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Conditions - Westlands Park covers a total of 25-30 acres, so you can find a spot there to do everything you want. You can go there any time you want, but the best time would be early in the morning or later in the evening, so there aren't so many kids there. Other than that, the park is huge, with a great playground for parkour, but take time to check out all the areas. Plus there are drinking fountains, bathrooms, and picnic tables, food stores near by, and a big fountain that you can cool off in when it gets too hot.
  
Security - The only security is a service man/security guard who is always moving around to different spots of the park, so there is no problem with him. Other than that, as long as you don't piss off any of the parents there by endangering their kids, it's perfectly fine.
Obstacles - This park has tons of obstacles, as soon as you park your car you see a huge sloping wall to test out how big of a wall run you can do. Then as you go farther into the park there are some big rocks and other short walls to vault and so forth. Then the most distinct feature is the massive playground which can be used pretty well. Also it has an assortment of rails combined with wall to rail precisions and different level drops. Besides that there are various things you can climb too, such as a huge tree you could vault or flip through.
Features: Many tall and short walls, boulders, a very large playground with various obstacles, high drops, level changing walls, and some rail to wall precisions, complete with bathrooms and drinking fountains! Lacks: Not much, if anything. 
Overall - Westlands Park is a great place to train, mostly consisting of intermediate to advanced obstacles. Plus being a public park, it is free to do parkour at any time, just with the occasional getting in the way which is really the only drawback. But hey, it's got a fountain to cool off with plus with 25-30 acres of land, you can work different areas for hours on end and still have more of the park to explore, there is something to do everywhere.
*Submitted by Colorado Kong
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