Rocky Run Park

LOVE this park ! It is a bit crowded but it has so much to offer for young kids and adults !

Playground technology has come a long way since I was a kid. Back then we had to make due with a couple milk bottles and a stick. At this park there are all manner of places to swing, climb, and hang. And yet, thanks to clever designs, it’s difficult for the little daredevils to get hurt.
Nice work, Arlington!

Best-​in-​class design and quality construction conspire to deliver a standout community gem. This facility is great for kids ages 4 to 54 with sandboxes, an amazing jungle gym, one soccer field and basketball courts. Clean modern bathrooms and fresh drinking water help you enjoy the fun for hours. My 5 year old nephew says «it’s the best park ever» and I have to agree. I love the soft foam padding under the kids jungle gym, large AstroTurf field and low rise built in stadium seating interested into the landscaping. Next door you can enjoy a short wooded hiking trail with the kids or play catch with your dog.

We live a block away and come here almost every day. Love the soccer fields and play areas. The bathrooms are almost opened too. Great places to watch your kids or walk around. Wish there was big kid swings though

This park was recently renovated and it is wonderful for bigger children.
I personally have pre-​toddler, so I see things most people with bigger children wouldn’t see. So here it is:1) they don’t have gates to separate the big kid area to smaller kid area. 2) they don’t have fence at all which means if parents are not looking, they couldn’t wander around and go into traffic. 3) even the smaller kid area is cemented which is dangerous for those who are just learning to walk or learned to walk.

You can spend hours at this park. In addition to the amazing play structure, kids can bring their bikes, scooters, trikes, & other sports equipment since the field is large enough. I have seen kids practicing soccer, lacrosse and tag and not run into each other. There is also a play area for toddlers and preschoolers. A + for Arlington Co.

Love this park! It’s uniquely built with turf and lots of different equipment for kids of all ages. It also has a turf soccer field which is pretty cool. Can get pretty busy later in the day but still fun even when crowded.

Great park! Kids new favorite. Has a massive rope type apparatus for kids 5 – 10 y/​o. A separate play area for even smaller kids. Plenty of room to run. Basketball courts, tire swings, soccer field. Parents can get a workout in too by running the paved loop (approx¼mi) around the soccer field while keeping kids in sight. Parking was easy on a Saturday afternoon. Close to courthouse area with food and snacks afterward.

Being a stay at home mom I’ve discovered a lot of new playgrounds for my little one and this is definitely one of my favorites and so glad I found it to take my little ones to! So close by to a lot of shops and restaurants also.

What an amazing, modern children’s park this is! Only in Arlington county…
It’s basically a big bungee park with a lot of modern fixtures and a rubber ground for added safety. They have a dedicated area for ages 2 – 5 and then ages 5 – 10, along with a sandpit, swings, basketball court and soccer field. Their centerpiece is like nothing I’ve ever seen before; bungee nets leading up to a very long, tall slide, like something you’d see in Jr. American Gladiators. Pretty impressive.
The only downside is that there are no bathrooms! WHAT?! All of these modern, updated ideas and no one thought to add a bathroom? Basically once my daughter had to really pee we had to leave. I did notice there is some construction going on around a large fenced facility, potentially bathrooms in the works?
We arrived on a Saturday evening around 5pm and didn’t find parking to be as terrible as described, nor was it as packed as described. We easily found street parking less than 400 yards away and it is free on weekends. It was certainly busy but all the parents, and kids, for the most, were courteous and polite and up for taking turns. We’re adding this to our weekend routine!

This is definitely the coolest park I have seen in the Clarendon area. There’s something for everyone here, whether you want to play basketball, soccer, do some pull-​ups or bring your kids/​manchild to climb the epic jungle gym.

This park is a great place to play basketball or to take your kids. It has a wholesome outdoorsy vibe that just says «isn’t modern life great?»
But I don’t like it. When under construction the sign promised more features that weren’t built. Features that would have put it firmly into the white liberal future that the genes of my ancestors crave.
Also, there is no good creeping lurker spots for bums to drink, snooze or pee. That’s where I come in. I love public intoxication and need a safe place to engage where I can still be a part of society.
I envision a good vagrant citizens award where well behaved hobos may congregate for alcoholism and public urination followed by a nap; all while enjoying the public confidence to responsibly watch children play without interfering. Or shouting obscenities.

Found this place looking for somewhere to play ball. Instead I found a mob of kids. Looks like it would be great for kids, being that there’s probably a hundred of them there at any time. (Maybe a small exaggeration but there are always tons of kids running around.)
Otherwise, a nice area with a small soccer field and two basketball courts. One court has a third lower hoop for kids around the half court line. I don’t think this is where people come to play pickup ball but somewhere you can get some practice in if you don’t mind sharing it with an occasional interruption from little kids.
It’s a nice park, just not somewhere to really play basketball.

Rocky run is an Arlington treasure. My 10 year old loves it, so does my 6 year old and they have a separate cool structure for the little ones too. Never seen anything like it in the area. A nice change from the «normal» playgrounds. Large, shaded in many places. The only challenge I would this parking although I’ve never had to park more than a block of two. It is a gem but won’t stay hidden for long.

Great park to take my nephews to, ages 5 & 7. They LOVE the climbing structures, and I love that they are worn out by the time we leave. The grounds are very well kept.

Other than the schools this park may be the single greatest benefit to having kids in Clarendon-​Courthouse area. I brought my 11-​year old niece here and she immediately wished she lived with me so she could play here forever.

I take the kids I nanny for here for soccer practice as well as play on the playground. They have two playgrounds, the one closest to Barton Street is for younger children I would say 4 and under. They have a basketball court next to this playground as well as a place to sit down under a tent type thing. They have restrooms, a gravel type field, as well as a large playground on the other side of the field.
This is a great place to go, very well taken care of and clean. We always have a great time when we go here.