A colorful playground in Normain Park featuring slides, climbing structures, and swings, surrounded by trees and green grass, with people and children playing and relaxing under shaded areas.

Our Play Complex

Normain Park in Mishawaka, Indiana, reflects inclusion through purposeful design and innovative features. From Pfeil Miracle Field to Lilli’s Playground and our one-of-a-kind amenities, every detail was carefully created to ensure people of all ages and abilities can play, connect, and explore.

Setting the Standard for Inclusive Play

Our unique complex is part of a growing national network called National Demonstration Site (NDS)—a program that helps communities design research-based play and fitness environments. It also collects and evaluates data from these environments to highlight measurable and positive outcomes.

Normain Park serves more than 69,000 people within a three-mile radius. Our complex is designed to deliver meaningful community benefits and we are proud to be the second site in Indiana to receive the Inclusive Play (Me2 Principles) and Outdoor Adult Fitness designations.

Gold-colored badge with a silhouette of a person on playground equipment, surrounded by text that reads "National Demonstration State" and "Play On! Promoting Physical Activity". Presented by Playcore.

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Pfeil Miracle Field

Built for Every Player

Stadium-Style Seating

The shaded grandstand and stadium-style seats create a comfortable and authentic ballpark experience for players and fans.

A sports stadium seating area with blue seats and a canopy, adjacent to a pathway with people walking and sitting; a person in a wheelchair and a woman with a child sitting on the ground nearby.

Specially Designed Turf

The specially designed synthetic turf allows players using mobility devices to move safely and confidently across the field.

Child standing on a baseball field infield near the home plate, watching others near the outfield. The field has green grass and brown dirt with white chalk lines, with a sign reading 'Northern Indiana' in the background.

Digital Scoreboard

The digital scoreboard with video and photo display gives every player their moment to shine at bat and as they cross home plate.

A scoreboard at PFEEL Miracle Field showing the home team with 10 points, the guest team with 1 point, an 8-8 tie, and a player at bat in the background.

Pfeil Miracle Field

Built for Every Player

Design sketch of a sports stadium with seating area, some people on the seats, and people walking around outside, with a grassy field in the foreground.

Stadium-Style Seating

The shaded grandstand and stadium-style seats create a comfortable and authentic ballpark experience for players and fans.

A baseball field with two children and an adult standing on the field. The background has a large sign that reads 'Northern Indiana'.

Specially Designed Turf

The specially designed synthetic turf allows players using mobility devices to move safely and confidently across the field.

Scoreboard at a baseball game showing home team 10, guest team 1, innings 8, balls 5, strikes 2, outs 1, with a player swinging at a pitch on PPFL Miracle Field.

Digital Scoreboard

The digital scoreboard with video and photo display gives every player their moment to shine at bat and as they cross home plate.

A digital rendering of Normain Park shows a colorful playground with slides, climbing structures, and swings, surrounded by green grass, trees, and walkways. There are people playing, walking, and sitting on benches, and a small parking lot with cars in the background.

Lilli’s Playground

Built for Connection and Play

Fully Inclusive Playground

GameTime’s PowerScape play system offers climbing, swinging, sliding, and sensory play for children of all abilities. The tower slide features a textured grip for stair-free access, allowing children who prefer to crawl or scoot to play with confidence.

Colorful playground with slides, swings, tunnels, and climbing structures, filled with children playing and adults supervising, set on a green grassy area with trees in the background.

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Sensory-Friendly Splash Pad

The Splashpad by Vortex design offers ground-level water play and sensory elements including temperature-controlled water features, so people of all ages and abilities can enjoy playing together.

Children playing at a colorful splash pad with water fountains and slides at Normain Park on a sunny day, with adults sitting on benches and large trees in the background.

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Interactive Play Arch

Sona by Lappset’s interactive technology uses motion-sensors with audio-guided games to create an engaging and accessible play experience for all.

A playground with a red, curved climbing structure in the center. Children are playing, some standing near the structure, a photographer taking pictures, and adults supervising. There are benches, trees, a small pavilion, and a fenced area with more kids in the background.

Lilli’s Playground

Built for Connection and Play

Fully Inclusive Playground

GameTime’s PowerScape play system offers climbing, swinging, sliding, and sensory play for children of all abilities. The tower slide features a textured grip for stair-free access, allowing children who prefer to crawl or scoot to play with confidence.

VIEW GALLERY

Children and adults playing on a colorful outdoor playground with slides, tunnels, swings, and shade structures in a park.

Sensory-Friendly Splash Pad

The Splashpad by Vortex design offers ground-level water play and sensory elements including temperature-controlled water features, so people of all ages and abilities can enjoy playing together.

VIEW IMAGE

Interactive Play Arch

Sona by Lappset’s interactive technology uses motion-sensors with audio-guided games to create an engaging and accessible play experience for all.

A playground scene with a large red arched structure, children playing, a photographer taking pictures, and adults sitting on benches, surrounded by green grass, trees, and a small building.

Aerial view of Normain Park showing parking lot, baseball fields, playground, walking paths, and surrounding trees.

Additional Amenities

Built for Discovery and Curiosity

Storybook Trail (render coming)

The storybook trail features fully accessible paths, engaging stories, and interactive elements that invite families to read, move, and connect.

People at an outdoor amphitheater with blue seats, a stage area, and a green grassy foreground, with some standing, sitting, and walking around

Sensory Garden (render coming)

The Sensory Garden offers a calming, accessible space where visitors can engage their senses through touch, sight, sound, and scent.

People sitting on blue stadium seats at an outdoor event, some using wheelchairs, with a few standing around, and kids sitting and standing near a blue wall. There are trees, cars, and a street in the background.

Colorful communication board with pictures and alphabet keys on a grassy outdoor area.

Communication Boards

Boards around the playground and within the field use symbols and images to help people of all abilities communicate during play.

Aerial view of Normain Park featuring a parking lot, children's playground, baseball fields, picnic areas, and walking paths surrounded by trees.