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Prairie West Park is St. John Indiana’s largest park in terms of land area and in terms of quantity of playground equipment.
To the locals, this park is often call “The park on 93rd.” My family calls this park “The park where we had Wyatt’s birthday party,” because we had my son Wyatt’s birthday party here some years ago. My kids have aged out of park visits (sniffle, sniffle), but when we did go to parks, Prairie West Park was the favored park to go to (and then also Northgate Park in Dyer Indiana). I also need to mention that the largest park equipment in the area is at Lemon Lake County Park in Cedar Lake.
Some of the features of Prairie West Park include:
A view of the large playground. A playground for smaller kids and other playground equipment is on the other side of this playground.
Overall view standing in the southeast corner looking northwest.
Overall view of the park standing at the northeast corner looking southwest
View of the parking lot. There’s about 100 parking stalls on a paved parking lot.
The park is dog friendly and provides a dog waste bag station.
A heated bathroom building with a separate men’s and women’s bathroom.
The playground equipment at Prairie West Park is high quality, and there’s a lot of different equipment to keep kids engaged for hours. The playground equipment is spread out, and on a rubber floor, which makes a great location for playing tag. In the middle of the playround is a picnic table and a couple benches, which makes a great spot for parents to relax and be able to keep an eye on their kids while they play. As an adult, I had a blast at this park also since the park equipment was large enough for me as a 6’4″ adult to traverse the playground as well.
The large playground has a large long straight slide and a spiral slide.
The large park is ADA accessible where wheel chairs can traverse the playground.
The climbing wall has three different panels that take you from ground level to the top of the first level.
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This view shows how long the long slide is, which starts from the second level of the tower structure.
The tower is pretty fun for kids and adults. To get to the second level you have to climb up an inner ladder.
At the swings there are 2 ADA swings, 2 regular swings, and 2 full bucket baby swings.
I’m not sure what exactly this is called, my best guess is a seesaw for 4 people. What makes this extra fun is that it rotates in all directions.
This “sway fun” works by sliding back and forth, much like a glider swing. 3 people easily fit on each bench.
For the little tikes, there is a second smaller playground. This playground is also easily traversable for adults, which makes it great to be able to play with your little ones without having to cram into little spaces.
View of the two slides on the smaller playground.
View of the climbing wall and stairs on the smaller playground.
The fishing must be pretty good at Prairie West Park because on sunny days you will most always find people fishing around the pond. The pond is at least a few acres in area, so there’s lots of shore to have plenty of space to fish.
At this photo I’m standing at the northwest corner of the house looking south.
This view shows the pond from the south end looking north. The pond is filled from the south end with the storm sewer shown.
The pavilion is a great place to rent out to hold an event. Some years ago we rented the pavilion for our son’s birthday party. There is plenty of space under roof to have a large gathering, and the park keeps the kids occupied. There is power at the pavilion so you can power food devices, radios, and all your party needs. Click here to go to the Town of St. John pavilion rental page. As of the time of this post, the rental fee is $50 for non-profit events and $100 for for-profit events, with a security deposit of $100 deposit.
This photo shows the overall view of the pavilion. The pavilion is pretty good sized, has power, and us under roof.
This photo shows the inside of the pavilion. There are picnic tables in the pavilion.
Overall view of the bathroom building located right along the parking lot.
View of the doors to the men’s and women’s bathrooms.
Prairie West Park has walking trails at the park, which is great for getting your steps in while your kids are playing or fishing. The park is also connected to the network of paved trails that go throughout St. John and connect other parks and subdivisions.
Hi! My name is Tony Anczer, a resident of St. John Indiana, and also a local realtor St. John IN area home buyers and sellers, and commercial real estate investors choose to work with. Please feel free to reach out with any questions about what its like to live in St. John Indiana, or anywhere else in the Northwest Indiana or Chicagoland area.
I am licensed in both Illinois and Indiana and would love to help with your real estate needs in both states.
Feel free to reach out by phone/text on my cell at 708-608-3000 or by email at Tony@Anczer.com.
