Playgrounds
The destination playgrounds — the award-winning creative structures and the fully inclusive parks built for kids of every ability. Free, and worth the drive when the neighborhood swing set won't cut it.
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Gold pins are our hand-picked playgrounds. Zoom in to see every playground in the metro (gray dots) — community-mapped via OpenStreetMap.
Crystal's Becker Park — a fully inclusive, ramped playground rebuilt in 2020 with poured-in-place surfacing, wrapped around the splash pad and community center.
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The big destination playground at Maple Grove's Central Park, steps from the interactive fountain and the Arbor Lakes shops.
Hours & details ↗ Roseville's Central Park inclusive playground (Victoria West) — a We-Go-Round, a zip line, bucket swings, and ramps so kids of every ability play side by side.
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The award-winning 16,000-square-foot creative play structure at Hyland Lake Park Reserve — ramps, towers, and slides that draw families from across the metro.
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One of Minnesota's largest playgrounds — Three Rivers' Elm Creek Play Area in Maple Grove, with two three-story slide towers, a climbable fossil, and a spinning web.
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Three Rivers' inclusive playground at French Regional Park in Plymouth, built around a three-story fire tower with slides on every level, plus zip lines and see-saws.
Hours & details ↗ Shakopee's fully inclusive playground at Lions Park — ramped, sensory-rich structures built so kids of every ability play together. Free.
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The playground and bike park at Cottage Grove's Hamlet Park, the east metro's go-to for a long afternoon with ball fields, trails, and shelters alongside.
Hours & details ↗ Woodbury's fully inclusive playground on the M Health Fairview Sports Center campus — shaded decks, sensory play, and wheelchair ramps, built for kids of every ability.
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Shoreview Commons' destination playground — a big nature-themed structure with built-in water-spray play, right by the community center.
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Eden Prairie's fire-tower playground at Staring Lake — a three-story metal tower with slides, a telescope and old radio, a log prairie house, and a hollow tree to climb.
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FreeFencedRestroomsStillwater's downtown Teddy Bear Park — a giant granite bear, a treehouse with a log slide, and a Lift Bridge climber, all geared to the seven-and-under crowd.
Hours & details ↗Wabun Play Area
FreeRestroomsMinneapolis's first fully inclusive playground, tucked in the Wabun area of Minnehaha Park — a summer-camp-styled natural play space with a spraying-rock water feature.
Hours & details ↗Waconia's Waterford Park — a big, bright inclusive playground built so kids of all abilities can play together, out at the western edge of the metro.
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A one-acre indoor park in Edina — Adventure Peak's climbing structures, slides, and a toddler zone, warm all winter. Admission per child; adults free.
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