Riverview Park

Fun park love the fishing pond, grass and jungle Jim always go there for a fun time! (They allow dogs and have bags provided around the park)

This is an amazing park with a splash pad and giant out-​of-​this-​world play structures. My kids love this place, and I do too!

Stopped in here for a kids soccer game & parking can be tight. The park and facilities are beautiful and designed well but there are a lot of sketchy characters hanging around this park, as soon as the sun went down it started to look like the Hunger Games or Escape from New York, I got out of there quick although I did feel safe because there were cops everywhere shaking down perps.

Kids love this park. Spray pads, covered playground, lake. It was pretty busy on the weekend and hard to find shade. Finally found a nice spot under a tree. People walk their dogs out here and go on their jogs. Few people fishing. It’s a little but of a drive for us but we think it’s worth it. We’ll be back. :)

Great place for families lot’s of rope climbing,
Playground walking path with a lake and water
Park

This is my 3y/​o daughter’s favorite park to go to, hands down! Here’s the breakdown:
— Awesome climbing equipment (aside from that one gigantic contraption that is a friggin death trap just waiting to happen! Babygirl will NOT be on that anytime soon!)
— TONS of grass to run and play
— Really fun playground equipment! Honestly, everything you can imagine aside from swings… which sucks because my daughter LOOOOOOOVES the swings.
— Splash pad for summertime fun (and it even has cold water!)
— Cool paths for running/​jogging, biking, talking walks… whatever.
— TONS of shaded tables
— Bathroom facilities (mostly clean)
— Beautiful lakefront with ducks and fishing.
— MY personal favorite… A STARBUCKS within walking distance over at the Wrigley West Sheraton Hotel! I take my daughter there every morning for some chocolate milk, a muffin and a walk around the lake to see the ducks! :-)
BEAUTIFUL PARK!

This splash pad is great for a huge range of ages! Our 9 month old loves charging from spout to spout as the water comes and goes. Opens a little later than it should for the summer. Open 10AM-​10PM. Tons of playground equipment around as well, but not much shade to keep it cool in the summer. All in all we still love this park.

Park has a lot of options for any age, lots of space to sit and eat with a group. Could use more swings and it is often crowded.

This is a great park! its just off the 101 and 202 intersections (dobson and rio salado). This park is right next to the Mesa Riverview shopping complex and the Cubs spring training stadium. They have an area for families and kids as well as a water area that you can fish in and many walking paths. This is one of the best parks in the valley.

We love this park. Tons to do and perfect for the kids. It is really big so sometimes it’s hard to see the kids but we love it!

For how this park was revamped and the cool climbing stuff and spray pad, I give it a 5 star. It’s gorgeous.
However, I give the people that go here and make it look like a trashy, ghetto place, I give you a 1 star. We don’t live near this area, rather in Gilbert and I’ve been spoiled by not only beautiful parks, but also the people that go there also have good behaviors overall. They don’t just throw there trash anywhere, but actually use the trash bins.
We did leave because there were people that looked up to no good and people smoking wherever we went. It was a beautiful evening, but the fact we couldn’t breathe because of all these people smoking. Frankly, I don’t have to deal with smoking at the Gilbert parks.
Just because you may not have a lot of money, may be poor does not mean you have to act trashy, toss your trash anywhere and everywhere. Here the city pumps in all this money to try to make the area look better, but without people acting better, in a few years, this place will look dumpy also. What a shame.
We saw this plate of cake just sitting there on the sidewalk. What the heck? It wasn’t a small piece of cake, but nearly filled the plate and looked partially eaten. Who on earth would eat a piece of cake that is 6“x8″ big? You can pick up the plate and walk it over to a trash can if you don’t want it?
There were cigarette butts strewn near the play areas and the climbing areas. That just sickens me when people feel it’s okay to smoke those nasty cancerous sticks near areas where children play. And, some of the people climbing on the rope things, they just had rude behaviors.
So, basically we encountered more than we’d like ghetto behaviors. So kudos for the city for trying to revitalize this place, but people with poor behaviors, leaving their trash all around, throwing their cigarette butts everywhere, they really bring down the place.
They should have fines for people who throw cigarette butts on the ground and trash fines for littering.

One star just for Mesa making this park better than it was. It was much needed.
I think there could be some improvement tho.
1. Shade. There is very little. I know the trees are young and will bring more shade once they are older, but the benches have this little shade that is high up and is only like half the width of the bench… really? What’s up with that??? Bad design. Get rid of them and get a real cover. And you would think that architects would know the pattern and paths of the sun in Arizona enough to design something that would provide more shade during the hottest part of the year. Get with it man geez.
2. The dog area needs some seating and some shade. Wth, the rest of the park has tables and benches. When you get to the dog area… none. I think it’s so wide open that people mistake it for a soccer field. I’d hate to see see a soccer player step in what someone’s dog left behind… Speaking of which, someone needs to fill the booboo bag holders. They’re always, always empty. I bring my own, I just wish everyone did!
3. More drinking fountains and facilities. There is only one of each in this park. What about putting some on the OTHER end of the park? Srsly
4. More ramadas/​gazebos whatever you want to call them. There are only 2 sets. One in the kid’s area and one set for everyone else.
5. Once this park is completed, I foresee a lack of parking.
Here are some pluses:
1. The fishing. I’m not a fisherman, but it’s cool to see it. I hear they stock the water every 2 weeks. Every one needs good outlet huh?
2. The bungee tower thingy. That’s cool. Let’s just hope no one falls from the top! But, if they do, at least they’ll fall slowly ha. One star for Mesa for creativity. It’s rare for Mesa to think outside the box.
3. The location. It’s cool to have a nice park on the west side. It’s close to Tempe, Scottsdale.
That is all.

The place looks nice, but it still is in Mesa. They should rename the place DragonFly Park because of the dozens of these things flying around the fake lake. There was a hgirl running in the park with her dog having no leash running wild. Another couple of shady characters were hanging out on the hill and the noise from the hotel construction makes this not too quiet a destination. After the hotel is done it will be three stars, but oh yea, it is still in Mesa and will be overrun by the loser Cubs fan who flock here for two months starting in Feb.

Riverview Park existed before, but never like this! As the Cubs Spring Training Stadium was being built, the adjacent park also had a facelift.
Now the park offers something for everyone! I love to take my dog for walks around the lake and watch the ducks and geese swim around. Or throw a football around in the field with my boyfriend. For kids, there is a super cool playground with a huge Spiderman web to climb and a little water park splash pad.
The design of the park is very atheistically pleasing with rows of palm trees, bridges and curvy sidewalks making for a good spot for family picnics, bike rides or a quiet place to read a book. The parking situation is a little confusing upon the first visit to this park. My suggestion is to figure out which area of the park you want to hang out and find parking close to that. The parking near the playground seems to be hard to come by. If you live close to the park, maybe ride a bike!

Perfect place to walk around. Lots of play ground area for kids. Area for kids to get wet in the summer. Fishing area avaliable, bbq grills, & picnic tables

I give this park one star for the concept, another star for everything they have going on at the park such as the splash pad. They lose 3 stars for the following reasons:
1. Parking = not enough, poorly planned, organized, and executed. But I should have expected this coming from a facility located next to the cubs. (go white socks!)
2. Ghetto = too many unsupervised kids with parents too busy making out with their gangbanger boyfriends, gossiping about how their man cheated or their face glued to the cell phone.
3. The jungle gym climbing wall = horrible idea and lawsuit waiting to happen.

I live so close to the park that I could get there in «two shakes of a lamb’s tail.» But it wasn’t until yesterday that I finally had a chance to explore it. Once I got out the car with my little ones (two Chis), and took in the full «river view» of the place, I got so excited. The park is vast, clean, and more importantly it’s fun to be there. The playground makes me wish that I was a kid again. I’ve never seen such grandiose play things! I’m making plans to go for walks there regularly with the Chis. Wish there was an off-​leash area for them as well as more shade. I heard that they have plans to continue build towards the back area. There’s supposed plans for a hotel (Hyatt, I think) and restaurants. Glad my casa is in Mesa now!

This is a fantastic park. The only downside is the lack of shade. While there is shaded areas, and it’s great. I could see this park being empty in August. The playground equipment that is in the sun will be too hot to touch.
The splash pad, however is AMAZING! I can’t wait to take my kids to it. Once the sun goes down of course, because there isn’t enough shade close to the splash pad itself, meaning I would have to stand in the sun in order to keep a good eye on my kids.

I live a short walk from this park and I had been waiting with anticipation for it to open up this year. I went to the Double Play event a few weeks ago and have since visited a few times to go walking in the evenings. The park is gorgeous. Whenever I am there or drive past, I see families, runners, folks fishing, just a ton of different types of people taking advantage of what the park has to offer. I think it was a great use of the space and the only thing I wish they had added was a recreational area for softball/​volleyball/​basketball courts. Hopefully this, along with Cubs Stadium, will bring some much needed business to Mesa Riverview.

For once the city of mesa planners got it right. Mesa now has a place that can entertain everyone from children to seniors. Riverview park is next to the new Cubs stadium and is a well designed use of space. The children’s park has all the latest equipment to entertain and provide exercise for children.
For a city with triple digit temperatures and bus stops with nothing but a pole to shield from the heat I was surprised to see the park has tent structures covering parts of the equipment. Also a nice area with water spouts to keep us all cool during the summer.
There is a nice lake in the park for lounging, picnicking, or fishing.
For those who enjoy bike riding the area provides for bike paths for exercise or leisure riding.
Mesa Riverview mall is across the street from the park and has plenty of places to eat and shop.
As a citizen of Mesa I can honestly say that I am proud of how this project turned out. Perhaps the residents of Mesa can now stop giving our tax dollars to Tempe or San Tan and help keep our city well funded for years to come.
Congratulations Mayor Scott Smith!