Playground Review: The Rocket Playground at Burns Park

If the rocket at Meriwether Park isn’t adventuresome enough for your kiddos, check out the other rocket playground, located across the river in North Little Rock’s Burns Park.

Address: I-40 Exit #150 GPS:34.797340, -92.302729 (click for map)

Hours: dawn til 10pm

Equipment: Metal/Plastic

• Huge Rocket Climbing Tower
• 2XL Slides
• 1 Medium Slide
• Rock Wall
• Talk Tubes
• Activity Panel

Setting: Large City Park

Shade: None

Surface: Wood Mulch

Seating: 2 benches, Picinic tables under pavilion

Restrooms/Water: Across street at softball field

Other Features: an army tank that kids can climb on, disc golf, Funland amusement park featuring kiddie-sized carnival rides (not free and only open in the summer), softball fields, and additional playgrounds to the East

Comments:  This is a very fun playground for the daredevil in the family, but not for the faint-of-heart parent. The Rocket is HUGE! (It’s well enclosed.  It just seems so high up when your kid gets to the top.)  Just be warned, when you take your kids once, they’ll ask for it again and again.  There is a more “normal” sized playground within walking distance – just to the East of this set – that has more shade and seating.

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