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A slope at a park is nice for the occasional sled, but slopes aren't that great when you're trying to play organized sports, or if you want to set up temporary

A slope at a park is nice for the occasional sled, but slopes aren't that great when you're trying to play organized sports, or if you want to set up temporary structures or host events at your park (kind of difficult to set up a tent at an angle). Other than natural areas, such as national parks or forests, these are the primary reasons I have been to parks in recent years.

culebron21 5y ago
You're right that playgrounds can't be steeply sloped. But, first, many playgrounds are sloped up to 3%, people just don't notice that, and put tents on 3-5% slope without issues. (But if you mean tent for sleeping, I slept on 10% slope, without problems.) Secondly, for playgrounds, you can put the pitch along level lines, level only the pitch itself and leave a steeper slope next to it to serve as a grandstand. Example from Finland: https://goo.gl/maps/CssidLvnTYCeZ6Qx8 https://goo.gl/maps/CssidLvnTYCeZ6Qx8 Thirdly, a playground still does not require the entire lot to be leveled, which I see nowadays a lot. Earlier architects, if they wanted to build just a copy&paste standard project (rather than design something new with entries on different levels), they'd just put buildings and playgrounds along the level lines, and minimize levelling works. The lot would have 2-3 small slopes of 15-20% with grass on them between buildings or playgrounds. Nowadays, with digging machinery available, even if the same can be done, clients (mostly public agencies) order to level everything and build retaining walls at both ends. My point is there's a plenty of ways to work around slopes in parks and land lots.