Tot lots HC15 & HC16

We visited tot lots HC15 & HC16 on April 18, 2017. Since these are right next to the Swansfield Mini Water Park, I wanted to make sure to visit them before the pool opened and it would be super busy.
Parking is easy because there is a lot off of Cedar Lane for the Water Park/Neighborhood Center. These tot lots are also directly across the street from Swansfield Elementary School.
A note about the Harper's Choice Tot Lots. When using the CA Pathways app on an iphone only 2 of the Harper's Choice tot lot list. On a different type of smartphone, the app seems to list the HC tot lots. So, if you're searching for them, you may just have to look around on the map a bit!

HC16 is a great tot lot, the only downside being that there's no shade. It's actually more like the park playgrounds. It is divided into 2 sections - one area for kids ages to 2-5 and another for kids ages 5-12.
In the area for ages 2-5 there are 4 benches around it to sit on. There's a very nice, full sandbox (but no toys). There are 2 bouncy cars, although as my daughter pointed out, one had a lot of sand in it. There are 2 baby swings. There is a very nice jungle gym type thing with 4 slides attached to it. 2 slides are right next to each other, going straight down, the third slide has bounces going down, and slide number 4 curves. My daughter was in heaven :)

  

sand box

slides/jungle gym

There is a separate section that has 3 big kid swings, and one special needs swing with a harness. All of the swings are a nice height, not too high off the ground, so fairly easy to get on, even for a small child.

The play area for ages 5-12 has a large jungle gym with 2 slides attached. These slides are both plastic, but much taller. One was about 5 1/2 feet tall, and the other was 6 feet or higher. There's a plastic 'mountain' to climb up as well as a swinging ladder. There are all sort of other climbing apparatus attached as well. Additionally there is a small 'zipline' type thing, and one other small climbing thing. I don't know what it is called though.  There are 3 benches around this area to sit on.

jungle gym/slides

zipline

My almost 4 year old enjoyed playing on both sections of HC16. Since there were only 2 other kids there while we were playing, I didn't mind. However, I suspect on a busy day, the area for ages 5-12 could be a little rough for a smaller child.


HC15 is on the other side of the Water Park/Neighborhood Center. It also backs up to an apartment complex. It is much smaller. The plaque was also missing, but based on the map, I knew it was HC15.
Although this tot lot was smaller, it did have some nice nature-y architecture. It was more shaded at this tot lot. There are 2  benches to sit on. There was one (sad looking) bouncy animal. Two big kid swings, and one baby swing.  There was a sandbox here as well. There was a cool ladder to climb up to the slide, which was metal and about 4 feet high.