subject: Its All Play And No Work [print this page] Glendale has many parks and recreation centers spread over different areas. There are many varieties of sports and recreation activities to do that you would actually get confused with your choices. The Glendale Parks and Recreation Department is highly active and organizes various recreation activities like Glendales Citrus History and Flavors.
During this festival the attendees can take part in various cooking workshops, demonstrations, tours, exhibitions and more. Glendale also has an aquatic playground which is always a fun experience for kids. This splash pad covers an area of 8500 sq ft and has over 30 varieties of nozzles, buckets like ground geysers, cattails and more.
There is variety of activities for children as well as adults. The Glendale Adult Center is a place where adults can take part in various programs like playing pool, surfing the net, library activities, travel activities, art and craft activities and more.
Glendale also has numerous small and big parks with various playing equipment and toys for kids. The small parks of Glendale include the Chapparal Park, ONeil Park, Orangewood Park, and Rose Lane Park etc. Every park has its own distinctiveness and awesome facilities. The facilities in the parks include tennis courts, picnic benches, playgrounds, racquetball, basket ball and volley ball courts, grills etc. For fitness aficionados, parks have fitness courses also.
Some of the premier Glendale parks and recreation venues are Foothills Park, Skunk Creek Linea Park, Thunder Paseo Park, and Western Area Regional Park etc. In parks like the Thunderbird conservation park, activities like mountain biking, jogging, bird watching and picnics etc can be enjoyed. If one is interested in horse riding, walking or biking, then Skunk Creek Linear Park is a good option. This park has trails of around 3.5 miles that connect the park to enjoy sights of mammals, birds and reptiles also.
As far as Glendale parks and recreations are concerned, other than the Adult Center, there are other recreation and special facility centers for grown-ups like the Elsie McCarthy Sensory Garden, a special garden for the visually challenged people. The garden is created with an objective of stimulating the different human senses, and has used special trees, water features, textures and dramatic visuals for the same.
There are lots more options for Glendale parks and recreations where one can spend his leisure time and at the same time learn a lot of things.
