Top Ten Playgrounds in California

California has many unique and imaginative playgrounds, with sculptures and water features. Make it your goal to bring your kids to each of these while they’re still little!

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Dennis the Menace Park, Monterey

A super fun park with several unusual playgrounds, a rockclimbing wall, a Southern Pacific railroad engine, a swaying bridge, huge wavy slides on a hill, cement tunnels and more!

Howarth Park, Santa Rosa

A super fun playground with a giant space net, carousel, pony rides, train rides, and dog-friendly hiking and bike trails around a lake.

Dinosaur Caves Playground, Pismo Beach

Imaginative playground, huge green lawn, high hills in the distance, and path along the cliffs with views of the ocean and bird rocks!

Tidelands Park, Morro Bay

Cement ship playground with logs to climb, seal, dolphin, whale's tail and giant octopus sculptures, picnic tables, and an amazing view of Morro Rock and the inlet.

Avila Beach Playground

Colorful pirate playground by the sea, with lovely clean sand below the structure, right next door to the great Central Coast Aquarium.

Kidsworld Castle Playground, Santa Barbara

Giant wooden castle playground set among tropical palms.

Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara

A remarkably pretty planned park with a stream that runs through it, lots of plants, an imaginative Spanish playground, and whale statues that spout water!

Pirate Playground, Oxnard Beach

Beautiful dunes, cold breezes, hundreds of palms, a bike path, and a huge pirate playground.

Lake Balboa Park, Van Nuys

A huge wonderful park with a new playground that is out of this world, a lake with paddle boats, and plenty of trees and grass.

Polliwog Park, Manhattan Beach

A huge beautiful park with lake, turtle and frog sculptures, lighthouse, boat to climb in, splash pad, workout equipment- you name it they have it! Four play areas!

Tomol Interactive Playground, Carpinteria

Modern playground with Chumash Indian huts and canoe, seals and whales to climb, roller slide, rainbow bridge, and bald eagle in a nest.

Sinsheimer Park giant playground, SLO

Best playground you'll ever visit! Huge slides, hillside slides, steep grass slope for cardboard sledding, cable zipline, and pretty trees to picnic under.

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