The grand opening of Frontier Family Park, Queen Creek’s new 85-acre community park, will be this Saturday, June 8.
This new Southeast Valley park is offering the first municipal pickleball courts in Queen Creek, a one-of-a-kind playground experience, fishing lake and more.
Frontier Family Park offers an extensive array of amenities, including 10 ramadas, 24 pickleball courts, two basketball courts, two sand volleyball courts, six ballfields and three multi-purpose fields.
The morning will kick off with a ribbon cutting at 7:30 a.m. with remarks from the mayor, project team and inclusion specialist, followed by the grand opening event. The event will include free activities throughout the park highlighting the various amenities, music and lots of opportunities to play from 8 to 10 a.m.
Located at 20039 S. 220th St., at the southwest corner of Ryan and Signal Butte roads, access to Frontier Family Park is off Signal Butte north of Queen Creek Road and 220th Street from Queen Creek Road. Parking will be available onsite (see parking map here), with overflow parking at Benjamin Franklin Charter School – Crismon Campus, located at 22120 E. Queen Creek Road.
The grand opening will include free activities throughout the park highlighting the various amenities, music, informational booths and lots of opportunities to play (see activity map here).
Food and drink will be available for purchase during the grand opening. Follow the town’s Facebook.com/QCRecreation here for the most up-to-date information on the day of the event.
The town is asking participants to plan ahead and allow extra time for safe travel as part of the police department's Drive to Arrive campaign. For additional information about Queen Creek’s Parks and Recreation, visit QueenCreekAZ.gov/Recreation.
Frontier Family Park highlights:
- Hours of operation will be 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Splash Pad hours of operation: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (March, April, October); 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (May, June, July, September).
- The 5-acre lake at Frontier Family Park will require a fishing license for anyone 10 years old and over.
Amenities:
- Three lighted multi-purpose fields.
- Six lighted baseball/softball fields.
- Twenty-four lighted pickleball courts.
- Two lighted sand volleyball courts.
- Two lighted basketball courts.
- One inclusive playground similar to Mansel Carter Oasis Park.
- Ten picnic ramadas (two corporate ramadas).
- Five-acre fishing lake.
- Two large-group picnic ramadas.
- ADA access.
- Ample parking.
Future amenities opening later this year:
- Walking track around entire park.
- Aquatic Center.
- Competition/lap pool (swim teams, lessons, lap swimming, etc.
- Zero depth entry play pool.
- Lazy River.
- Slides.
- Space for birthday parties.
- Locker room/showers (shared w/Recreation Center).
- Recreation Center.
- Multi-use courts.
- Fitness floor (general fitness equipment, beginner/recreational level).
- Fitness rooms for group fitness.
- Large conference/event room.
- Multi-use classrooms.
- Teen room.
- Child care.
- Customer service desk, locker room and restrooms (shared w/Aquatics Center).
