St. John Henry Newman School Playground

Location: mapAddress:  16201 McKenzie Lake Blvd SEParking: free street parking Nicky’s Review (10 years): “I loved the warped wall and the slides.”Robbie’s Review (7 years): “It was good. I liked the warped wall” Age Range: 5-12 Ground cover:  pea gravel Features: two separate large climbing structures with slides and overhead features. Ramp and steps. warped wall. 4 swings (2 accessible). … Read more

Douglasdale School Playground

Location: mapAddress:  Douglasdale – 400 Douglas Park Blvd SEParking: free street parking Nicky’s Review (10 years): “I liked how it was like a rocket ship with all these buttons and all the things that you could move around with.”Robbie’s Review (7 years): “I liked everything and that you can sleep in the space shuttle” Age Range: 3-12 yearsGround cover:  pour-in-place … Read more

Monsignor JS Smith School Playground

Location: mapAddress:  Douglasdale – 2919 Douglasdale Blvd SEParking: free street parking Nicky’s Review (10 years): “I liked the bars and the M climber.”Robbie’s Review (7 years): “I liked the M climber” [shown above] Age Range: 5-12 yearsGround cover: pour-in-place recycled tire Features: Huge interconnected climbing structure with ramp, slides, overhead features and slides. Large M shaped bar climber. Surrounding park area: … Read more

St Peter Elementary School Playground

Location: map Address: 720 58 St SEParking: free street parking Nicky (9 years old): “I could skip two bars on one of the monkey bars. I liked the big spider web and the music thing”Robbie (6 years old): “I liked the noise panel and the spider web” Age Range: 2-12 yearsGround cover: pour-in-place recycled tire flooring Features: Huge … Read more

Forest Lawn Natural Playground

Forest Lawn Natural Playground

Location   mapCommunity: Forest Lawn –  43 St and 10th Ave SEParking: Free street parking Gordie’s Review (7 years old): “I liked how parkour-y it is”Nicky’s Review (4 years old): “Everything! The swings.”Robbie’s Review (15 months old): Liked climbing over the tail of the ‘lizard’. Age Range: All ages.Ground Cover: pea gravel Shade: limited.Features: Rock and log shaped equipment, 4 swings … Read more

Best South East Calgary Playgrounds

top SE Calgary Playgrounds

This is a list of the best playgrounds I’ve found in SE Calgary. Is there a playground you think should be on this list? Looking for a central playground? Check out our top central playgrounds list. 1. Applestone Park Playground Applewood – Applestone Park, Applewood Drive SE This is a huge accessible playground with equipment suitable … Read more