playing ball in. This park hosts the World Beat, and other festivals like The Bite of Salem. There is a great playground with double structures at the south end of the park, one for the littler tikes and one for the more daring kids, bark dusk and lots of benches for parents. During the summer there are also free movies that your family can enjoy once a week at dusk.
Don't miss the Carousel, but you can see it's reviews at http://www.yelp.com/bi...
At the north end of the park there is a splash pad that is active all summer for water play. It is pretty basic and probably better for really young kids or teenagers. For a better pad, head to the River Road Park they have a little more to work with for the older kids.There is also a nice covered pavilion at the north end of this park, and the long sidewalk paths are great for bike riders.
This park offers something for everyone and is big enough for just about everybody to get a little place to relax and have fun. -
Review from Blake i.
Salem, OR
4/29/2011 9 Check-ins Here
This is a great park with walking trails, picnic areas and wonderful vistas overlooking the Willamette River. The park is ideal for young families with access to the Carousel, or active groups with open space for frisbee or football games. The park is pet friendly and you'll see many well-behaved dogs with their owners.
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Review from Jeffrey K.
Salem, OR
11/16/2011
Salem's premier park. Great playground, restrooms, paths to walk alone and home to a lot of city wide events.
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Review from Erin H.
Medford, OR
5/11/2010
Ugh. This park is not a good park. It feels....like death.
Sure, it has paved paths for walking and jogging and large open grassy areas for frisbee or napping, but beyond that, it doesn't have much going for it.
First off, the place is barren. You'll be hard pressed to find any shade, so in the sweltering August heat you'll surely expire. Then there's the "gorgeous" view of the Willamette River. I use " " because I still haven't figured out why real estate agents and architects boast about the views of this putrid river. The whole thing is brown, slow moving, and so full of garbage and other pollutants, that no one uses it recreationally. Well, except for young idiots who aren't from around here and don't know any better and some random boaters/jet-skiers so desperate to use their toys that they're willing to risk life-threatening staph infections.
I know some of you will call me a pessimist and Salem-Hater, but whatever. Ask yourself this-- Have you ever seen anyone FISHING here? No? Ever wonder why that is? Duh.
Anyhow, the park does house the AC Gilberts discovery Village, so that's ok I guess. But it also hosts the annual "Bite of Salem" and that's NOT ok, so minus another point.
There is a playground structure here. It's not that exciting, but then I'm not 6. There is also a giant metal ball at the north end of the park that they turned into the earth (or something) with paint. When I was a teen, we called this the "acid ball" and it was a fantastic hangout and place to smoke. Now everyone's staring at it all day long so the pot smokers have no privacy. Poor pot smokers! :(
Parking sucks.
