6016 Rosemead Blvd, Pico Rivera, CA 90660
Hours: Monday-Sunday (24 Hours a day)
Restrooms? Yes. Behind smaller playground near ball fields
Playground Surface: Rubber
Parking Lot? Yes. Big dedicated parking lot with ample space in front of playground
Gated/fenced? Yes.
Overview
Located in Pico Rivera, Smith Park, is a large, 16 acre park, with an amazing skate park as well as ball fields and a community center. Additionally, the park boasts two separate, great playgrounds. Although they don’t have a specific theme, they have a colorful tone and the main play structure is huge. Kids will love running around this playground, which offers tons of options of things to do. There are 3 massively tall slides that really make the playground stand out. A separate, fenced toddler playground is located adjacent to the main playground. Baseball games are a huge theme here during the summer, drawing decent sized crowds to the park.
Features
- 2 separate playgrounds – One for kids 5-12 years old and one for kids 2-5 years old
5-12 Year Old Playground
- Accessible for kids of all abilities with tons of ramps and walkways. Large tower section has 3 levels
- 4 slides including 2 massive tunnel slides and a spiral slide that all start from the top of the 3rd level of the play structure.
- 2 bench swings and 1 circle swing
- Crawl tunnel, monkey bars, 4 really cool rock caves, ladders, climbing net, multiple spinners, multi sided rock wall and another separate rock wall
2-5 Year Old Playground
- 2 baby (bucket) swings and 1 accessible swing
- Concrete ladybug, turtle, leaf, acorn and log structures that kids can climb and play on
- Accessible ramps/walkways, tunnel crawler and monkey bars, ladders and sensory toys
Other Amenities
- Skate park and baseball fields with a reasonable amount of lawn area. Community Center on site as well
- Large and small Gazebos. Picnic shelter and tons of picnic tables
Scout’s Story
Our daughter, Scout, was now almost exactly 1 month outside of completing her most recent cycle of chemotherapy. Scout, at the young age of 18 months old, has been battling stage 4 cancer (Germ Cell Neoplasm) for over 3 months now. Scout has come a long way in these past few months and we are very hopeful that she will prevail in this fight. We are currently at a stand still in Scout’s treatment, as we await P.E.T scans that have been a little tough to get accomplished so far. However, her blood counts have slowly climbed, and we felt comfortable enough on this day to head outside and to visit a few parks, while still doing our best to keep her isolated from others. Our day would start with a very early morning trip to Smith Park in Pico Rivera.
As we arrived at Smith Park, we were excited to let Scout play and were happy to see that the park was nearly empty. We started by letting Scout run around the 5-12 years old playground. Being that Scout is only 18 months old, the playground was just too advanced for her. Although Scout loves slides, the slides here are so massive and Scout just isn’t ready for something this big yet. However, she loved running back and forth on the ramps and walkways. Eventually, we made our way to the toddler playground and let Scout swing. Her favorite thing ended up being climbing on and touching the concrete animal and leaf sculptures.
We had a great morning watching Scout play at Smith Park and our day would only get better as it went along.
November 29, 2022
