We’ve been going to a lot of playgrounds, and one thing I’ve noticed is that they can be a little tricky to find!
My typical process for finding a new playground is:
- Decide we should go to the playground.
- Google Playground
- Probably get lost on the way to the playground
Then I had the idea for a PLAYGROUND TRAIL with a MAP! I started it back in January. Then I forgot about it during the Summer at the Museum Fun.
So, anyway, here it is. It needs more stops, so please let me know your favorites.?
At some point, I’ll add addresses and links, as well as a cute table- it’s a work in progress. There are 100 so far. We have a lot of playgrounds in this state and it is EXCELLENT!
Here’s what we got so far:
Tolland and Windham County:
- Ashford: Ashford Park Playground
- Bolton: Herrick Park
- Brooklyn: Prince Hill Park
- Canterbury: Robert Manship Park
- Chaplin: Edward Garrison Park
- Columbia: Columbia Rec. Park
- Coventry: Patriot’s Park 💵
- Dayville: Owen Bell Park
- Ellington: Robert Tedford Memorial Park
- Hebron: Veteran’s Memorial Park🌳
- Mansfield: Mansfield Community Playground 😌
- Mansfield: Mansfield Library Playground 👶
- Mansfield: Sunny Acres Park
- Mansfield: Bicentennial Pond Recreation Area
- Plainfield: Lion’s Park
- Putnam: Roger Sarette Memorial Playground😌👶
- Somers: Macie’s Play Splashpad 💦
- Somers: Somers Recreation Department Play Area
- Stafford Springs: Hyde Park
- Tolland: Adam’s Adventure ♿ 😌
- Vernon: Dart Hill Park 😌
- Vernon: Henry Park 😌 🌳 💦
- Willimantic: Memorial Park ♿
- Willimantic: Philip Lauter Park 💦
- Willimantic: Shetucket Plains Park
- Willington: River Road Park
- Woodstock: Roseland Park
Great resource, I found 2 more near me that I didn’t know about.
A couple of suggestions:
Add West Mountain Park, Simsbury. 217 West Mountain Road
The one labeled “Boundless Playground” in Bloomfield is called Bloomfield Municipal
Make the list text instead of an image so it’s searchable. It’s tough to scan over 100 places
Thanks!!!! Definitely working on it- My plan (eventually) is to export the map as a text based layer and organize it by county with categories too.
I’ll totally update the map as well. Let me know if you think of any others.
Thank you for putting this together!! Super helpful for finding new parks to explore with the little one 🙂
There’s also a recently updated playground in Norwalk, called Devon’s Place, at Mathew’s Park (next to the Stepping Stone Children’s Museum).