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Hayes Valley PlaygroundParent rating: ![]() Location: Hayes & Buchanan, San Francisco, CA This playground includes basketball courts, tennis courts, a recreation center, and a sand play area with climbing structures. Not scenic, but functional. |
Moscone Recreation CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: Chestnut and Laguna Streets, San Francisco, CA Definitely one of our favorite small parks, this flat four-block park contains four baseball diamonds, two groups of tennis courts, two basketball court areas, a gymnasium,...
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Crocker Amazon PlaygroundParent rating: ![]() Location: Geneva Avenue, San Francisco, CA This large playground is situated right next to a low-income housing development. It has a nice set of top-of-the-line, brightly colored plastic play equipment, which is surrounded by a grassy field. ...
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Sunnyside PlaygroundParent rating: ![]() Location: Mangels, San Francisco, CA Community spirit fills this steep hillside park. On the bulletin board, you'll find a park newsletter, a flyer advertising a neighborhood potluck picnic, and a reminder that park clean-up days happen ...
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Kids Outdoor ClubParent rating: ![]() Location: San Francisco, CA Kids Outdoor Club provides an opportunity for classic, undirected free play in a gorgeous, natural, outdoor setting. Kids can join organized competitive sports or cooperative games, create thei...
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Chinese PlaygroundParent rating: ![]() Location: Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA This multi-level park built into the side of a hill contains two sand play areas, three game and sports areas, and a big community recreation center and indoor gym. The Rec center runs an afterschool ...
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Helen Wills PlaygroundParent rating: ![]() Location: Broadway and Larkin Streets, San Francisco, CA This playground includes tennis and basketball courts, a recreation center, and a small but protected sand play area with climbing structures. |
Lake MercedParent rating: ![]() Location: Harding Road off Skyline Blvd., San Francisco, CA Lake Merced is encircled by a paved 4 1/2-mile path popular with bikers, inline skaters, joggers, and walkers. The path can get crowded. But an even bigger problem for parents of wobbly-legged ...
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Julius Kahn ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: West Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA "JK", as Julius Kahn Park is locally known, is situated along the southern border of the Presid...
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Tilden Regional ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: East Bay Regional Park District, P.O. Box 5381, Oakland, CA The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best Playground/Park for Little Kids and Playground/Park...
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Golden Gate ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: Great Highway, Fulton Street, Lincoln Way, Stanyan Street, San Francisco, CA |
Rochambeau PlaygroundParent rating: ![]() Location: 24th Avenue, San Francisco, CA A charming neighborhood respite, this playground consists of a small sand play area with climbing structures, concrete game courts, and a recreation center, which has been known to offer a variety of ...
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Upper Noe Recreation CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: Day & Sanchez Sts., San Francisco, CA This large, and not very inviting playground, has an indoor gym, climbing structures, a ball field, and game courts. |
Mission PlaygroundParent rating: ![]() Location: 19th Street, San Francisco, CA This small play area, blessed with a broad vibrant mural, well-tended grassy lawn, and top-of-the-line playground equipment, is clearly a neighborhood gem. Its Recreation Center works hard to m...
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Christopher PlaygroundParent rating: ![]() Location: 5210 Diamond Heights Blvd., San Francisco, CA Situated right next to Glen Park Canyon, Christopher Playground is a neighborhood favorite. Amenities here include a playground with really tall slides and monkey bars kids love. There's also ...
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