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Good Parks
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Let's go to the park! Many of us with toddler
multiples prefer to go to parks with fenced play areas. It
is a little less stressful to know that they are contained
within a fixed perimeter, especially when you take them by
yourself. Here is a list of fenced parks in Marin.
Corte Madera
Town Park (Corte Madera)
From 101 take the Tamalpais Drive exit and go west on Tamalpais
for about 1.5 miles. Turn right onto Pixley Avenue (just before
the fire station.) You will see the parking lot on the right.
Mill Valley
Boyle Park (Mill Valley)
From 101 take the Tiburon Blvd./East Blithedale exit. Head
west on East Blithedale for about 11/2 miles. Just past Park
School (on your left), you will see a sign for the park. The
entrance is immediately past the sign.
Ross
Pixie Park (Ross)
Pixie Park is a private, totally enclosed park in the Marin
Art and Garden Center in Ross. This beautiful park is designed
specifically for children under the age of six. This is a
great park for toddler multiples, because you need a key to
get in and out of the park. There are three age appropriate
climbing structures, a playhouse, a wooden train, a rocket,
swings, and lots of sand areas for the children to play in.
There is an annual membership fee of $55.00, and a key deposit
of $25.00. In addition, each family is required to put in
about 13 hours of volunteer time each year, which involves
maintenance and fundraising for the park, as well as volunteering
at the May Spring Fair. There is also a special area for birthday
parties that can be reserved by members for $30.00. Since
it is a yearly cooperative park, new members are added only
during the month of September. A waiting list is kept throughout
the year since there is a limit to the number of families
who can join. To get on the waiting list now, go to the Pixie
Park website at www.pixiepark.org
or call the Marin Art and Garden Center at 454-6697. New members
can join during the month of September by attending a membership
meeting to learn about the workings of Pixie. The website
also has lots of pertinent, up-to-date information about the
park, including more details about membership.
San Anselmo
Millennium Playground at Memorial Park
(San Anselmo)
Take Sir Francis Drake Blvd. toward San Anselmo. Go through
the hub and pass Redhill Shopping Center and then the San
Anselmo Recreation Department. Turn right onto San Francisco
Boulevard (at a stoplight). Go through one stop sign and look
for the Memorial Park/Millennium Playground sign on your right.
Turn right into parking lot.
San Rafael
Civic Center Park (San Rafael)
From 101 take the North San Pedro Road (Civic Center) exit
and head east. Turn left on Civic Center Drive and watch for
the play area on the right near the lagoon.
Gerstle Park (San Rafael)
From 101, take the Central San Rafael exit. Head west on Fourth
Street and turn left onto D Street. Make a right onto San
Rafael Avenue.
Peacock Gap Park (San Rafael)
From 101 take the Central San Rafael exit and head east on
Second Street. Continue as it changes to Pt. San Pedro Road.
With the brickyard smokestack off in the distance, start looking
on the left hand side for Peacock Drive. Turn left on Peacock
Dr. and follow it to the end.
Tiburon/Belvedere
Belvedere Park (Belvedere)
Take 101 to the Tiburon Blvd./East Blithedale exit. Head east
on Tiburon Blvd. for about three miles. Turn right onto San
Rafael Blvd. (there is a stoplight here). The park is on your
left.
Blackie's Pasture (Tiburon)
Take 101 to the Tiburon Blvd./East Blithedale exit. Head east
on Tiburon Blvd. Park at Blackie's Pasture off Tiburon Blvd.
Walk 1/2 mile south on jogging path
Great website about parks in Marin:
www.justplaygrounds.com
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