OM8 & OM9

OM8 is off of Mirrorlight Place, we visited on July 17, 2015. There's a short, plastic slide, which is only about 4 feet high. There are steps going up to it, and a little tunnel underneath. It has a small, square sandbox, which had a few weeds growing in it. There are 2 bouncy animals. It has 2 baby swings and 5 adult swings. There's a lot of green area around this tot lot for the kids to run around in as well. There's even a little hill that the kids could roll down. One bench to sit on. This is not a shaded tot lot, so go prepared with sunscreen and hats, or go on an overcast day.

We took the path to OM9. If you were to drive there, it's off Wandering Way Ct. There's a square sandbox here, which had a few dry leaves in it. There are 2 bouncy animals here, although they're a little high off the ground. It had 2 baby swings and 4 adult swings, which are on separate frames. There's a plastic slide about 6 1/2 feet high, with a bounce in it. There's a ramp going up to the slide, and a nice area to play up to the slide. There are 2 benches to sit on. There's also a lot of green area here for the kids to run around. This tot lot also wasn't very well shaded.

Columbia tot lot information

I've written a lot of blog posts about our visits to the tot lots over the summer. I thought I'd write one post with some links to maps and information about the tot lots, in case you're looking to adventure out on your own.
My husband found this google map that pinpoints a lot of the tot lots on a map. It doesn't have the tot lot numbers, but it does have street names.
If you have a smartphone you can download the CA Mobile app. It has a map of all of the paths in Columbia. This is the app I have used to find all of the tot lots, and to figure out how to walk from one tot lot to the next. It has lots of other information and some fun tools too. If you use the paths a lot, I definitely recommend downloading it!
You can also download the map onto your computer, or go to your local Village Center to get a print version of the map.

I recently found this page on the Columbia Association website. It lists all of the tot lots, by village, then by number and street name.

Here's a short article about the tot lots. Someone on one of the Columbia mom facebook groups actually found it, and made me aware of it.

In June 2018 River Hill announced that in the next couple of years they will be updating and improving a couple of their tot lots.

A couple  of the Villages list the tot lots on their Village page:
Long Reach
Kings Contrivance

On his blog Chao Wu has listed all of the tot lots in Columbia, with information about what village they are in, the closest street entrance, the year it was built and when it was last updated. His blog post is from 2017.

Lastly, while it doesn't list the tot lots, the CAMOM website, does have a list of area playgrounds. The group is currently in the process of re-visiting and updating the listing, so it may not be complete.

As of July 2018 the Columbia Association did a safety check at all of the tot lots. Many swings were removed at the time and are in the process of being updated, repaired and replaced. Here is a list of the tot lots with missing swings.

Columbia has 165 tot lots. As of this writing, I've visited and blogged about 94. That's over a 3 year period. I'm hoping to continue on and visit all of them! I am thankful and grateful to all of the friends who have joined us over the years. It is so much more fun for my children and for me when we have company.

If you are aware of other resources, please let me know. I'd love to add more to this list!

Updated 8/3/18

KC17 and KC18

KC17 is off of First League in Kings Contrivance. The plastic slide is about 5 feet high, with a couple of bounces in it. There are steps going up the slide, but they are narrow, for small feet. I walked up with my daughter, and my size 6 feet did not fit on the steps! There is one baby swing and one adult swing. There are also 2 bouncy animals. There's one bench to sit on, and it's very nicely shaded here.

KC18 is larger, and a bit more spread out.  It was a 5 minute walk from KC 17. There's a sandbox, but no toys. The two bouncy animals are a bit high off the ground. There are 3 adult swings in one area, and 2  baby swings in another area. The plastic slide is about 6 1/2 feet high, with a bounce going down. The slide structure is a nice size, and big steps to climb up. There's a chain link to climb as well as monkey bars on the back end of the slide structure. The monkey bars are high - too high for me to even hold my daughter and let her try to go across. There's a balance structure. There are also 2 benches here to sit on. It's nicely shaded here.  On a side note, we saw a family of 4 deer cross the path about 20 feet from the tot lot.  Visited 7/31/15

Tot Lots OB15 and OB16

OB16 is a very nice tot lot, very spread out. The path is off the circle of Deerpasture Dr, we went on July 2, 2015. There are 4 different sections. There's a slide and a balance beam in one section. The slide is about 4 feet high, with a couple of bounces in it. . There are steps up to the slide, and tunnels under the slide area for kids to run. The sandbox and bouncy animals are in another section. In a third section are the monkey bars and a a balance platform. The swings are in yet another area. There are 2 adult swings and 2 baby swings. The structures all looked fairly new and are in good shape. There are 3 benches spread throughout as well. We were here on a cloudy day, but it didn't appear that there was a lot of shade. This may be one of the tot lots that is in more direct sunlight.
From here we walked to OB15, it was a 5 or 6 minute walk. 

sandbox and bouncy animals

OB15 is pretty small. There is NO slide here. It does have a couple of bouncy animals, a sandbox, and 2 swings, 1 adult and 1 baby. It is more shaded here.
One side note. we visited these tot lots the day after rain, and it was a bit cloudy and still a bit damp. We discovered ticks on both of our kids after our visit here. Although you're likely to find ticks anywhere, especially on the paths, we wanted to mention it.