Open Bay Area Parks
Alice Chalmers
San francisco
Alice Chalmers is one of 5 newly renovated playgrounds in partnership with the San Francisco Parks Alliance through the Let’sPlaySF! Initiative.
This is our all-time favorite playground in the Bay Area! It is SO unique and fun with a towering structure filled with nets and platforms. I can attest that the tube slide is not hot!
Alice Chalmers is one of the new SPEC playgrounds in SF that just opened. It is open after 5:30 pm M-F and all day on weekends.
There are open restrooms here as well. Please ensure to follow the safety guidelines posted at the playground so we can keep playing at parks!
Alice Chalmers is one of our Top Pick Playgrounds of the Bay Area on our website.
Specified Play Equipment Company
South Park
San Francisco
South Park is located at 64 S Park St, San Francisco, CA 94107 Berliner designed the giant climbing net structure you will see in South Park. The landscape architect on this project was Fletcher Studio. The entire structure is made to be climbed on, hung on, and swung on. There are even swinging monkey bars attached to the frame. There is a net swing on one end of the structure. For more information from the creator visit Berliner’s website here.
Cost: Free
Parking: 2 hour street parking next to park
Dog Friendly: Yes, leashed
Shaded: No
Bathrooms: No
Benches/picnic tables: Yes
Beresford Park
San Mateo
Beresford Park located at 2720 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, CA 94403. This park features a large playground with 3 huts and two tube slides. Inside the huts are platforms and ropes to climb through. The three huts attach by a rope bridge. There is a large rope playground that’s made for twisting and turning while climbing across it. There are 10 swings here! 6 big kid swings and 4 baby swings. There is a nice rock area to sit at and plenty of shaded areas for parents. There is a playground for little ones here as well. Next to the playground is a skatepark for all your skateboard and scootering needs. All San Mateo parks are now smoke-free! This is a top park rated by my boys. We have selected this park to be one of our Top Pick Playgrounds in the Bay Area.
Climbing nets: Berliner Seilfabrik
Landscape Architect: Miller Company
Cost: Free
Dog Friendly: Yes
Shaded: Yes, shades installed
Parking: Street parking near the playground with a parking lot far from the playground
Bathrooms: Yes
Laurie Meadows
San Mateo
Laurie Meadows Park is 7.5 acres and is located at 111 Laurie Meadows Dr, San Mateo, CA 94403 This playground is large for kids 5-12 years of age. There is a playground for small tots separated from the larger playground for ages 2-5.
The main playground has two tall tube slides, there are many different climbing, spinning, sliding, balancing, and strength activities including a rock-climbing wall. All of the components that this playground contains supports vestibular sensory play, a child’s gross motor skills, development, social skills as well as failure and success.
The park features picnic tables, grassy fields, and a dog park which is connected by a pedestrian bridge to Casanova neighborhood park. We have chosen Laurie Meadows to be on our Top Pick Playgrounds in the Bay Area!
Cost: Free
Dog Friendly: Yes, there is a dog park
Shaded: Yes
Bathrooms: Yes
Parking: Street parking
Railroad Park
Morgan Hill
Railroad Park is located at 17130 Depot St, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 This park is modern and consists of a stationary train with a bridge on top, it is encouraged to climb up to the bridge, on and inside the train. There are 3 tall long tube slides. A rock climbing area designed in geometric shapes. There is a small colorful baby playground within the gated park. Bring your hot wheels cars because the baby playground has hot wheels tracks that you can drive your cars down! A tall triangular climbing net takes over a large corner of the playground.There is a small musical installation. Lastly there is a small area with artificial turf where one can play pass with a ball. This park is double gated because there is a train station right next door, the train tracks also have a gate across them as well. This is a top rated park for us!
Cost: Free
Shaded: Some small areas
Dog Friendly: No pets allowed inside the gated areas.
Parking: Large parking lot next to the entrance of the park.
Bathrooms: Yes, futuristic bathrooms.
