Arena Green Rope Playground, San Jose

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Description

Arena Green is a cool place! Here amongst trees and across the street from the big HP Pavilion is a playground made entirely of huge rope climbies. Your kids can have a blast climbing all manner of rope configurations, one like a bridge, one like a pyramid, and more. Next to the rope playground is a playground for toddlers, with a play structure like a house, swings, and three bouncies. All around are sloping sidewalks that teens can skateboard down. There are shady modern picnic tables beside the playgrounds. Depending on the day and season (see below), the carousel is open- it has unusual animals for a carousel, like a shark! Come here to unwind after a day spent in downtown San Jose.
If you're hungry, there's a nice development on the corner of The Alameda and W. Julian St, with a subway sandwiches store. Grab a sandwich and bring it to the playground with you!
While you're in San Jose make sure you don't miss the Tech Innovation Museum- it's interactive, colorful, and wonderful for all ages.

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The toddler structure.	Bouncies.	One of the huge rope climbies.
Pyramid rope climby, with carousel behind.	More rope climbies and a bridge tower.	Bridge tower with slide.
Bridge that leads from Arena Green over the Guadalupe River.

Directions

Arena Green is on Autumn St, between St John St and Santa Clara St. There are some slanted parking spaces along Autumn Street right next to the playground. These are free. If these are full, apparently you can also park in Lot D on the SW corner of Santa Clara and Autumn Streets.
The carousel hours change each season. Hours are Dec-Feb weekends only plus the second Tuesday of each month 11am-4pm; March-Nov Tues-Sun 10am-5pm. Cost is $1 to ride. Call (408) 999-6817.
Click "satellite" and zoom in- the red tab is on the rope climbies. See the white carousel pavilion as well.
Subway Sandwiches, 1338-3 The Alameda, call (408) 298-6877.‎

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