Hal Brown Park at Creekside
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About this place
A 26-acre creekside park across from MarinHealth with two stand-out naturalistic playgrounds: a shaded toddler zone with a tricycle track, sandbox and water play, and a big-kid zone with a 17-foot climbing net and turbo slide - plus Marin's best Mt. Tam views.
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