Immersed in the View is set in Valleyview Park.
While Valleyview is the tinniest of the parks so far, it packs a punch, with a pond, a playground, a children’s splash park, beach volleyball courts, baseball diamond, and soccer field, along with a few park benches and picnic tables. There was also a fire pit there for a few months earlier in the year, though it has disappeared again.
Just across 26th Street from the multi-use pathway, leash-free area, and a lookout platform, Valleyview Park is well-used by neighbourhood walkers, runners, and dog-walkers. The red-winged blackbirds, ducks, and a muskrat enjoy the use of the pond, and you can occasionally spot coyotes, foxes, and rabbits in the fields.
The multi-use pathway runs under 17th Avenue to the Max Bell Arena pathways, then over Deerfoot Trail to the east side of the river, past the zoo, and downtown. There is also a connection over Deerfoot Trail beside the Max Purple bus route, then under 17th Avenue/Blackfoot Trail to the Bow River Pathway (west side of the river), through Pearce Estate Park and Inglewood downtown.
