Margaret T. Hance Park

Really loved this park- was looking for something fun to do after work with friends and this was the spot. Great green space for soccer, well designed spaces, and these interesting interactive sculptures for kids.

The park is centrally located in a beautiful suburb but would be lovelier sans the homeless. The City of Phoenix workers were doing their best. Opted to walk Roosevelt Street with the grassy meridian. Would have taken in the Japanese Friendship Garden but could not justify the $14 admission price per person.

Baby loved the sand area. It's a walk from where you park to the playground, which on one hand is nice because the kids are not by the road, but on the other hand my little one made me carry him the whole way and my back suffered for it.

We've been to the splash pad and play area so many times and since it's the only splash pad option downtown anymore, I would expect that it would be care for regularly. Today it was a disgusting mess. The splash pad is barely working, the kids there found at least three different drug paraphernalia items, and the bathrooms are unusable. This park is sadly unkempt and I wouldn't recommend taking children there anymore.

A very beautiful Park in a very nice location, very well kept, nice green areas, cool children playgrounds for different ages, there was a park ranger right in the parking lot, many people with children, next to another important places to visit, the Japanese garden and an historic house, but the only thing I’m sad about, was seeing a weird crowd right on the middle of the park, for the look of it, they were up to no good. Hope the ranger takes notice soon enough.

So I’m deducting a star because I couldn’t send my kids to the bathroom because it’s by the parking lot and you can’t even see the bathroom through the trees that surround the playground plus there were homeless people by them so it didn’t feel safe. The park itself was great, it had a big sandbox (see 1st pic) and really cool playground equipment but after an hour we had to leave because some homeless people were yelling and came into the play area and we didn’t feel safe. When we walked back to the car there was a man behind us and another one who was angry about something and yelling in the parking lot so I’m deducting another star because we didn’t feel safe. I don’t know if I’d come back here 😭 Ps… It would’ve also been nice to have picnic tables so that we could eat at a table while watching the kids play. There were only benches in the play are, picnic tables are behind the trees

Such a beautiful area! I love the wide open space with beautiful views of sky, grass, gardens and the city. The oath outdid is one of the cutest with the animal structures. The downside is that the bathrooms are dirty from homeless bathing and hanging in there.

We enjoyed the NFL Superbowl Experience 2023 Official Watch Party. There was plenty to do and to eat. The people working were nice and helpful. All were welcomed. It was crowded. It would have been nice to have separate areas for people with chairs and blankets and people standing. Overall, good experience.