Catharpin Recreational Park

♿️👎🏻⚾️🥎⚽️🥅🅿️👍 Catharpin Park has been a “project” since we moved here in 2020…. The amenities are ok, they could be better but could be worse. There are 5 baseball fields that are laid out to utilize the space well, but spectators have to be on high alert for foul Balls from all directions! Maybe in the next few projects, netting will be added?!? There are batting cages at the outfield of the fields which is nice! There are also lights at the baseball fields, which is rare & 100% great for hours of baseball! Since the landline of trip hazards have been repaired getting to the baseball fields it’s much nicer! The stories (from able body kids) told when they finally repaired the sidewalk, of that “big yellow thing” everyone fell over or the huge gravel hole that was like quicksand will not be missed by anyone! Just walking on a sidewalk herding kids, pulling a wagon is more than enough excitement for me! The batting cages do not have an accessible route, there are big holes from poor drainage, going up a big hill to get to the cages & there have been a few kids trip in the hole & fall down the hill leaving the cages going to the sidewalk. It would be nice if the batting cages & fields were turf and ADA compliant. I know there are many folks that would love to play competitive adaptive sports and Catharpin would be a great place for such an amazing opportunity for our disabled children, adults and wounded warriors! The grass soccer fields are nice & some have lights. There is asphalt walkways to get to the soccer ⚽️ fields and a nice walking area. The asphalt walkways do have some pretty long, steep hills which is nice for the glutes but not helpful for mobility impaired. The hill from the parking lot to the playground is very steep and exceeds the slop requirement for ADA. The playground 🛝 has some nice play components. Unfortunately, it has mulch which is hard with a walker and not possible with a wheelchair ♿️. There are also some edges that have drops that exceed 1/4-1/2”. There are a few random curbs which I assume are to keep the mulch in. However since the mulch has such a thin layer & the curbs are concrete going to grass I’ve seen plenty of able body kids trip over them and fall on their face going into the grass or into the playground. A fence around the playground as a notification of the curb would help the situation and also be nice containment for children who are “runners”. Parking 🅿️ has been a 💩showcase for years!! It used to be gravel, then a section was paved but not all of it. Then they paved almost all of the parking. There’s still a tiny section not paved. I don’t know why 🤷‍♀️ They installed lights 💡 in the parking lot but they didn’t work for months. The lights started working the end of the Fall 2024 soccer ⚽️ season after baseball ⚾️ season was over. When they turned on the parking lot lights they finally paved from the baseball sidewalk to the parking lot. Which was dirt for years. PWCP FINALLY installed more ADA parking 🅿️ ♿️ when they did the last paving. Until then there were 4 spots for the baseball fields and the same for soccer. Practice nights they are not full, only a couple of spots are used. Game days ALL of the ♿️🅿️ accessible spots are full which means they were much needed. To clarify by accessible I mean spots with the wheelchair logo and a loading/unloading striped aisle are there. Some but not all of the accessible parking spaces have accessible routes to a primary function of the park. There is a pedestrian crossing area between the soccer fields - playground and baseball fields however the lights do not work there, it is not striped, there are no notifiers for pedestrians or motorists of the crosswalk.

For those patrons who are in a tizzy about the parking lots, the large gravel lot in the back has been paved, as of a month ago (April, 2024). No striping yet, but I'm sure it will be done in time. They also have built concrete islands and planted shrubs throughout the lot. There is considerable work being done on the field lighting, even on the soccer fields in the very back. Rome wasn't built in a day; this is already a nice facility, even in it's incomplete condition.

This is my favorite playground in the area. I love the versatility. Plenty of things for big and small kids, plenty of grass to run on and blacktop walkways to push a stroller or ride a bike. PACKED in summer with baseball games and soccer games. Porta potties too!

Good baseball complex. Fields are nice and there's a decent amount of space around the fields for siblings to run around and have fun still. I wish there was a hard standing bathroom, or the porta potties were closer to the fields though. It is a decent walk right now, which makes it hard to get to them and back quickly for players, coaches, or fans to go between innings.

Fields are nice. Needs patinking lot improvements and lighting. Makes no sense to go from a paved road to a gravel road/ parking lot to get to paved parking lot. Whoever thought the progression of improvements to this location is a moron and is probably paid three times what I make. If I got paid for common sense, I would be a millionaire. Just goes to show it's not knowledge which gets people employed, but who they know. Once those are corrected 5 stars and I will fix comment about the moron who approved progression... maybe.

I highly recommend this business! Simon was quick to answer my phone and schedule an appointment for an estimate. He is very professional and knowledgeable as well as friendly. He said that the team was efficient and performed excellent work. He was correct! The Putting Green Max looks amazing! It turned out stunningly and will become my favorite place to drink coffee each morning. Thank you very thank you!

Love this park. I went on a Monday afternoon it was empty so me & my children had the park to ourselves. They have lots of neat and different things at this park compared to others that we’ve been too. Slides- they have quite a few, big & small ones. They have a musical toy which is really nice.

Probably better in the summer. Looks like it has a nice big playground and lots of places to walk around. At least two or three geocaches, one of which I came here for this trip and one on a previous trip. My complaint is that their porta potties are locked for the winter. I realize people don't particularly come here for ball games in the winter but people do come for geocaching and to use the playgrounds and to just walk around. Winter visitors need pit stops also. Fortunately there's a bathroom available next door at the little snack shop associated with the gas station.

Very easy access from of the highway. Nice drive through clean restaurants and bathrooms. Was in and out and back on the road in 10 minutes. Food order was spot on and worked great since it was so close to get to from the main road. Not very busy in early morning in the weekend. Fuel right there too if you need it.