Pointless Prize – ParkFinder

[Mtansill]

I keep my commutes private for safety reasons, but have visited and obtained photographic evidence of parks during some of these commutes. All the hashtags for competitions do not work with private rides. If I post the photos with dates on this thread, can they be added to my tally manually?

[bikesnick]

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Another small neighborhood park accessible only by a small path.

[AlanA]

Another fun find today!

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And a wild horse that I saw along the way.

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[matteblack]

I keep my commutes private for safety reasons, but have visited and obtained photographic evidence of parks during some of these commutes. All the hashtags for competitions do not work with private rides. If I post the photos with dates on this thread, can they be added to my tally manually?

Not sure about the tally, but you can set privacy zones in Strava so that your start/ending location defined in the zone(s) isn’t shared on the map.

[Boomer Cycles]

#FS2020ParkFinder entries from Bristol UK (my home away from home)
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Millennium Park in Nailsea on my daily commute to the office
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[Boomer Cycles]

…and more #FS2020ParkFinder from Bristol UK…
South Park, around the corner from my flat, and where they dumped all the rubble after the WWII bombings, so there may still be an ordinance or two beneath the playground (which is why they didn’t rebuild homes here in the first place!:-0)
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Colston Park, in the City center where all the buses connect
Ashton Court Park, venue for Europe’s largest hot air balloon festival (as long as the UK remains tethered to the EU…)
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[Boomer Cycles]

Victoria Park
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Greville Symth Park

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[consularrider]

If the park sign labels it as a “Playground” instead of a “Park” will that count?

Boomer, you’re killing us with your photo file sizes, takes forever to load.

[josh]

@consularrider 197588 wrote:

If the park sign labels it as a “Playground” instead of a “Park” will that count?

Boomer, you’re killing us with your photo file sizes, takes forever to load.

I think there are different standards floating around, but this is what I’ve been going by:
* it needs to be labeled as a park, but a specific type of park is OK as long as the name ends in “Park”
– this means no “x Recreation Areas”, “x Community Centers”, no “x Playground” even if the sign also says “x Department of Parks and Recreation”
– something like “Johnson Playground Park” would be OK
* it doesn’t matter what Google maps or the Parks and Rec website says, if you can’t find the sign it’s no good
– if there’s a sign that shows “Park Rules” or similar, but doesn’t actually have “x Park” on it, it’s no good

Also, I agree with the desire to only see interesting park stuff here. There’s enough parks in the area that we don’t need to see them all here.

[consularrider]

@josh 197589 wrote:

…* it doesn’t matter what Google maps or the Parks and Rec website says, if you can’t find the sign it’s no good …

Yeah, Google maps had the “Marx Brothers Park (between E 96 and 97th St, and 1st and 2nd Ave),” but when I got there the sign said “Marx Brothers Playground.”

[bikesnick]

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Griffith Park

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Note the adult/infant swing combination.

[AlanA]

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Griffith Park

I heard they have an observatory at that park!!

[AlanA]

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Sorry for the sideways picture. And I guess Rio Salado can also mean the Salt River.

[josh]

Park question: Lyon Park Play Park (the park within the neighborhood Lyon Park in Arlington) is not owned by Arlington County.

The Lyon Park Community Center and park are privately owned by the residents of the Lyon Park neighborhood. They are not Arlington County property.

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It’s publicly accessible during daylight hours, so it’s good to go, right?

camiller, thanks for sponsoring this prize! It’s been a good incentive to take some little detours and explore a bit. And, it’s way cheaper than coffee is!

[bikesnick]

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