Old-fashioned playground with unique, hard to find equipment

Address: Corner of Easy Street and Claremont, Beloit, WI

Description:

McMahon Park in Beloit is an old-fashioned small, neighborhood playground with metal slides, wooden bridges, and a ride-on toy.

Best for ages: 5-12

Features:

Small play structure with metal stair entry and ladder style climbing equipment
Three slides – 1 short, 1 tall twisty, 1 tall tube slide
No swings
Ride-on rocker
Wooden see-saw / boat
Basketball court with nets
Green space
Picnic table under awning
Several benches around the playground

Sun protection: The playground is entirely in the sun, but the picnic table is shaded by an awning

Parking: Parking next to the playground on the road, no parking lot

Playground structure materials: Metal and wood

Ground/surface materials: Pebbles

Fenced in? N, but located in a quiet neighborhood

Slides? Y, three slides

Swings? N

Picnic tables, benches or other seating? Y, picnic table and benches around the playground

Walking path, sidewalk or bike path? N

Stroller accessibility? N, you would need to push the stroller through grass

Bathrooms? N

Drinking fountain? N

Food and drink nearby? N

What makes it special or worth visiting?

McMahon Park in Beloit is a great place to get that nostalgic feeling of a playground from the 1980s. This small playground has been kept up well and the equipment is free from broken pieces or sharp edges. Kids can enjoy a tall twisty slide and fast metal slide as well as a wobbly wooden bridge. These metal and wood playgrounds are becoming harder and harder to find as they get replaced due to age and safety concerns. If you’d like to show your kids what playgrounds were like in the past, this is a great place to bring them to play. But, remember those metal slides can get very hot!

If you go, you may want to bring: