Category: Playgrounds
Get those kids out the door and into the park! we've picked our favorite playgrounds of the area.
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Audubon Park
Uptown 6500 St. Charles Ave. 2 – 12 years Voted in 2008 as the best playground by the Parents’ Picks awards… what is there not to like about it? There’s the fabulous majestic setting, and a great climbing apparatus that leads up to a tree house-like structure overlooking the street |
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City Park
mid-city 1 Palm drive 2 years – adolescent This traditional, semi shaded play space is wheelchair-accessible and surrounded by lagoons with plenty hungry ducks, slides, swings galore, bridges, play houses and other delightful experiences. Also includes the newly built Parkvi |
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Confetti Playground
Westbank/Algiers 207 Delaronde Street in Algiers Point This completely fenced in and semi-shaded traditional playground received a complete overhaul through Confetti Kids, the neighborhood’s children’s organization. Featured in Southern Living for its best feature—the ‘Confetti fence’ which displays local pu |
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Daneel Playground
Uptown 5500 St. Charles Ave This park, which runs along the streetcar line, has been available for fun and running around for generations of Uptown kids. Best thing, it’s a hot spot for bake sales and lemonade stands! |
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Kaboom in the Walley Pontiff Park
metairie 1521 Palm St. This super shady play space located in the heart of beautiful, historic Old Metairie is available to the public all day on weekends and after 2 pm during the week (due to mothers’ day out programs). Built on sand, it has a mile-high (or so it appears) sli |
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Kenner City Park
Kenner 3800 Loyola Drive 2 – 12 years This new and very well maintained space is totally fenced in and has not only a cool climbing apparatus and slippery slides, but a one-mile circular walking track surrounded by an enormous man-made lake with lots of lil’ ducklings to feed. |
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Munholland Church
Old Metairie 1201 Metairie Rd. 1 year – adolescent This super shady play space located in the heart of beautiful, historic Old Metairie is available to the public all day on weekends and after 2 pm during the week (due to mothers’ day out programs). Built on sand, it has a mile-high ( |
