Del Valle Park

Take Flight at the Jet Plane Playground: Budding pilots will love soaring through the clouds on the iconic jet plane structure. Complete with wings, cockpit, and slide, this playground ignites imaginations and inspires dreams of taking to the skies.

A Place to Honor Heroes: Del Valle Park also holds a special place for remembering our fallen soldiers. The Veterans Memorial Wall serves as a poignant tribute to those who served our country, offering a space for quiet reflection and gratitude.

Finally, May our next generation grow up in a peaceful environment. May our soldiers receive the highest honors.

Great park. Play basketball here a lot. My father is/was an Airforce veteran. His name is here with many others who served for our country.

This park is great for kids to get their wiggles out! They have so many neat things to climb! The choices are endless. My son is 4 and had no problem getting around, although the recommended age for this playground is 5-12. This is our second time here and he is having a blast. Lots of parking is available and the bathrooms are located right next to the play area. Lots of squirrels to observe and a great place to bring the dogs for a walk. 10/10 best park I have ever been too!

This is one of our favorite parks by far, and we have 4 kiddos. Ages ranging from 4 years old to 12 and each one of them absolutely love coming here. The playground meets all the ages. Bathrooms are really close and always well maintained. Parking is never an issue. We come quite often and won't be stopping anytime soon.

Beautiful park to walk, ride, sit, jog, lay in the grass and be lazy and learn a little history while you're at it. The Vietnam War Memorial is something to see and worth the trip.

The Boys of Del Valle Park

by Dennis Lander, Vietnam Veteran

We climbed aboard that huge winged rocket,
And rode it to the sky.
Our minds would soar for hours and hours,
We’re never gonna die.

With pitch and yaw, dives and rolls,
We’d blast bad guys to heaven.
We’d crash and burn and walk away,
Heck, we’re only seven.

But jets give way to bats and balls,
To hoop and football too.
“We’ve got great potential,” they’d say,
“The rest is up to you.”

How quick time travels from innocent days,
Of running in the sun.
‘Til the day your daddy tells you,
“It’s your duty son.”

“Be strong, be tough and be a man.”
I’d listen to them say.
“But wait a minute everyone,
I thought it was only play.”

And so it goes we’re back today,
With no mournful song to sing.
That same great jet above us now,
Shades us with its wings.

Together again but now we rest,
A brass plaque is our home.
But we’re not complaining, we’re quite
Content, to lie here all alone.

So moms and dads bring the kids on by,
And read a name or two.
Remember that these precious children
Sure think the world of you.

Tell them the truth about us,
Don’t shirk, don’t squirm, don’t lie,
And tell them that the toys boys
Play with,
Could someday make men die.

And think of us if not out loud,
But when it’s quiet and dark.
After all we’re your kids you know,
The Boys of Del Valle park.

It's really clean and it's big. I love the fact that there is so much shade. The tree placements are great! My son loves this park. He instantly makes friends. I also found out that the little toddlers pool is open for summer. This is for sure my go-to park. There are basketball courts and a baseball field there so much space!

Such a great park - always full of families enjoying the beautiful weather. If you have kids it’s a great place to take them for playtime, every day you’ll find people here making the most of the day.

Really love the upgraded main playground and airplane themed things, the kids love the modified see saw type toys, of course the airplane itself is a hit, the play structure is very big and they even like to go visit the enclosed toddler playground with the firetruck every once in awhile. Have been going to this park for many years for youth sports, baseball, concerts in the park, playing back when I was a kid, birthday parties, it's always been clean and well maintained and the restrooms are central and close to baseball fields and playground. Really safe, family friendly environment.

The kids have a great time climbing on all the different playground equipment; it has some of the most varied types I've seen. And, of course, there's the airplane!

Spacious greenery and facilities of a beautiful park. Big children's playground, basketball courts, softball fields, lots of picnic grounds.

Very fantastic commemorative park, lawns were well maintained and green great kid play area.

Great park lots of activities for different ages

My kids favorite park! We pack a lunch, set a blanket and spend the whole day there. It’s so clean and well maintained. The restrooms are extremely clean which is rare for a public park. We come at least once a week and we don’t live in the area so it’s worth it.

We love that this park is so close to home, there is a toddler playground with enclosed fence and a big kid playground. There's even a splash pad! We frequent it and the people who come here are generally friendly and is easy for me and my kid to make friends while we are here.

The “Airplane Park” Del Valle Park’s memorial was finally updated. It took many years for them to add several missing names of the fallen, including my Father’s. Since then they have really improved the memorial. Visit it after dusk, it is really a nice tribute to Lakewood’s own fallen boys. Thank you Lakewood!

Awesome park!
-There are two play grounds, 1 for toddlers and the other one for kids.
-Basketball courts
-Great place for picnic.
-plenty of street parking

Neat, clean park with a nice redone playground and basketball courts. There's a separate playground for young kids.

Wonderful playground for the kids. PRks is always clean. Great area

The kids love the airplane Park. It was really busy on Tuesday but it was still a lot of fun.