Address:465 Lodge Dr, Wheeling, WV 26003
Visit Day and Time: Wednesday May 3, 2017 from 1:33 pm until 1:39 pm
Temperature at visit: Cool
Crowd level: We were the only visitors at the playground there were a few families in the zoo in general
- Pros
- Low/No crowds
- Plenty of Adult Seating
- You have to pay zoo admission to use this playground (so no one just hanging around without a purpose)
- Cons
- You have to pay zoo admission to use this playground
- Some broken equipment
- Some parts of the structure have large drop offs
- It is a little hard to see the kids when they are playing on the backside of the playground
- Trash Info
- Low (a bottle and a food wrapper)
- Trash cans available
- Shade Info
- Shade trees for the adult seating area and the small kids play area
- Not much shade directly over the main playground
- Adult Seating
- Four benches
- Picnic tables very close
- Swings
- 2 little kid swings
- Slides
- Large tube slide (very fast my toddler ended up on the ground the first time out, I caught her early the second time)
- Large open air twist slide
- 2 mild straight slides (side by side)
- Small straight slide for little ones
- Access
- 2-3 tenths of a mile walk from zoo entrance (if you exit the main building and head right
- Kids need to do a little climbing to get on the equipment
- Misc
- Lots of active climbing for your kids so they need to be aware not fall off the areas where there are high entrance and exits
- Broken equipment
- One of the logs on the side of the swinging bridge is damaged
- Older kid play area is older but very functional
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| Entrance coming from the long way (standard zoo path) |
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| General view of the playground (the white tube slide is super fast) |
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| General view from the adult sitting area |
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| Side view |
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| Note the broken post on the right part of the platform before the sway bridge |
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| Due straight slide |
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| Fast tube slide and note the picnic tables in the back |
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| Adult sitting area and trash cans |
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| Little kid play area |
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| Little kid swings (only swings available) |
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| Little kid play area |
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| View from the little kid area |
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