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Adventure Playground452
in Berkeley, CA 94710about Adventure Playground:
When your kids want to pound nails and splash paint, take them to Adventure Playground for a day full of banging, sawing, and building fun.
Situated next to the Bay alongside the Berkeley Marina, this wonderfully non-traditional playground is a little-known gem in the Bay Area pantheon of outdoor play spots. Filled with scraps of wood of all sizes and shapes, Adventure Playground is an invitation to build.
Around the fenced-in yard are towers, shanties, sheds, and buildings of every description built by young visitors. Children and adults may check out hammers and nails, hand saws, or paints and brushes with which to create their visions in plywood and board. Start your own project, or add onto the conglomerations begun by earlier carpenters.
In the middle of all the multicolored chaos is a thrilling rope slide. Children (and adults) climb a ladder to the top of a small tower and sit under a pulley attached to a tensioned steel cable. Climb aboard, gather your nerve, and fly downhill to land with a bump in a soft pile of sand.
The City of Berkeley Staff manage the construction and pass out tools. Children under seven must be actively supervised by an adult; older children may be dropped off for up to three hours for a fee of $6. The playground is free to all supervised kids.
Parties: Adventure Playground hosts birthday parties and other groups, but requires reservations at least two weeks in advance.
Summer Program: The playground is open every day through the summer and offers special programs: fishing, nature discovery, arts & crafts, creative building, and more. Parents fill out a registration form and must sign children in and out every day.
Note: Groups of five or more children must make prior reservations. All groups need to be supervised by responsible adults. Individuals can be dropped off only if they are registered to be in the playground without an adult. Parent must sign a waiver and pay the fee. Parents can bring friends of their children and drop them off together only if the friends' parents fill out a waiver too.
Situated next to the Bay alongside the Berkeley Marina, this wonderfully non-traditional playground is a little-known gem in the Bay Area pantheon of outdoor play spots. Filled with scraps of wood of all sizes and shapes, Adventure Playground is an invitation to build.
Around the fenced-in yard are towers, shanties, sheds, and buildings of every description built by young visitors. Children and adults may check out hammers and nails, hand saws, or paints and brushes with which to create their visions in plywood and board. Start your own project, or add onto the conglomerations begun by earlier carpenters.
In the middle of all the multicolored chaos is a thrilling rope slide. Children (and adults) climb a ladder to the top of a small tower and sit under a pulley attached to a tensioned steel cable. Climb aboard, gather your nerve, and fly downhill to land with a bump in a soft pile of sand.
The City of Berkeley Staff manage the construction and pass out tools. Children under seven must be actively supervised by an adult; older children may be dropped off for up to three hours for a fee of $6. The playground is free to all supervised kids.
Parties: Adventure Playground hosts birthday parties and other groups, but requires reservations at least two weeks in advance.
Summer Program: The playground is open every day through the summer and offers special programs: fishing, nature discovery, arts & crafts, creative building, and more. Parents fill out a registration form and must sign children in and out every day.
Note: Groups of five or more children must make prior reservations. All groups need to be supervised by responsible adults. Individuals can be dropped off only if they are registered to be in the playground without an adult. Parent must sign a waiver and pay the fee. Parents can bring friends of their children and drop them off together only if the friends' parents fill out a waiver too.
tips:
Make sure the children wear sturdy shoes - no sandals or clogs and old clothes - child will get muddy, sandy, and painted on. After the kids are worn out building, take them for a walk along the bay. There's the Shorebird Nature Center to look at, a trail along the bay, plus the Marina itself with all its fascinating boats to watch.
getting there:
From San Francisco, take the Bay Bridge to the East Bay and follow the signs north on Hwy. 80/580. Get off at Powell St. exit in Emeryville. Take a left under the freeway and right onto Frontage Rd. Follow Frontage Rd. to University Ave. Seabreeze Market is on the corner. Take a left onto University toward the Bay. When you come to an intersection come to the stop and veer to the left. Continue down University, the road will straighten out and you will see a wide open parking lot on the left- at the West end of this lot is the Adventure Playground. Parking is here.
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