Linden Hills Park and Recreation Center in Minneapolis, MN 55410

Linden Hills Park and Recreation Center551

in Minneapolis, MN 55410

about Linden Hills Park and Recreation Center:

This popular neighborhood park offers wide open spaces, picnic tables, a wading pool, and a large playground that's divided into two sections, with larger climbing structures and swings for older kids off to one side, and baby swings and inventive boat-themed play equipment - a nod to nearby Lake Harriet - on the other.

The park has fields for baseball and soccer which see heavy use from local leagues; same for the ice hockey rink that appears each winter. Lessons are offered at the tennis courts at the northwest corner of the park in the summer.

The Recreation Center hosts an extensive array of classes and community events throughout the year, in addition to a summer full of camps and activities. This is also a Rec Plus site, offering before- and afterschool care. Call the park for current offerings, or get general information from the Park Board.

The craft rooms here can be rented for parties, and there is a full kitchen on-site. There's also a comfortable seating area stocked with children's books, where parents and kids can take a break from the playground or wait out rain.

getting there:

The rec center is at the corner of Xerxes Avenue South at 43rd Street; the park runs one block north from there, and two blocks west. Park on the street, or try to nab one of the few spots in the lot behind the rec center. Metro Transit buses run on Xerxes, 44th Street, and Upton Avenue, which is three blocks east.